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2021 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2021.[1] The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2021 earned European Tour cards for 2022.[2]

2021 Challenge Tour 2022 European Tour
Player Points
rank
Points Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Points
rank
Points
Denmark Marcus Helligkilde* 1 222,628 24 15 T4 98 551
Portugal Ricardo Gouveia 2 188,291 28 14 T7 122 437
Spain Santiago Tarrío* 3 173,938 30 18 T4 88 579
France Julien Brun* 4 163,773 27 20 T8 80 624
France Frédéric Lacroix* 5 120,334 27 16 T5 121 438
Spain Alfredo García-Heredia 6 112,328 27 15 T6 119 444
South Africa Oliver Bekker 7 108,730 28 19 2nd 36 1,230
Scotland Ewen Ferguson 8 102,943 28 17 Win (x2) 17 1,799
Germany Yannik Paul* 9 100,262 27 23 Win 20 1,527
Austria Lukas Nemecz 10 97,060 27 20 T3 84 612
Germany Marcel Schneider 11 96,973 27 15 4th 50 1,016
Norway Espen Kofstad 12 95,351 29 18 T9 113 490
United States Chase Hanna* 13 90,407 29 9 2nd 77 658
Chile Hugo León 14 88,883 30 11 T27 188 145
Germany Marcel Siem 15 87,123 25 14 T9 132 376
Denmark Niklas Nørgaard* 16 81,285 26 17 T7 110 509
Germany Hurly Long 17 78,646 27 21 T2 27 1,350
England Andrew Wilson* 18 78,220 28 9 7th 134 348
Scotland Craig Howie 19 77,542 26 13 T12 135 348
Netherlands Daan Huizing 20 75,113 29 15 T3 111 503

* European Tour rookie in 2022
First-time full member, but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2023 (finished inside the top 117).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2023, but retained conditional status (finished between 118 and 155, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2023 (finished outside the top 155).

Wins on the European Tour in 2022

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 27 Mar Scotland Ewen Ferguson Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −7 (67-71-73-70=281) 1 stroke United States Chase Hanna
2 14 Aug Scotland Ewen Ferguson (2) ISPS Handa World Invitational −12 (61-70-68-69=268) 3 strokes Scotland Connor Syme
Spain Borja Virto
3 23 Oct Germany Yannik Paul Mallorca Golf Open −15 (71-64-62-72=269) 1 stroke Germany Nicolai von Dellingshausen
England Paul Waring

Runner-up finishes on the European Tour in 2022

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 5 Mar Germany Hurly Long Magical Kenya Open China Wu Ashun −16 (69-68-66-65=268) −12 (68-68-70-66=272)
2 26 Mar United States Chase Hanna Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Scotland Ewen Ferguson −7 (67-71-73-70=281) −6 (70-66-75-71=282)
3 30 Apr South Africa Oliver Bekker
(lost in playoff)
Catalunya Championship Spain Adri Arnaus −11 (68-76-68-65=277) −11 (66-72-67-72=277)
4 14 May Germany Yannik Paul Soudal Open England Sam Horsfield −13 (65-69-69-68=271) −11 (66-70-68-69=273)
5 4 Sep Scotland Ewen Ferguson Made in HimmerLand England Oliver Wilson −21 (66-65-65-67=263) −20 (63-67-68-66=264)

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Tour rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Heroic Helligkilde secures Rolex Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. Retrieved 26 January 2022.