This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2006. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2006 earned their European Tour card for 2007.

2006 Challenge Tour2007 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Wales Mark Pilkington1119,1523313T6136175,085
Sweden Johan Axgren2105,6992912T15170118,696
Sweden Alex Norén*399,6312813T363472,336
Germany Martin Kaymer*493,3212916T241754,691
England James Hepworth584,2363011T16164136,173
Wales Kyron Sullivan*683,3643012T12131180,643
Argentina Rafael Echenique*782,73728122113227,069
Spain Juan Parrón*871,089279T1318381,554
England Sam Walker969,8533112T480341,293
England Marcus Higley*1067,8513113T2151151,185
England Shaun P. Webster1165,536257T1820453,786
England Gary Lockerbie*1264,0733013T5144162,709
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello*1362,8493316T18134178,927
England James Heath*1460,3462911T4152150,758
England Gareth Davies*1560,189259T918186,887
England Lee S. James1659,704237T1020256,775
France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet*1759,3432413T290292,379
Spain Álvaro Quirós*1857,278137Win102259,350
Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup1952,4852415Win61482,549
France Adrien Mörk*2052,136184T4627112,020

* European Tour rookie in 2007
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2008 (finished inside the top 117).
  The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-149).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 149).

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. Álvaro Quirós improved his status in this way.

Winners on the European Tour in 2007

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1 10 Dec 2006 Spain Álvaro Quirós Alfred Dunhill Championship −13 (74-66-68-67=275) 1 stroke South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2 14 Oct Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup Open de Madrid Valle Romano −16 (69-69-67-67=272) 3 strokes Spain Alejandro Cañizares

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2007

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 18 Mar Argentina Rafael Echenique TCL Classic Thailand Chapchai Nirat −22 (61-66-68-71=266) −19 (64-69-68-68=269)
2 17 Jun England Marcus Higley Open de Saint-Omer Spain Carl Suneson −8 (67-70-70-69=276) −5 (67-70-71-71=279)
3–4 14 May France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet Scandinavian Masters Finland Mikko Ilonen −6 (67-72-67-68=274) −4 (67-70-71-68=276)
Germany Martin Kaymer −4 (67-68-68-73=276)

See also

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