2005 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2005. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005 earned their European Tour card for 2006.

	2005 Challenge Tour		2006 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Marc Warren*	1	103,577	28	12	Win	7001420000000000000♠42	610,885
Carl Suneson	2	103,129	26	11	9	7002135000000000000♠135	147,013
Fredrik Widmark	3	99,750	27	13	T12	7002148000000000000♠148	103,914
Andrew Butterfield	4	94,335	30	18	T7	7002129000000000000♠129	168,158
Michael Kirk*	5	90,620	24	5	T51	7002210000000000000♠210	26,749
Steven Jeppesen	6	88,517	32	13	T8	7002103000000000000♠103	223,796
Benn Barham	7	86,259	29	12	T5	7001970000000000000♠97	245,310
Michael Hoey*	8	86,124	27	7	T21	7002187000000000000♠187	50,414
Daniel Vancsik*	9	81,053	24	10	T16	7002144000000000000♠144	120,812
Richard McEvoy	10	80,047	28	10	T17	7002152000000000000♠152	97,979
Rafael Gómez*	11	79,880	19	7	T22	7002173000000000000♠173	71,876
David Higgins	12	77,259	27	16	T7	7002127000000000000♠127	169,638
Paul Dwyer*	13	73,479	25	6	T8	7002211000000000000♠211	26,322
Andrés Romero*	14	71,221	21	9	T2	7001350000000000000♠35	694,363
Marco Ruiz*	15	69,845	22	8	T14	7002174000000000000♠174	66,714
Ariel Cañete	16	66,087	20	10	T7	7002143000000000000♠143	122,346
Tom Whitehouse	17	63,344	24	15	T7	7001950000000000000♠95	250,952
Ross Fisher*	18	61,029	29	18	T3	7001660000000000000♠66	370,275
Stephen Browne	19	59,916	22	7	T18	7002153000000000000♠153	97,820
Toni Karjalainen*	20	58,384	15	5	T20	7002203000000000000♠203	32,246

* European Tour rookie in 2006
T = Tied
     The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 118).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 119–150).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).

The players ranked 16th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Tom Whitehouse and Ross Fisher both improved their status in this way, with Whitehouse medalling at Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2006

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Aug	Marc Warren	EnterCard Scandinavian Masters	−10 (67-69-73-69=278)	Playoff	Robert Karlsson

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2006

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	16 Jul	Andrés Romero	Barclays Scottish Open	Johan Edfors	–13 (65-69-74-63=271)	–11 (72-64-68-69=273)

See also

• 2005 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2006 European Tour

External links

• Final ranking for 2005