This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

 in 2009. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2009 earned their European Tour card for 2010.

	|2009 Challenge Tour	|2010 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team...	1	242,980	28	24	Win (twice)	11	2,009,337
José-Filipe Lima José-Filipe Lima José-Filipe Lima is a professional golfer. He has Portuguese parents but was born and grew up mainly in France. His father worked at Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, which was the host course of the Trophée Lancôme until that tournament ceased in 2003, and was his son's first coach...	2	134,623	27	12	T17	161	83,604
Nicolas Colsaerts Nicolas Colsaerts Nicolas Colsaerts is a Belgian professional golfer.Colsaerts was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium. He turned professional in 2000, the day of his 18th birthday and went on to gain his European Tour card...	3	128,590	25	16	T3	67	423,513
Rhys Davies Rhys Davies (golfer) Rhys Davies is a Welsh professional golfer.Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life. He played collegiate golf in the United States at East Tennessee State University where he won ten times... *	4	113,187	31	22	Win	18	1,218,636
Peter Whiteford Peter Whiteford Peter William Whiteford is a Scottish professional golfer.Whiteford was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 2002....	5	110,593	28	17	T2	86	334,271
Andrew Butterfield Andrew Butterfield Andrew Butterfield is an English professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.-Career:Butterfield was born in London, England. He turned professional in 1993 and joined the Challenge Tour in 1996. He played on the Challenge Tour until qualifying for the European Tour through Q-School in 1999...	6	110,488	25	1	T54	296	4,960
Gary Boyd Gary Boyd (golfer) Gary Stuart Boyd is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Boyd was born in Banbury, England. He turned professional in 2007.... *	7	104,952	27	16	T2	50	715,106
Julien Quesne Julien Quesne Julien Quesne is a French professional golfer.Quesne was born in Le Mans. He turned professional in 2003 and joined the Alps Tour. He gained a place on the second tier Challenge Tour for 2005 by reaching the final stage of the European Tour Qualifying School at the end of 2004... *	8	94,636	30	16	T16	156	93,303
Richard McEvoy Richard McEvoy Richard McEvoy is an English professional golfer.McEvoy was born in Shoeburyness, Essex. His amateur wins included the 2001 Lytham Trophy, and the 2001 Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship...	9	92,919	28	13	T8	101	261,196
Robert Coles Robert Coles (golfer) Robert Coles is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Coles was born in Hornchurch, England. He turned professional in 1994....	10	89,304	28	12	T4	107	233,214
Peter Baker Peter Baker (golfer) Peter A. Baker is an English professional golfer.Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and currently lives near Wolverhampton. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex....	11	74,243	21	7	T35	204	33,360
Carlos Rodiles Carlos Rodiles Carlos Jose Rodiles is a Spanish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.-College career:He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletics...	12	73,898	21	6	T35	205	31,795
Chris Gane Chris Gane Christopher Gane is an English professional golfer.Gane has mainly competed on the second tier Challenge Tour and has two wins on that tour, both in 2001. In 2009 he finished 13th in the Challenge Tour rankings to guarantee himself full European Tour status for 2010. He is one of the few...	13	73,230	19	6	T6	178	57,367
John Parry John Parry (golfer) John Anthony Parry is an English professional golfer.Parry was born in Harrogate. He won several high profile amateur tournaments including the Danish and Spanish Amateur Championships, and represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup before turning professional at the end of 2007.Parry... *	14	71,318	33	22	Win	51	706,108
Andrew Tampion Andrew Tampion Andrew Tampion is an Australian professional golfer.Tampion was born in Melbourne, Australia. He turned professional in 2006....	15	65,416	23	3	T45	268	9,103
Julien Guerrier Julien Guerrier Julien Guerrier is a French professional golfer.Guerrier was born in Évreux. He has a successful amateur career, which included winning The Amateur Championship in 2006, and turned professional in 2007 after competing in the Masters Tournament. He finished third on the Alps Tour Order of Merit in... *	16	64,741	21	12	T5	122	172,305
Andrew McArthur Andrew McArthur Andrew McArthur is a Scottish professional golfer.McArthur was born in Lanark. He turned professional in 2005 after a successful amateur career. He qualified for the second tier Challenge Tour by reaching the final stage of qualifying school... *	17	62,856	17	7	T29	198	39,235
James Morrison James Morrison (golfer) James Ian Morrison is an English professional golfer.Morrison played in the same England youth cricket teams as Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan, with whom he remains friends. At the age of 16, he switched to golf and his handicap fell from 18 to scratch in less than a year. He... *	18	61,370	27	12	Win	61	518,750
Sion Bebb Sion Bebb Sion Emrys Bebb is a Welsh professional golfer.Bebb was born in Church Village, Mid Glamorgan, and is the son of former Welsh international rugby player Dewi Bebb. He turned professional in 1986 and worked for many years as a club professional before forging a tournament career...	19	61,231	19	11	T17	158	90,740
François Calmels François Calmels François Calmels is a French professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA European Tour.-Career:Calmels was born in Paris. He was a distinguished amateur, winning the 2004 Coupe Mouchy , and the 2006 Portuguese Amateur Open Championship...	20	58,920	8	2	T31	278	7,598

*European Tour rookie in 2010

T = Tied

Blue background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2011 and qualified for the Dubai World Championship

Dubai World Championship

The Dubai World Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour that was held for the first time from 19–22 November 2009 on the Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....

