2008 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.

2008 Challenge Tour2009 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank		Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made		Best
finish		Money list
rank		Earnings (€)
England David Horsey*1144,1182619T276424,666
England Gary Lockerbie2138,5092918T4108289,461
Netherlands Taco Remkes*3137,331308T1219566,178
Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin*4117,7192721253625,876
Argentina Estanislao Goya*5113,3362515Win94338,939
England Seve Benson*6111,5292813T4120250,786
Italy Alessandro Tadini7106,8932917T13126232,759
Scotland Richie Ramsay*8106,6562914T497331,171
Scotland Steven O'Hara9103,2122412T6151154,198
Denmark Jeppe Huldahl1096,8182814Win64510,381
Sweden Klas Eriksson1198,5142413T9142186,980
Brazil Alexandre Rocha1293,684199T2821147,935
England Richard Bland1392,64525144112277,462
Spain Rafael Cabrera-Bello1489,8473220Win39744,297
Netherlands Wil Besseling*1589,3582312T318287,095
England Marcus Higley1685,946179T417196,626
England John E. Morgan1777,254167T918282,889
Sweden Christian Nilsson1875,200158Win90343,763
Finland Antti Ahokas*1974,867124T4827510,631
England Stuart Davis*2067,105144T1520850,375

* European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
     The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120).
     The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008.

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 22 Mar Argentina Estanislao Goya Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal –6 (68-68-69-73=278) 1 stroke Scotland Callum Macaulay
2 7 Jun Denmark Jeppe Huldahl Celtic Manor Wales Open –9 (69-71-68-67=275) 1 stroke Sweden Niclas Fasth
3 21 Jun Sweden Christian Nilsson Saint-Omer Open –13 (68-69-65-69=271) 6 strokes Portugal José-Filipe Lima
4 20 Sep Spain Rafael Cabrera-Bello Austrian Golf Open –20 (71-67-66-60=264) 1 stroke England Benn Barham

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 21 Dec 2008 Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin
lost in playoff		 South African Open Championship South Africa Richard Sterne –14 (72-69-67-66=274) –14 (66-69-69-70=274)
2 15 Feb 2009 England David Horsey Maybank Malaysian Open United States Anthony Kang –17 (74-66-64-67=271) –16 (71-68-69-64=272)
3 25 Oct Sweden Christian Nilsson Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Sweden Michael Jonzon –20 (64-68-65-67=264) –19 (69-66-65-65=265)

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