This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2015. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2015 earned European Tour cards for 2016.
2015 Challenge Tour
2016 European Tour
Player
Money list rank
Earnings (€)
Starts
Cuts made
Best finish
Money list rank
Earnings (€)
Ricardo Gouveia*
1
251,952
26
18
T3
54
709,976
Sébastien Gros*
2
178,645
26
11
4
102
263,325
Borja Virto
3
150,466
30
12
T9
131
182,289
Nacho Elvira
4
114,878
29
16
2
44
824,367
Joachim B. Hansen
5
113,135
27
8
T11
152
115,630
Björn Åkesson
6
104,539
27
7
T3
171
83,443
Gary Boyd
7
96,290
23
8
T7
139
162,186
Rhys Davies
8
94,832
28
9
T25
176
73,802
Thomas Linard*
9
91,258
23
10
T5
125
210,580
Jens Fahrbring*
10
89,731
28
9
T12
156
104,763
Jeff Winther*
11
87,033
26
8
2
117
224,702
Andrew McArthur
12
82,545
21
5
T29
203
35,873
Callum Shinkwin*
13
81,082
23
16
T8
83
399,367
Brandon Stone*
14
80,979
24
15
Win
50
722,606
Jamie McLeary
15
80,353
24
9
T7
166
88,509
* European Tour rookie in 2016
T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2017 (finished inside the top 111). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017, but retained conditional status (finished between 112 and 148, inclusive). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017 (finished outside the top 148).
Elvira earned promotion to the European Tour after his third win of the season in August. Fahrbring and Winther regained their cards for 2017 through Q School.
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Ricardo Gouveia*
Sébastien Gros*
Borja Virto
Joachim B. Hansen
Björn Åkesson
Gary Boyd
Rhys Davies
Andrew McArthur
Brandon Stone*