This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2007. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2007 earned their European Tour card for 2008.

2007 Challenge Tour2008 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
France Mike Lorenzo-Vera*1128,9272412T2108269,091
England Ross McGowan*2126,6452817570429,173
Chile Felipe Aguilar3120,4092316Win41676,182
Wales Jamie Donaldson4111,7482718T889350,286
Sweden Leif Westerberg5102,323253T2923726,855
Netherlands Joost Luiten*699,4061484124171,279
Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson*795,6702815T279405,998
England Robert Dinwiddie*891,2573016T372426,811
Sweden Mikael Lundberg987,9162515Win63476,930
Wales Stuart Manley1084,3953313T14150131,902
Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti*1173,8162611T12153127,703
England Peter Baker1272,8742515T9132159,093
Scotland Peter Whiteford*1372,7302916T8145136,357
England Iain Pyman1470,725278T3137146,872
Argentina Julio Zapata*1570,1582510T11158107,002
Italy Edoardo Molinari*1665,300251215147135,270
Spain Álvaro Velasco*1759,7862713T5100286,888
Australia Peter Fowler1859,712259T3128165,178
France François Delamontagne1959,2322617T4118223,746
Norway Jan-Are Larsen2056,24417104146135,589

* 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).

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. François Delamontagne and Jan-Are Larsen improved their status in this way.

Winners on the European Tour in 2008

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 17 Feb Chile Felipe Aguilar Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open −18 (65-62-67-68=262) 1 stroke India Jeev Milkha Singh
2 27 Jul Sweden Mikael Lundberg Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship −21 (67-64-68-68=267) 2 strokes Spain José Manuel Lara

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 13 Jan Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson
lost in three-man playoff
Joburg Open South Africa Richard Sterne −13 (71-68-67-65=271) −13 (70-66-69-66=271)
2 20 Apr France Mike Lorenzo-Vera Volvo China Open Republic of Ireland Damien McGrane −10 (68-69-68-73=278) −1 (67-69-72-79=287)
3 18 May Chile Felipe Aguilar Irish Open England Richard Finch −10 (71-72-65-70=278) −8 (71-72-67-70=280)

See also

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