2006 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2006. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2006 earned their European Tour card for 2007.

| 2006 Challenge Tour | 2007 European Tour

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Player | Money list
rank | Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts
made | Best
finish | Money list
rank | Earnings (€)
Mark Pilkington | 1 | 119,152 | 33 | 13 | T6 | 136 | 175,085
Johan Axgren | 2 | 105,699 | 29 | 12 | T15 | 170 | 118,696
Alex Norén* | 3 | 99,631 | 28 | 13 | T3 | 63 | 472,336
Martin Kaymer* | 4 | 93,321 | 29 | 16 | T2 | 41 | 754,691
James Hepworth | 5 | 84,236 | 30 | 11 | T16 | 164 | 136,173
Kyron Sullivan* | 6 | 83,364 | 30 | 12 | T12 | 131 | 180,643
Rafael Echenique* | 7 | 82,737 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 113 | 227,069
Juan Parrón* | 8 | 71,089 | 27 | 9 | T13 | 183 | 81,554
Sam Walker | 9 | 69,853 | 31 | 12 | T4 | 80 | 341,293
Marcus Higley* | 10 | 67,851 | 31 | 13 | T2 | 151 | 151,185
Shaun P. Webster | 11 | 65,536 | 25 | 7 | T18 | 204 | 53,786
Gary Lockerbie* | 12 | 64,073 | 30 | 13 | T5 | 144 | 162,709
Rafa Cabrera-Bello* | 13 | 62,849 | 33 | 16 | T18 | 134 | 178,927
James Heath* | 14 | 60,346 | 29 | 11 | T4 | 152 | 150,758
Gareth Davies* | 15 | 60,189 | 25 | 9 | T9 | 181 | 86,887
Lee S. James | 16 | 59,704 | 23 | 7 | T10 | 202 | 56,775
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet* | 17 | 59,343 | 24 | 13 | T2 | 90 | 292,379
Álvaro Quirós* | 18 | 57,278 | 13 | 7 | Win | 102 | 259,350
Mads Vibe-Hastrup | 19 | 52,485 | 24 | 15 | Win | 61 | 482,549
Adrien Mörk* | 20 | 52,136 | 18 | 4 | T46 | 271 | 12,020

* European Tour rookie in 2007
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2008 (finished inside the top 117).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-149).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 149).

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. Álvaro Quirós improved his status in this way.

## Winners on the European Tour in 2007

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No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of
victory | Runners-up

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1  | 10 Dec 2006  |  Álvaro Quirós | Alfred Dunhill Championship | −13 (74-66-68-67=275)  | 1 stroke  |  Charl Schwartzel
2  | 14 Oct  |  Mads Vibe-Hastrup | Open de Madrid Valle Romano | −16 (69-69-67-67=272)  | 3 strokes  |  Alejandro Cañizares

## Runners-up on the European Tour in 2007

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No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score

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1  | 18 Mar  |  Rafael Echenique | TCL Classic |  Chapchai Nirat | −22 (61-66-68-71=266)  | −19 (64-69-68-68=269)
2  | 17 Jun  |  Marcus Higley | Open de Saint-Omer |  Carl Suneson | −8 (67-70-70-69=276)  | −5 (67-70-71-71=279)
3–4  | 14 May  |  Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | Scandinavian Masters |  Mikko Ilonen | −6 (67-72-67-68=274)  | −4 (67-70-71-68=276)
Martin Kaymer | −4 (67-68-68-73=276)

## See also

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* 2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
* 2007 European Tour

## External links

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* Final ranking for 2006

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