2008 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.

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! !!colspan=2|2008 Challenge Tour!!colspan=6|2009 European Tour

PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Horsey*

1144,1182619{{sort|02|T2}}76424,666
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Lockerbie

2138,5092918{{sort|04|T4}}108289,461
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|align=left|{{flagicon|NLD}} Taco Remkes*

3137,331308{{sort|12|T12}}19566,178
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|align=left|{{flagicon|NIR}} Gareth Maybin*

4117,7192721{{sort|02|2}}53625,876
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estanislao Goya*

5113,3362515{{sort|01|Win}}94338,939
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Seve Benson*

6111,5292813{{sort|04|T4}}120250,786
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Tadini

7106,8932917{{sort|13|T13}}126232,759
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|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Richie Ramsay*

8106,6562914{{sort|04|T4}}97331,171
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|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Steven O'Hara

9103,2122412{{sort|06|T6}}151154,198
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|align=left|{{flagicon|DNK}} Jeppe Huldahl

1096,8182814{{sort|01|Win}}64510,381
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|align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Klas Eriksson

1198,5142413{{sort|09|T9}}142186,980
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|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Alexandre Rocha

1293,684199{{sort|28|T28}}21147,935
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Bland

1392,6452514{{sort|04|4}}112277,462
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafa Cabrera-Bello

1489,8473220{{sort|01|Win}}39744,297
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|align=left|{{flagicon|NLD}} Wil Besseling*

1589,3582312{{sort|03|T3}}18287,095
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Marcus Higley

1685,946179{{sort|04|T4}}17196,626
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} John E. Morgan

1777,254167{{sort|09|T9}}18282,889
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|align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Christian Nilsson

1875,200158{{sort|01|Win}}90343,763
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|align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Antti Ahokas*

1974,867124{{sort|48|T48}}27510,631
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|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Davis*

2067,105144{{sort|15|T15}}20850,375

* European Tour rookie in 2009

T = Tied

{{Color box|#D0F0C0|border=darkgray}} The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120).

{{Color box|#FFF080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).

{{Color box|#F08080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008.

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

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!No.

!Date

!Player

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of victory

!Runner-up

1

|22 Mar

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estanislao Goya

|Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal

|−6 (68-68-69-73=278)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Callum Macaulay

2

|7 Jun

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Jeppe Huldahl

|Celtic Manor Wales Open

|−9 (69-71-68-67=275)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Niclas Fasth

3

|21 Jun

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Christian Nilsson

|Saint-Omer Open

|−13 (68-69-65-69=271)

|6 strokes

|{{flagicon|POR}} José-Filipe Lima

4

|20 Sep

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafa Cabrera-Bello

|Austrian Golf Open

|−20 (71-67-66-60=264)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Benn Barham

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

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

1

|21 Dec 2008

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Gareth Maybin
lost in playoff

|South African Open Championship

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Richard Sterne

|−14 (72-69-67-66=274)

|−14 (66-69-69-70=274)

2

|15 Feb 2009

|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Horsey

|Maybank Malaysian Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Kang

|−17 (74-66-64-67=271)

|−16 (71-68-69-64=272)

3

|25 Oct

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Christian Nilsson

|Castelló Masters Costa Azahar

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Michael Jonzon

|−20 (64-68-65-67=264)

|−19 (69-66-65-65=265)

See also