This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2005. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005 earned their European Tour card for 2006.

2005 Challenge Tour2006 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank		Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made		Best
finish		Money list
rank		Earnings (€)
Scotland Marc Warren*1103,5772812Win42610,885
Spain Carl Suneson2103,12926119135147,013
Sweden Fredrik Widmark399,7502713T12148103,914
England Andrew Butterfield494,3353018T7129168,158
South Africa Michael Kirk*590,620245T5121026,749
Sweden Steven Jeppesen688,5173213T8103223,796
England Benn Barham786,2592912T597245,310
Northern Ireland Michael Hoey*886,124277T2118750,414
Argentina Daniel Vancsik*981,0532410T16144120,812
England Richard McEvoy1080,0472810T1715297,979
Argentina Rafael Gómez*1179,880197T2217371,876
Republic of Ireland David Higgins1277,2592716T7127169,638
England Paul Dwyer*1373,479256T821126,322
Argentina Andrés Romero*1471,221219T235694,363
Paraguay Marco Ruiz*1569,845228T1417466,714
Argentina Ariel Cañete1666,0872010T7143122,346
England Tom Whitehouse1763,3442415T795250,952
England Ross Fisher*1861,0292918T366370,275
Republic of Ireland Stephen Browne1959,916227T1815397,820
Finland Toni Karjalainen*2058,384155T2020332,246

* European Tour rookie in 2006
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 118).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 119 and 150).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).

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. Tom Whitehouse and Ross Fisher both improved their status in this way, with Whitehouse medalling at Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2006

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 6 Aug Scotland Marc Warren EnterCard Scandinavian Masters −10 (67-69-73-69=278) Playoff Sweden Robert Karlsson

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2006

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 16 Jul Argentina Andrés Romero Barclays Scottish Open Sweden Johan Edfors −13 (65-69-74-63=271) −11 (72-64-68-69=273)

See also

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