2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 34 players who earned their 2011 European Tour card through Q School in 2010.
| Place | Player | European Tour starts |
Cuts made |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Wakefield | 250 | 124 | 1 Challenge Tour win, 1 Sunshine Tour win |
| 2 | Carlos del Moral | 46 | 27 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| 3 | Mikko Korhonen | 9 | 5 | |
| 4 | Adam Gee | 11 | 4 | |
| 5 | Jaco van Zyl | 23 | 19 | 9 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T6 | Florian Fritsch | 6 | 1 | |
| T6 | Liam Bond | 29 | 14 | |
| T6 | Andreas Hartø | 0 | 0 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T9 | Romain Wattel | 2 | 1 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T9 | Stuart Manley | 96 | 35 | Played in 2003 Walker Cup |
| T11 | Lloyd Saltman | 14 | 3 | Played in 2005 and 2007 Walker Cups; brother of Elliot Saltman |
| T11 | Tim Sluiter | 4 | 2 | |
| T11 | Joakim Haeggman | 426 | 266 | 3 European Tour wins; played in 1993 Ryder Cup |
| T11 | Shaun Norris | 16 | 5 | 1 Sunshine Tour win |
| T11 | Victor Dubuisson | 10 | 3 | Won 2009 European Amateur |
| T11 | Jason Knutzon | 54 | 28 | 2 Asian Tour wins |
| T11 | Thomas Nørret | 18 | 7 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T11 | Matthew Nixon | 0 | 0 | |
| T19 | George Coetzee | 30 | 15 | 3 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T19 | Steve Lewton | 4 | 1 | |
| T19 | Alfredo García-Heredia | 38 | 15 | |
| T22 | Fredrik Ohlsson | 21 | 5 | |
| T22 | Alexandre Kaleka | 5 | 4 | 1 Challenge Tour win; 20th in the Challenge Tour rankings |
| T22 | Pedro Oriol | 8 | 2 | |
| T22 | Wade Ormsby | 131 | 67 | |
| T26 | Manuel Quirós | 44 | 21 | |
| T26 | Sebi García | 8 | 2 | |
| T26 | Elliot Saltman | 1 | 0 | Brother of Lloyd Saltman; received three-month ban in January 2011 for a rules breach at a 2010 Challenge Tour tournament |
| T26 | Eirik Tage Johansen | 58 | 21 | |
| T26 | François Delamontagne | 192 | 92 | |
| T26 | Markus Brier | 298 | 164 | 2 European Tour wins, 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T26 | Borja Etchart | 4 | 0 | |
| T26 | Steven Tiley | 5 | 3 | |
| T26 | Roope Kakko | 31 | 15 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
2011 European Tour rookie
2011 Results
| Player | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Wakefield | 24 | 13 | 2 | 122 | 226,795 |
| Carlos del Moral | 27 | 18 | T5 | 112 | 262,965 |
| Mikko Korhonen* | 22 | 12 | T16 | 166 | 113,821 |
| Adam Gee* | 7 | 3 | T41 | n/a | 17,960 |
| Jaco van Zyl* | 23 | 17 | T2 | 50 | 611,280 |
| Florian Fritsch* | 18 | 10 | T8 | 156 | 138,424 |
| Liam Bond* | 22 | 7 | T14 | 191 | 60,671 |
| Andreas Hartø* | 20 | 6 | T14 | 194 | 57,334 |
| Romain Wattel* | 28 | 16 | T5 | 90 | 337,476 |
| Stuart Manley | 22 | 9 | 12 | 185 | 68,639 |
| Lloyd Saltman* | 25 | 18 | T4 | 133 | 195,965 |
| Tim Sluiter* | 21 | 11 | T16 | 176 | 88,689 |
| Joakim Haeggman | 22 | 5 | T20 | 219 | 32,975 |
| Shaun Norris* | 19 | 4 | T8 | 220 | 31,479 |
| Victor Dubuisson* | 20 | 15 | T5 | 106 | 285,401 |
| Jason Knutzon* | 21 | 11 | T17 | 147 | 152,931 |
| Thomas Nørret* | 22 | 13 | 4 | 155 | 138,438 |
| Matthew Nixon* | 24 | 6 | T11 | 183 | 75,314 |
| George Coetzee | 28 | 20 | T2 | 26 | 913,128 |
| Steve Lewton* | 21 | 8 | T27 | 209 | 42,617 |
| Alfredo García-Heredia | 17 | 8 | T23 | 184 | 70,280 |
| Fredrik Ohlsson | 14 | 2 | T26 | 261 | 12,600 |
| Alexandre Kaleka* | 26 | 10 | T5 | 159 | 128,735 |
| Pedro Oriol* | 17 | 4 | T16 | 229 | 28,070 |
| Wade Ormsby | 21 | 10 | T20 | 182 | 77,020 |
| Manuel Quirós | 21 | 5 | T2 | 164 | 116,177 |
| Sebi García* | 13 | 6 | T10 | 211 | 41,551 |
| Elliot Saltman* | 17 | 4 | T12 | 198 | 55,776 |
| Eirik Tage Johansen | 17 | 6 | T8 | 212 | 41,110 |
| François Delamontagne | 6 | 5 | T20 | n/a | 38,480 |
| Markus Brier | 25 | 11 | T3 | 116 | 258,513 |
| Borja Etchart* | 10 | 4 | 24 | 242 | 20,310 |
| Steven Tiley* | 9 | 4 | T9 | n/a | 36,232 |
| Roope Kakko* | 6 | 3 | T16 | n/a | 16,512 |
* European Tour rookie in 2011
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished inside the top 118).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2012, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2012 (finished outside the top 150).
Sluiter, Nørret, and Nixon regained their cards for 2012 through Q School.
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Jan | Manuel Quirós lost in three-man playoff |
Africa Open | Louis Oosthuizen | −16 (70-67-69-70=276) | −16 (71-68-68-69=276) |
| 2 | 3 Apr | Jaco van Zyl lost in three-man playoff |
Trophée Hassan II | David Horsey | −13 (67-71-67-69=274) | −13 (68-73-65-68=274) |
| 3 | 28 Aug | George Coetzee lost in five-man playoff |
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Thomas Bjørn | −11 (68-69-71-69=277) | −11 (77-66-67-67=277) |
| 4 | 25 Sep | Simon Wakefield lost in playoff |
Austrian Golf Open | Kenneth Ferrie | −12 (72-70-67-67=276) | −12 (73-66-70-67=276) |