2016 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2016. The top 16 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2016 earned European Tour cards for 2017.

	2016 Challenge Tour		2017 European Tour
Player	Road to Oman rank	Points	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Jordan Smith*	1	209,985	31	25	Win	24	1,290,602
Bernd Ritthammer	2	189,953	26	10	T11	124	272,289
Alexander Knappe*	3	183,500	27	11	T5	140	215,147
Ryan Fox*	4	160,768	29	21	T4	34	1,080,610
Sam Walker	5	158,370	29	8	T4	157	158,785
Matthieu Pavon*	6	150,504	30	16	3	49	866,853
Alexander Björk*	7	135,006	30	23	T3	43	947,873
Dylan Frittelli*	8	120,892	29	18	Win	19	1,602,951
Romain Langasque*	9	118,087	27	11	T10	151	178,683
Duncan Stewart*	10	115,764	28	12	T9	131	241,658
Marcus Armitage*	11	115,760	26	11	T10	152	168,137
José-Filipe Lima	12	100,108	23	10	T5	138	218,629
Damien Perrier*	13	95,368	27	12	T29	174	102,350
Pep Anglès*	14	93,286	27	13	4	139	216,288
Thomas Detry*	15	92,852	27	17	T2	86	440,214
Joël Stalter*	16	91,578	26	11	T3	132	239,430

* European Tour rookie in 2017
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2018 (finished inside the top 101 or the top 10 of the Access List).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018, but retained conditional status (finished between 102 and 147, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018 (finished outside the top 147).

Ritthammer won three times on the Challenge Tour in 2016. A change before the season to the tour regulations allowed amateurs to earn ranking points, while also dictating that any player within the top 15 who earned points as an amateur would be counted in addition to the usual 15 graduates; therefore, since Langasque had earned 24,200 points as an amateur, the number of graduates was increased to 16. Anglès regained his card for 2018 through Q School.

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	11 Jun	Dylan Frittelli	Lyoness Open	−12 (70-71-68-67=276)	1 stroke	David Horsey Mikko Korhonen Jbe' Kruger
2	30 Jul	Jordan Smith	Porsche European Open	−13 (70-67-67-71=275)	Playoff	Alexander Lévy

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	30 Apr	Dylan Frittelli Lost in playoff	Volvo China Open	Alexander Lévy	−17 (63-70-71-67=271)	−17 (70-63-64-74=271)
2	25 Jun	Thomas Detry	BMW International Open	Andrés Romero	−17 (67-71-68-65=271)	−16 (65-71-70-66=272)
3	5 Nov	Dylan Frittelli (2)	Turkish Airlines Open	Justin Rose	−18 (69-68-64-65=266)	−17 (70-67-66-64=267)

• 2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

• Final ranking for 2016