__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2017. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2017 earned European Tour cards for 2018.
2017 Challenge Tour2018 European TourPlayerRoad to OmanrankPointsStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€) Tapio Pulkkanen* 1 210,799 28 14 78 580,332 Clément Sordet* 2 181,312 27 13 132 257,550 Erik van Rooyen* 3 160,876 25 18 38 1,178,064 Aaron Rai* 4 139,435 32 20 58 777,642 Marcus Kinhult 5 139,419 27 20 49 966,558 Julien Guerrier 6 137,525 28 19 86 534,524 Oliver Farr 7 133,768 29 13 145 222,025 Ryan Evans 8 126,676 29 17 148 208,377 Chase Koepka* 9 123,570 28 10 181 100,241 Pedro Oriol 10 105,108 26 12 151 205,782 Jens Dantorp 11 104,737 30 17 70 620,978 Steven Brown* 12 104,155 28 14 97 404,685 Adrien Saddier 13 100,843 27 14 117 312,632 Scott Fernández* 14 94,673 29 11 160 181,159 Bradley Neil* 15 93,168 29 11 190 87,638
* European Tour rookie in 2018 T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2019 (finished inside the top 116). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2019, but retained conditional status (finished between 117 and 155, inclusive). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2019 (finished outside the top 155).
Rai earned promotion to the European Tour in July after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2018 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score111 Dec 2017 Erik van RooyenJoburg Open Shubhankar Sharma−23 (69-61-65-69=264)−20 (64-67-70-66=267)22 Sep Steven Brownlost in four-man playoffMade in Denmark Matt Wallace−19 (68-68-66-67=269)−19 (70-68-63-68=269)
See also 2017 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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