2019 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2019.[1][2] The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2019 earned European Tour cards for 2020.

| 2019 Challenge Tour | 2020 European Tour | 2021 European Tour

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Player | Points
rank | Points | Starts | Cuts
made | Best
finish | Points
rank | Points | Starts | Cuts
made | Best
finish | Points
rank | Points
Francesco Laporta | 1 | 210,122 | 18 | 10 | T2 | 104 | 331 | 26 | 15 | T2 | 41 | 1,056
Calum Hill* | 2 | 146,834 | 21 | 14 | T8 | 101 | 342 | 25 | 18 | Win | 32 | 1,216
Richard Bland | 3 | 142,402 | 21 | 16 | T2 | 76 | 465 | 23 | 17 | Win | 11 | 1,913
Sebastian Heisele | 4 | 130,405 | 16 | 9 | 4th | 110 | 320 | 15 | 4 | T9 | 188 | 127
Adrian Meronk* | 5 | 128,732 | 22 | 12 | T2 | 84 | 432 | 22 | 15 | T2 | 39 | 1,069
Jack Senior† | 6 | 124,347 | 23 | 16 | T4 | 88 | 407 | 28 | 18 | T6 | 81 | 609
Robin Roussel* | 7 | 122,552 | 19 | 9 | T14 | 166 | 156 | 24 | 9 | T26 | 180 | 149
Antoine Rozner* | 8 | 120,468 | 21 | 18 | Win | 26 | 983 | 21 | 17 | Win | 44 | 1,025
Matthew Jordan† | 9 | 119,142 | 21 | 17 | T3 | 77 | 464 | 23 | 14 | T4 | 76 | 638
Ricardo Santos | 10 | 107,524 | 19 | 8 | T24 | 210 | 72 | 26 | 10 | T6 | 161 | 205
Cormac Sharvin* | 11 | 103,088 | 20 | 10 | T19 | 168 | 152 | 25 | 10 | T21 | 166 | 187
Oliver Farr | 12 | 92,440 | 19 | 9 | T3 | 129 | 259 | 24 | 13 | T11 | 145 | 258
Darius van Driel* | 13 | 91,862 | 19 | 10 | T4 | 157 | 175 | 22 | 15 | T2 | 97 | 505
Connor Syme | 14 | 89,732 | 23 | 15 | T3 | 65 | 608 | 24 | 11 | 3rd | 104 | 459
Sebastián García Rodríguez* | 15 | 86,658 | 23 | 12 | T4 | 130 | 253 | 26 | 10 | 4th | 120 | 385

* European Tour rookie in 2020
† First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
T = Tied
The player retained full European Tour status for 2022 (finished inside the top 121 in 2021).
The player retained category 16 European Tour status for 2022 (finished outside the top 121 in 2021).

Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 European Tour season, all of the graduates retained the same status in 2021 except Rozner, who was promoted to the winners category after his victory at the 2020 Golf in Dubai Championship.

In 2021, European Tour Qualifying School was cancelled for a second straight year, limiting the normal changes in European Tour membership between seasons. The 2019 Challenge Tour graduates that failed to finish in the top 121 of the Race to Dubai were placed in a category immediately below the 2021 Challenge Tour graduates for the 2022 European Tour season, approximately equal to the category usually given to qualifying school graduates.

## Wins on the European Tour in 2020 and 2021

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

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1  | 5 Dec 2020  |  Antoine Rozner | Golf in Dubai Championship | −25 (63-69-67-64=263)  | 2 strokes  |  Francesco Laporta
Mike Lorenzo-Vera
Andy Sullivan
Matt Wallace
2  | 14 Mar 2021  |  Antoine Rozner (2)  | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | −8 (69-72-68-67=276)  | 1 stroke  |  Gaganjeet Bhullar
Darren Fichardt
Guido Migliozzi
3  | 15 May 2021  |  Richard Bland | Betfred British Masters | −13 (68-69-72-66=275)  | Playoff  |  Guido Migliozzi
3  | 15 Aug 2021  |  Calum Hill | Cazoo Classic | −16 (68-67-70-67=272)  | 1 stroke  |  Alexander Lévy

## Runner-up finishes on the European Tour in 2020 and 2021

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

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1  | 8 Dec 2019  |  Antoine Rozner | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open |  Rasmus Højgaard | −19 (66-69-66-68=269)  | −19 (67-67-66-69=269)
2  | 29 Nov 2020  |  Richard Bland | Alfred Dunhill Championship |  Christiaan Bezuidenhout | −14 (69-68-68-69=274)  | −10 (67-67-74-70=278)
3  |  Adrian Meronk | −10 (65-66-71-76=278)
4  | 5 Dec 2020  |  Francesco Laporta | Golf in Dubai Championship |  Antoine Rozner | −25 (63-69-67-64=263)  | −23 (65-69-65-66=265)
5  | 7 Jun 2021  |  Darius van Driel | Porsche European Open |  Marcus Armitage | −8 (72-71-65=208)  | −6 (71-69-70=210)
6  | 5 Sep 2021  |  Adrian Meronk (2)  | DS Automobiles Italian Open |  Nicolai Højgaard | −13 (66-69-65-71=271)  | −12 (70-69-67-66=272)
7  | 14 Nov 2021  |  Francesco Laporta (2)  | Aviv Dubai Championship |  Joachim B. Hansen | −23 (63-67-67-68=265)  | −22 (66-64-67-69=266)

## See also

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* 2019 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

## References

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1. ^ "Challenge Tour rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
2. ^ "Laporta lands Grand Final and Rankings double". PGA European Tour. 10 November 2019.

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