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 Tour
2007 European Tour
Player
Money list rank
Earnings (€)
Starts
Cuts made
Best finish
Money list rank
Earnings (€)
Mark Pilkington
1
119,152
33
13
T6
136
175,085
Johan Axgren
2
105,699
29
12
T15
170
118,696
Alex Norén*
3
99,631
28
13
T3
63
472,336
Martin Kaymer*
4
93,321
29
16
T2
41
754,691
James Hepworth
5
84,236
30
11
T16
164
136,173
Kyron Sullivan*
6
83,364
30
12
T12
131
180,643
Rafael Echenique*
7
82,737
28
12
2
113
227,069
Juan Parrón*
8
71,089
27
9
T13
183
81,554
Sam Walker
9
69,853
31
12
T4
80
341,293
Marcus Higley*
10
67,851
31
13
T2
151
151,185
Shaun P. Webster
11
65,536
25
7
T18
204
53,786
Gary Lockerbie*
12
64,073
30
13
T5
144
162,709
Rafa Cabrera-Bello*
13
62,849
33
16
T18
134
178,927
James Heath*
14
60,346
29
11
T4
152
150,758
Gareth Davies*
15
60,189
25
9
T9
181
86,887
Lee S. James
16
59,704
23
7
T10
202
56,775
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet*
17
59,343
24
13
T2
90
292,379
Álvaro Quirós*
18
57,278
13
7
Win
102
259,350
Mads Vibe-Hastrup
19
52,485
24
15
Win
61
482,549
Adrien Mörk*
20
52,136
18
4
T46
271
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.
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Mark Pilkington
Johan Axgren
Martin Kaymer*
James Hepworth
Rafael Echenique*
Juan Parrón*
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet*
Mads Vibe-Hastrup