2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 30 players who earned their 2008 European Tour card through Q School in 2007.

Place | Player | European Tour
starts | Cuts
made | Notes

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1 |  Martin Wiegele | 34 | 8 | 1 Challenge Tour win
T2 |  Pedro Linhart | 161 | 85 | 1 European Tour win, 1 Challenge Tour win
T2 |  Lee Slattery | 81 | 39 | 1 Challenge Tour win
T4 |  Florian Praegant | 3 | 0 | Recovered from sustaining a broken neck in 2006
T4 |  Luis Claverie | 34 | 14 |
T6 |  François Delamontagne | 113 | 54 | 19th in the Challenge Tour rankings
T6 |  Lee S. James | 74 | 25 | 4 Challenge Tour wins; won 1994 Amateur Championship and played in 1995 Walker Cup
T6 |  Alan McLean | 64 | 24 | 2 Sunshine Tour wins
T6 |  Sion Bebb | 54 | 25 | 1 Challenge Tour win
T6 |  Pablo Larrazábal | 1 | 0 |
T11 |  Richard Bland | 154 | 70 | 1 Challenge Tour win
T11 |  Birgir Hafþórsson | 31 | 15 |
T11 |  Joakim Bäckström | 83 | 43 | 1 European Tour win
T11 |  Sven Strüver | 403 | 236 | 3 European Tour wins
T11 |  Paolo Terreni | 8 | 2 |
T16 |  Benoît Teilleria | 112 | 51 |
T16 |  Juan Abbate | 10 | 1 |
T16 |  David Drysdale | 130 | 63 | 2 Challenge Tour wins
T16 |  David Dixon | 91 | 41 | Won 2000 Lytham Trophy
T16 |  Matthew Millar | 55 | 31 |
T16 |  Craig Lee | 8 | 1 |
T22 |  Patrik Sjöland | 279 | 164 | 2 European Tour wins, 1 Challenge Tour win
T22 |  Marcel Siem | 148 | 87 | 1 European Tour win
T22 |  James Kamte | 10 | 5 | 1 Sunshine Tour win; first black South African on Tour for 31 years
T22 |  Gareth Paddison | 37 | 14 | 1 Challenge Tour win, 2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T22 |  Philip Golding | 309 | 135 | 1 European Tour win, 3 Challenge Tour wins
T22 |  Paul Waring | 1 | 0 |
T22 |  Jan-Are Larsen | 46 | 19 | 20th in the Challenge Tour rankings
T22 |  Ulrich van den Berg | 22 | 8 | 5 Sunshine Tour wins
T22 |  Thomas Aiken | 18 | 6 | 6 Sunshine Tour wins

2008 European Tour rookie

## 2008 Results

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Player | Starts | Cuts
made | Best
finish | Money list
rank | Earnings (€)

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Martin Wiegele | 25 | 13 | 9 | 142 | 138,672
Pedro Linhart | 20 | 9 | T37 | 196 | 49,535
Lee Slattery | 27 | 14 | T2 | 107 | 275,242
Florian Praegant* | 20 | 5 | T55 | 249 | 23,918
Luis Claverie | 23 | 7 | T30 | 197 | 48,046
François Delamontagne | 26 | 17 | T4 | 118 | 223,746
Lee S. James | 22 | 6 | T16 | 176 | 74,377
Alan McLean | 10 | 6 | T21 | 253 | 22,531
Sion Bebb | 24 | 11 | 8 | 140 | 138,898
Pablo Larrazábal* | 28 | 17 | Win | 18 | 960,858
Richard Bland | 17 | 9 | T4 | 167 | 88,363
Birgir Hafþórsson | 8 | 3 | T50 | 284 | 9,288
Joakim Bäckström | 21 | 9 | T16 | 192 | 55,051
Sven Strüver | 25 | 8 | 4 | 163 | 96,248
Paolo Terreni* | 20 | 2 | T67 | 324 | 4,062
Benoît Teilleria | 19 | 7 | T22 | 216 | 37,762
Juan Abbate* | 21 | 8 | T7 | 166 | 90,633
David Drysdale | 23 | 8 | 5 | 151 | 131,473
David Dixon | 24 | 10 | Win | 114 | 240,032
Matthew Millar | 20 | 14 | T4 | 135 | 151,176
Craig Lee* | 20 | 6 | T17 | 186 | 60,766
Patrik Sjöland | 26 | 14 | T4 | 119 | 223,413
Marcel Siem | 28 | 14 | T4 | 96 | 309,839
James Kamte* | 23 | 9 | T3 | 138 | 142,062
Gareth Paddison* | 25 | 12 | T12 | 149 | 132,294
Philip Golding | 19 | 4 | T13 | 234 | 27,584
Paul Waring* | 22 | 15 | 6 | 105 | 279,872
Jan-Are Larsen | 17 | 10 | 4 | 146 | 135,589
Ulrich van den Berg* | 9 | 5 | T20 | 206 | 41,409
Thomas Aiken* | 24 | 13 | T13 | 131 | 160,775

* European Tour rookie in 2008
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-151).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).

## Winners on the European Tour in 2008

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

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1  | 15 Jun  |  David Dixon | Saint-Omer Open | −5 (77-67-69-66=279)  | 1 stroke  |  Christian Nilsson
2  | 29 Jun  |  Pablo Larrazábal | Open de France Alstom | −15 (65-70-67-67=269)  | 4 strokes  |  Colin Montgomerie

## Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008

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

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1  | 9 Dec 2007  |  Lee Slattery | Alfred Dunhill Championship |  John Bickerton | −13 (70-69-68-68=275)  | −12 (73-65-67-71=276)

## See also

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* 2007 Challenge Tour graduates
* 2008 European Tour

## References

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* Final Results
* Player biographies and records

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