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 Tour2016 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Portugal Ricardo Gouveia*1251,9522618T354709,976
France Sébastien Gros*2178,64526114102263,325
Spain Borja Virto3150,4663012T9131182,289
Spain Nacho Elvira4114,8782916244824,367
Denmark Joachim B. Hansen5113,135278T11152115,630
Sweden Björn Åkesson6104,539277T317183,443
England Gary Boyd796,290238T7139162,186
Wales Rhys Davies894,832289T2517673,802
France Thomas Linard*991,2582310T5125210,580
Sweden Jens Fahrbring*1089,731289T12156104,763
Denmark Jeff Winther*1187,0332682117224,702
Scotland Andrew McArthur1282,545215T2920335,873
England Callum Shinkwin*1381,0822316T883399,367
South Africa Brandon Stone*1480,9792415Win50722,606
Scotland Jamie McLeary1580,353249T716688,509

* 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.

Winners on the European Tour in 2016

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 10 Jan South Africa Brandon Stone BMW SA Open −14 (71-67-65-71=274) 2 strokes South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2016

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 14 Feb Denmark Jeff Winther Tshwane Open South Africa Charl Schwartzel −16 (71-64-66-63=264) −8 (73-66-69-64=272)
2 25 Apr South Africa Brandon Stone Shenzhen International South Korea Lee Soo-min −16 (66-65-70-71=272) −14 (67-70-69-68=274)
3 8 May Spain Nacho Elvira
Lost in playoff
Trophée Hassan II South Korea Wang Jeung-hun −5 (71-68-74-70=283) −5 (71-71-72-69=283)

See also

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