This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2010. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2010 earned their European Tour card for 2011.
2010 Challenge Tour | 2011 European Tour | |||||||
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Player | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | |
1 | 134,297 | 30 | 14 | 127 | 206,170 | |||
Matt Haines* | 2 | 107,152 | 35 | 8 | 175 | 88,800 | ||
Thorbjørn Olesen* | 3 | 104,754 | 30 | 12 | 48 | 637,703 | ||
Floris de Vries* | 4 | 101,288 | 23 | 9 | 171 | 99,108 | ||
5 | 99,989 | 33 | 19 | 64 | 469,499 | |||
Oscar Florén* | 6 | 98,948 | 27 | 13 | 111 | 264,783 | ||
7 | 97,521 | 33 | 15 | 142 | 167,053 | |||
8 | 95,650 | 30 | 14 | 141 | 170,707 | |||
Mark Tullo* | 9 | 92,583 | 28 | 11 | 119 | 250,806 | ||
George Murray* | 10 | 92,339 | 28 | 14 | 81 | 386,710 | ||
11 | 86,961 | 25 | 9 | 213 | 39,559 | |||
Joel Sjöholm* | 12 | 83,907 | 30 | 16 | 107 | 280,311 | ||
13 | 78,358 | 31 | 17 | 82 | 380,087 | |||
Scott Jamieson* | 14 | 67,413 | 31 | 13 | 59 | 523,754 | ||
15 | 63,176 | 33 | 11 | 124 | 218,452 | |||
Marius Thorp* | 16 | 63,127 | 8 | 3 | n/a | 19,475 | ||
17 | 62,545 | 25 | 21 | 49 | 622,846 | |||
Magnus A. Carlsson | 18 | 60,469 | 23 | 11 | 134 | 193,636 | ||
19 | 59,376 | 2 | 1 | n/a | 1,900 | |||
Alexandre Kaleka* | 20 | 58,888 | 27 | 10 | 159 | 128,735 |
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. Alexandre Kaleka improved his status in this way.
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 19 Jun | Matthew Zions | Saint-Omer Open | −8 (68-72-67-69=276) | 7 strokes | Daniel Denison, Peter Gustafsson | |
2 | 9 Oct | Lee Slattery | Bankia Madrid Masters | −15 (67-66-69-71=273) | 1 stroke | Lorenzo Gagli |
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score | |
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1 | 12 Dec 2010 | Thorbjørn Olesen | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Pablo Martín | −11 (69-70-68-70=277) | −9 (71-68-74-66=279) | |
2 | 12 Jun | Thorbjørn Olesen (2) | BMW Italian Open | Robert Rock | −21 (64-68-68-67=267) | −20 (65-71-70-62=268) | |
3 | 3 Jul | Thorbjørn Olesen (3) | Alstom Open de France | Thomas Levet | −7 (70-70-67-70=277) | −6 (66-71-71-70=278) | |
4 | 28 Aug | Bernd Wiesberger lost in five-man playoff | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Thomas Bjørn | −11 (68-69-71-69=277) | −11 (69-71-68-69=277) | |
5 | 9 Oct | Lorenzo Gagli | Bankia Madrid Masters | Lee Slattery | −15 (67-66-69-71=273) | −14 (65-70-69-70=274) | |
6 | 27 Nov | Bernd Wiesberger (2) | South African Open Championship | Hennie Otto | −14 (70-67-65-72=274) | −13 (69-68-70-68=275) |