2012 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2012. The top 21 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2012 earned their European Tour card for 2013.

	2012 Challenge Tour		2013 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Espen Kofstad*	1	131,099	30	12	08 !T8	135	155,440
Kristoffer Broberg*	2	126,508	27	9	02 !2	103	258,105
Andreas Hartø	3	121,999	30	15	07 !7	119	199,447
Joachim B. Hansen*	4	120,085	28	11	03 !T3	79	375,037
Gary Lockerbie	5	117,482	27	9	15 !T15	141	131,615
Magnus A. Carlsson	6	110,487	26	15	04 !T4	106	251,434
Simon Wakefield	7	108,593	30	16	08 !T8	134	155,490
Alessandro Tadini	8	101,428	27	14	20 !T20	148	113,905
Alexandre Kaleka	9	95,944	29	12	02 !T2	116	209,866
Chris Doak	10	92,730	27	16	08 !T8	101	261,507
Scott Henry*	11	90,688	31	14	04 !T4	120	197,601
Chris Paisley*	12	74,485	31	14	11 !T11	122	194,369
Eddie Pepperell*	13	72,378	25	16	06 !T6	76	389,766
Maximilian Kieffer*	14	70,243	29	17	02 !T2	73	416,910
Justin Walters*	15	69,913	31	16	02 !2	64	512,158
James Busby*	16	67,350	9	0	99 !CUT	999 !n/a	0
Gary Stal*	17	66,580	11	6	33 !T33	999 !n/a	36,836
Mark Tullo	18	66,436	25	14	02 !T2	114	216,165
Morten Ørum Madsen*	19	65,338	23	15	02 !T2	81	357,417
Seve Benson	20	65,149	22	15	03 !3	97	297,959
Daniel Brooks*	21	64,776	15	4	22 !T22	216	23,550

* European Tour rookie in 2013
T = Tied
     The player retained his European Tour card for 2014 (finished inside the top 110).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2014, but retained conditional status (finished between 111–145).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2014 (finished outside the top 145).

Broberg earned a direct promotion to the European Tour after his third win of 2012 in August. Because Carlsson had also finished 93rd in the Race to Dubai, the graduating places were extended by one. The players ranked 17th through 21st were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Morten Ørum Madsen improved his status in this way.

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2013

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	16 Dec 2012	Kristoffer Broberg	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Charl Schwartzel	−24 (67-64-64-69=264)	−12 (70-69-67-70=276)
2	21 Apr	Maximilian Kieffer lost in three-man playoff	Open de España	Raphaël Jacquelin	−5 (75-68-69-71=283)	−5 (73-66-73-71=283)
3–4	19 May	Morten Ørum Madsen	Madeira Islands Open	Peter Uihlein	−15 (72-64-69-68=273)	−13 (72-69-67-67=275)
		Mark Tullo				−13 (67-69-68-71=275)
5	28 Jul	Alexandre Kaleka	M2M Russian Open	Michael Hoey	−16 (70-67-65-70=272)	−12 (70-67-71-68=276)
6	13 Oct	Justin Walters	Portugal Masters	David Lynn	−18 (65-65-73-63=266)	−17 (69-63-69-66=267)

See also

• 2012 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2012