 (finished inside the top 60).

Green background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2011 (finished between 61-117).

Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2011, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-150).

Red background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the European Tour in 2010

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1.	Mar 21	Rhys Davies Rhys Davies (golfer) Rhys Davies is a Welsh professional golfer.Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life. He played collegiate golf in the United States at East Tennessee State University where he won ten times...	Trophée Hassan II	-25 (68-64-68-66=266)	2 strokes	Louis Oosthuizen Louis Oosthuizen Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2010 Open Championship.-Early life and career:...
2.	Apr 11	James Morrison James Morrison (golfer) James Ian Morrison is an English professional golfer.Morrison played in the same England youth cricket teams as Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan, with whom he remains friends. At the age of 16, he switched to golf and his handicap fell from 18 to scratch in less than a year. He...	Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal	-20 (67-65-66-70=268)	1 stroke	Oliver Fisher Oliver Fisher Oliver James Fisher is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Chingford, London. He was a winner of the Faldo Series, Nick Faldo's development programme for young golfers, in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and as such was regarded as one of the best prospects of his...
3.	Jul 11	Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team...	Barclays Scottish Open	-12 (66-69-63-74=272)	3 strokes	Darren Clarke Darren Clarke Darren Christopher Clarke is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the...
4.	Aug 29	Edoardo Molinari	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles is a European Tour golf tournament which is played at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. The tournament was founded in 1999 as the Scottish PGA Championship, and despite maintaining the same sponsor, has since changed name on several occasions, as Diageo...	-10 (70-68-69-71=278)	1 stroke	Brett Rumford Brett Rumford Brett Michael Rumford is an Australian professional golfer.Rumford was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He started playing golf at age ten, quickly showing a natural hand–eye coordination which translated to a well-respected short game...
5.	Sep 26	John Parry John Parry (golfer) John Anthony Parry is an English professional golfer.Parry was born in Harrogate. He won several high profile amateur tournaments including the Danish and Spanish Amateur Championships, and represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup before turning professional at the end of 2007.Parry...	Vivendi Cup	-17 (64-67-70-70=271)	2 strokes	Johan Edfors Johan Edfors Johan Edfors is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the European Tour.Edfors was born in Varberg. He attended the University of Texas at San Antonio on a Division I athletic scholarship for men's golf. He played for the team under the coaching of Barry Denton for two years.Edfors...

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2010

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1.	28 Mar	Peter Whiteford Peter Whiteford Peter William Whiteford is a Scottish professional golfer.Whiteford was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 2002....	Open de Andalucia de Golf	Louis Oosthuizen Louis Oosthuizen Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2010 Open Championship.-Early life and career:...	-17 (67-63-66-67=263)	-14 (69-64-67-66=266)
2.	18 Apr	Rhys Davies Rhys Davies (golfer) Rhys Davies is a Welsh professional golfer.Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life. He played collegiate golf in the United States at East Tennessee State University where he won ten times...	Volvo China Open Volvo China Open The Volvo China Open is a men's golf tournament that has been held annually in China since 1995. The event is organised by the China Golf Association and has been co-sanctioned by the European Tour since 2003....	Y. E. Yang	-15 (68-66-68-71=273)	-13 (73-70-65-67=275)
3.	2 May	James Morrison James Morrison (golfer) James Ian Morrison is an English professional golfer.Morrison played in the same England youth cricket teams as Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan, with whom he remains friends. At the age of 16, he switched to golf and his handicap fell from 18 to scratch in less than a year. He... lost in two-man playoff	Open de España Open de España The Open de España is the national open golf championship of Spain. It was founded in 1912 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the inception of the Tour in 1972. Except for a five year period in the early 1980s, the tournament has been played in April or May. In 2005 it was one...	Álvaro Quirós Álvaro Quirós Álvaro Quirós García is a Spanish professional golfer.Quirós was born in Guadiaro, a borough of San Roque, Cádiz. He turned professional in 2004.-Professional career:...	-11 (68-72-67-70=277)	-11 (73-67-70-67=277)
4.	30 May	Rhys Davies	Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...	Luke Donald Luke Donald Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he...	-21 (65-67-68-67=267)	-20 (65-68-67-68=268)
5.	6 Jun	Rhys Davies	Celtic Manor Wales Open Celtic Manor Wales Open The Saab Wales Open, previously the Celtic Manor Wales Open, is a European Tour golf tournament which was founded in 2000 and is played each June. The event is hosted at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, South Wales, also the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup...	Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell MBE is a Northern Irish professional golfer.McDowell has won seven events on the European Tour, including the 2010 U.S. Open which was also his first win on the PGA Tour...	-15 (72-70-64-63=269)	-12 (67-73-70=62=272)
6.	22 Aug	Gary Boyd Gary Boyd (golfer) Gary Stuart Boyd is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Boyd was born in Banbury, England. He turned professional in 2007....	Czech Open lost in three-man playoff	Peter Hanson Peter Hanson Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the...	-10 (67-70-67-74=278)	-10 (72-70-68-68=278)
7.	5 Sep	Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team...	Omega European Masters Omega European Masters The Omega European Masters is the Swiss stop on professional men's golf's European Tour, and in 2009 will become the first event in Europe to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour....	Miguel Ángel Jiménez Miguel Angel Jiménez Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:...	-21 (67-61-68-67=263)	-18 (66-65-68-67=266)

External links

• Final ranking for 2010