2009 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2009. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2009 earned their European Tour card for 2010.

Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! !!colspan=2\|2009 Challenge Tour!!colspan=6\|2010 European Tour
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Edoardo Molinari	1	242,980	28	24	{{sort\|00\|Win (x2)}}	11	2,009,337
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|PRT}} José-Filipe Lima	2	134,623	27	12	{{sort\|17\|T17}}	161	83,604
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|BEL}} Nicolas Colsaerts	3	128,590	25	16	{{sort\|03\|T3}}	67	423,513
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Rhys Davies*	4	113,187	31	22	{{sort\|01\|Win}}	18	1,218,636
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Peter Whiteford	5	110,593	28	17	{{sort\|02\|T2}}	86	334,271
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Andrew Butterfield	6	110,488	25	1	{{sort\|54\|T54}}	296	4,960
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gary Boyd*	7	104,952	27	16	{{sort\|02\|T2}}	50	715,106
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Julien Quesne*	8	94,636	30	16	{{sort\|16\|T16}}	156	93,303
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Richard McEvoy	9	92,919	28	13	{{sort\|08\|T8}}	101	261,196
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Robert Coles	10	89,304	28	12	{{sort\|04\|T4}}	107	233,214
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Peter Baker	11	74,243	21	{{sort\|07\|7}}	T35	204	33,360
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carlos Rodiles	12	73,898	21	6	{{sort\|35\|T35}}	205	31,795
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Chris Gane	13	73,230	19	6	{{sort\|06\|T6}}	178	57,367
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Parry*	14	71,318	33	22	{{sort\|01\|Win}}	51	706,108
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Andrew Tampion	15	65,416	23	3	{{sort\|45\|T45}}	268	9,103
style="background:#FFF080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Julien Guerrier*	16	64,741	21	12	{{sort\|05\|T5}}	122	172,305
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Andrew McArthur*	17	62,856	17	7	{{sort\|29\|T29}}	198	39,235
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} James Morrison*	18	61,370	27	12	{{sort\|01\|Win}}	61	518,750
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Sion Bebb	19	61,231	19	11	{{sort\|17\|T17}}	158	90,740
style="background:#F08080;" \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} François Calmels	20	58,920	8	2	{{sort\|31\|T31}}	278	7,598

* European Tour rookie in 2010

T = Tied

{{Color box|#D0F0C0|border=darkgray}} The player retained his European Tour card for 2011 (finished inside the top 117).

{{Color box|#FFF080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2011, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-150).

{{Color box|#F08080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150).

Molinari won three Challenge Tour events in 2009. 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; Julien Guerrier improved his status in this way.