__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2018. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2018 earned European Tour cards for 2019.
2018 Challenge Tour2019 European TourPlayerPointsrankPointsStartsCutsmadeBestfinishPointsrankPoints Joachim B. Hansen 1 192,320 31 22 49 1,235 Adri Arnaus* 2 185,836 31 20 41 1,499 Victor Perez† 3 184,236 24 19 13 2,582 Kalle Samooja* 4 140,243 28 16 62 960 Sebastian Söderberg 5 140,167 29 16 52 1,116 Jack Singh Brar* 6 128,582 29 17 110 470 Grant Forrest† 7 127,502 27 16 94 533 Kim Koivu† 8 126,673 27 14 156 244 Stuart Manley 9 120,258 29 17 161 220 Liam Johnston* 10 119,169 30 13 148 296 Sean Crocker† 11 115,074 25 12 82 690 Robert MacIntyre* 12 114,368 30 25 11 2,763 Lorenzo Gagli 13 113,893 26 11 104 494 David Law* 14 108,107 27 13 92 554 Pedro Figueiredo* 15 94,340 29 12 177 156 * European Tour rookie in 2019 † First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year award T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155).
Koivu earned promotion to the European Tour in August after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.
Winners on the European Tour in 2019 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up110 Feb David LawISPS Handa Vic Open−18 (67-66-71-66=270)1 stroke Brad Kennedy Wade Ormsby21 Sep Sebastian SöderbergOmega European Masters−14 (64-70-66-66=266)Playoff Lorenzo Gagli Rory McIlroy Andrés Romero Kalle Samooja329 Sep Victor PerezAlfred Dunhill Links Championship−22 (64-68-64-70=266)1 stroke Matthew Southgate
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2019 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score117 Mar Adri ArnausMagical Kenya Open Guido Migliozzi−17 (67-68-64-69=268)−16 (66-68-65-70=269)228 Apr Sean CrockerTrophée Hassan II Jorge Campillo−9 (72-71-69-71=283)−7 (67-74-72-72=285)312 May Robert MacIntyreBetfred British Masters Marcus Kinhult−16 (65-69-68-70=272)−15 (68-69-68-68=273)426 May Robert MacIntyre (2)Made in Denmark Bernd Wiesberger−14 (68-69-67-66=270)−13 (67-70-68-66=271)530 Jun Adri Arnaus (2)Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters Christiaan Bezuidenhout−10 (66-68-69-71=274)−4 (68-70-73-69=280)618 Aug Adri Arnaus (3)D+D Real Czech Masters Thomas Pieters−19 (67-67-66-69=269)−18 (71-65-65-69=270)7& 81 Sep Lorenzo GagliOmega European Masters Sebastian Söderberg−14 (64-70-66-66=266)−14 (64-68-67-67=266) Kalle Samooja−14 (66-71-62-67=266)98 Sep Robert MacIntyre (3)Porsche European Open Paul Casey−14 (66-73-68-66=274)−13 (68-65-74-68=275)1020 Oct Joachim B. HansenAmundi Open de France Nicolas Colsaerts−12 (67-66-67-72=272)−11 (68-68-69-68=273)1111 Nov Victor PerezTurkish Airlines Open Tyrrell Hatton−20 (68-68-65-67=268)−20 (68-69-66-65=268)
See also 2018 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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