2018 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2018.[1][2] The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2018 earned European Tour cards for 2019.

2018 Challenge Tour 2019 European Tour
Player Points
rank		 Points Starts Cuts
made		 Best
finish		 Points
rank		 Points
Denmark Joachim B. Hansen 1 192,320 31 22 2nd 49 1,235
Spain Adri Arnaus* 2 185,836 31 20 2nd 41 1,499
France Victor Perez† 3 184,236 24 19 Win 13 2,582
Finland Kalle Samooja* 4 140,243 28 16 T2 62 960
Sweden Sebastian Söderberg 5 140,167 29 16 Win 52 1,116
England Jack Singh Brar* 6 128,582 29 17 T8 110 470
Scotland Grant Forrest† 7 127,502 27 16 T6 94 533
Finland Kim Koivu† 8 126,673 27 14 T9 156 244
Wales Stuart Manley 9 120,258 29 17 T21 161 220
Scotland Liam Johnston* 10 119,169 30 13 T5 148 296
United States Sean Crocker† 11 115,074 25 12 T2 82 690
Scotland Robert MacIntyre* 12 114,368 30 25 2nd 11 2,763
Italy Lorenzo Gagli 13 113,893 26 11 T2 104 494
Scotland David Law* 14 108,107 27 13 Win 92 554
Portugal Pedro Figueiredo* 15 94,340 29 12 T23 177 156

* European Tour rookie in 2019
† First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155).

Koivu earned promotion to the European Tour in August after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.

Winners on the European Tour in 2019[]

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 10 Feb Scotland David Law ISPS Handa Vic Open −18 (67-66-71-66=270) 1 stroke Australia Brad Kennedy
Australia Wade Ormsby
2 1 Sep Sweden Sebastian Söderberg Omega European Masters −14 (64-70-66-66=266) Playoff Italy Lorenzo Gagli
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Argentina Andrés Romero
Finland Kalle Samooja
3 29 Sep France Victor Perez Alfred Dunhill Links Championship −22 (64-68-64-70=266) 1 stroke England Matthew Southgate

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2019[]

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 17 Mar Spain Adri Arnaus Magical Kenya Open Italy Guido Migliozzi −17 (67-68-64-69=268) −16 (66-68-65-70=269)
2 28 Apr United States Sean Crocker Trophée Hassan II Spain Jorge Campillo −9 (72-71-69-71=283) −7 (67-74-72-72=285)
3 12 May Scotland Robert MacIntyre Betfred British Masters Sweden Marcus Kinhult −16 (65-69-68-70=272) −15 (68-69-68-68=273)
4 26 May Scotland Robert MacIntyre (2) Made in Denmark Austria Bernd Wiesberger −14 (68-69-67-66=270) −13 (67-70-68-66=271)
5 30 Jun Spain Adri Arnaus (2) Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout −10 (66-68-69-71=274) −4 (68-70-73-69=280)
6 18 Aug Spain Adri Arnaus (3) D+D Real Czech Masters Belgium Thomas Pieters −19 (67-67-66-69=269) −18 (71-65-65-69=270)
7
& 8 		1 Sep Italy Lorenzo Gagli Omega European Masters Sweden Sebastian Söderberg −14 (64-70-66-66=266) −14 (64-68-67-67=266)
Finland Kalle Samooja −14 (66-71-62-67=266)
9 8 Sep Scotland Robert MacIntyre (3) Porsche European Open England Paul Casey −14 (66-73-68-66=274) −13 (68-65-74-68=275)
10 20 Oct Denmark Joachim B. Hansen Amundi Open de France Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts −12 (67-66-67-72=272) −11 (68-68-69-68=273)
11 11 Nov France Victor Perez Turkish Airlines Open England Tyrrell Hatton −20 (68-68-65-67=268) −20 (68-69-66-65=268)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Challenge Tour rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Arnaus goes wire-to-wire on dramatic day in Ras Al Khaimah". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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