__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2005. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005 earned their European Tour card for 2006.
2005 Challenge Tour2006 European TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings (€)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€) Marc Warren* 1 103,577 28 12 610,885 Carl Suneson 2 103,129 26 11 147,013 Fredrik Widmark 3 99,750 27 13 103,914 Andrew Butterfield 4 94,335 30 18 168,158 Michael Kirk* 5 90,620 24 5 26,749 Steven Jeppesen 6 88,517 32 13 223,796 Benn Barham 7 86,259 29 12 245,310 Michael Hoey* 8 86,124 27 7 50,414 Daniel Vancsik* 9 81,053 24 10 120,812 Richard McEvoy 10 80,047 28 10 97,979 Rafael Gómez* 11 79,880 19 7 71,876 David Higgins 12 77,259 27 16 169,638 Paul Dwyer* 13 73,479 25 6 26,322 Andrés Romero* 14 71,221 21 9 694,363 Marco Ruiz* 15 69,845 22 8 66,714 Ariel Cañete 16 66,087 20 10 122,346 Tom Whitehouse 17 63,344 24 15 250,952 Ross Fisher* 18 61,029 29 18 370,275 Stephen Browne 19 59,916 22 7 97,820 Toni Karjalainen* 20 58,384 15 5 32,246 * European Tour rookie in 2006 T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 118). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 119 and 150). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).
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. Tom Whitehouse and Ross Fisher both improved their status in this way, with Whitehouse medalling at Q School.
Winners on the European Tour in 2006 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up16 Aug Marc WarrenEnterCard Scandinavian Masters−10 (67-69-73-69=278)Playoff Robert Karlsson
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2006 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score116 Jul Andrés RomeroBarclays Scottish Open Johan Edfors−13 (65-69-74-63=271)−11 (72-64-68-69=273)
See also 2005 European Tour Qualifying School graduates 2006 European Tour
External links Final ranking for 2005