__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2006. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2006 earned their European Tour card for 2007.
2006 Challenge Tour2007 European TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings (€)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€) Mark Pilkington 1 119,152 33 13 175,085 Johan Axgren 2 105,699 29 12 118,696 Alex Norén* 3 99,631 28 13 472,336 Martin Kaymer* 4 93,321 29 16 754,691 James Hepworth 5 84,236 30 11 136,173 Kyron Sullivan* 6 83,364 30 12 180,643 Rafael Echenique* 7 82,737 28 12 227,069 Juan Parrón* 8 71,089 27 9 81,554 Sam Walker 9 69,853 31 12 341,293 Marcus Higley* 10 67,851 31 13 151,185 Shaun P. Webster 11 65,536 25 7 53,786 Gary Lockerbie* 12 64,073 30 13 162,709 Rafa Cabrera-Bello* 13 62,849 33 16 178,927 James Heath* 14 60,346 29 11 150,758 Gareth Davies* 15 60,189 25 9 86,887 Lee S. James 16 59,704 23 7 56,775 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet* 17 59,343 24 13 292,379 Álvaro Quirós* 18 57,278 13 7 259,350 Mads Vibe-Hastrup 19 52,485 24 15 482,549 Adrien Mörk* 20 52,136 18 4 12,020 * European Tour rookie in 2007 T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2008 (finished inside the top 117). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-149). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 149).
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. Álvaro Quirós improved his status in this way.
Winners on the European Tour in 2007 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up110 Dec 2006 Álvaro QuirósAlfred Dunhill Championship−13 (74-66-68-67=275)1 stroke Charl Schwartzel214 Oct Mads Vibe-HastrupOpen de Madrid Valle Romano−16 (69-69-67-67=272)3 strokes Alejandro Cañizares
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2007 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score118 Mar Rafael EcheniqueTCL Classic Chapchai Nirat−22 (61-66-68-71=266)−19 (64-69-68-68=269)217 Jun Marcus HigleyOpen de Saint-Omer Carl Suneson−8 (67-70-70-69=276)−5 (67-70-71-71=279)3–414 May Jean-Baptiste GonnetScandinavian Masters Mikko Ilonen−6 (67-72-67-68=274)−4 (67-70-71-68=276) Martin Kaymer−4 (67-68-68-73=276)
See also 2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates 2007 European Tour
External links Final ranking for 2006