2011 Challenge Tour graduates - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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 2011. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2011 earned their European Tour card for 2012.

	\|2011 Challenge Tour	\|2012 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Tommy Fleetwood Tommy Fleetwood Tommy Fleetwood is an English professional golfer.Fleetwood was born in Southport, Merseyside, near Liverpool. He had a distinguished amateur career with included wins in the 2009 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the 2010 English Amateur, and runner-up finishes in the 2008 Amateur... *	1	148,913
Andrea Pavan Andrea Pavan Andrea Pavan is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.-Amateur career:Pavan won the Italian Amateur Strokeplay Championship in 2005 at the age of 16, and subsequently opted to join the collegiate circuit in the USA... *	2	133,052
Sam Little Sam Little (golfer) -Career:Little turned professional in 1997, and joined the Challenge Tour in 1999, where he recorded his first win in 2001. In 2004 he won for the second time at that level, and graduated to the European Tour at the end of the season via qualifying school...	3	130,798
Ricardo Santos Ricardo Santos (golfer) Ricardo Santos is a Portuguese professional golfer.Santos was born in Faro, Portugal. He turned professional in 2006.... *	4	97,516
Benjamin Hebert Benjamin Hebert (golfer) Benjamin Hebert is a French professional golfer.-Early life:Hebert was born in Brive, France. His parents are Jean-Luc, a former pentathlete, and Françoise, a former swimmer, both of whom now work as teachers. He also has one sister, Audrey...	5	91,293
Daniel Denison Daniel Denison Daniel Denison is an English professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.Denison broke both of his legs in a car accident in 2007, an injury that threatened his career. He joined the Challenge Tour in 2009 where he struggled in his rookie year... *	6	86,898
Federico Colombo Federico Colombo Federico Colombo is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:Colombo won several junior amateur events in his home country, before taking up a golf scholarship to the University of Arkansas in 2007...	7	81,834
Jamie Moul Jamie Moul Jamie Moul is an English professional golfer who became the third man to top the World Amateur Golf Ranking on 13 February 2007.Moul plays out of Stoke-by-Nayland Golf Club near Colchester in Essex... *	8	80,771
Jorge Campillo Jorge Campillo (golfer) Jorge Campillo is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:After attending the Spanish national training centre as a junior, Campillo elected to play college golf at Indiana University in the United States... *	9	80,041
Matthew Baldwin Matthew Baldwin Matthew Baldwin is an English professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.Baldwin was captain of the England Boys side before turning professional in 2008. In 2009 he played on the third-tier Alps Tour and finished 23rd on the Order of Merit, with six top-ten finishes... *	10	76,972
Edouard Dubois Edouard Dubois Edouard Dubois is a French professional golfer.Dubois was born in Libourne, France. He turned professional in 2008.In 2009, Dubois finished sixth on the Alps Tour Order of Merit, including his maiden professional win, and progressed to the final stage of European Tour Qualifying School, which... *	11	75,623
Simon Thornton Simon Thornton (golfer) Simon Thornton is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:Thornton was a late starter to golf, only taking up the sport in his late teens and turning professional at the advanced age of 28...	12	74,712
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...	13	74,027
Craig Lee Craig Lee Craig Lee is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:Lee had a successful amateur career in his home country, culminating with a win in the national Boys Stroke Play event in 1995. He turned professional the following year, but struggled to replicate his success,...	14	73,792
Andrew Johnston Andrew Johnston (golfer) Andrew Johnston is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:Johnston was a successful Amateur, representing England boys and the Great Britain and Ireland team in the Jacques Léglise Trophy. He turned professional in 2009 and won for the first time that year on the... *	15	70,987
Sam Walker Sam Walker (golfer) Sam James Walker is an English professional golfer.Walker was born in Birmingham and turned professional in 2000. He came through the ranks, starting his career on the third tier MasterCard Tour before graduating to the Challenge Tour and finally the top level European Tour...	16	67,584
Charles-Édouard Russo Charles-Édouard Russo Charles-Édouard Russo is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:Russo turned professional in 2003, and begun playing on the second-tier Challenge Tour in 2008, finishing 109th in the season-end rankings... *	17	67,192
Pelle Edberg Pelle Edberg Per Oscar "Pelle" Edberg is a Swedish professional golfer.Edberg was born in Jönköping. He turned professional in 1997, and after several unsuccessful attempts at the European Tour qualifying school, finally gained his tour card in 2004, having played most of that year on the second tier Challenge...	18	66,282
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...	19	64,488
Alessandro Tadini Alessandro Tadini Alessandro Tadini is an Italian professional golfer.Tadini was born in Borgomanero and turned professional in 1994. He finally qualified for the European Tour for 2003 after his sixth visit to qualifying school. He was unable to win enough money during his rookie season to retain his card and...	20	62,630

* European Tour rookie in 2012

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