2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 30 players who earned their 2008 European Tour card through Q School in 2007.

Place Player European Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
1 Austria Martin Wiegele 34 8 1 Challenge Tour win
T2 Spain Pedro Linhart 161 85 1 European Tour win, 1 Challenge Tour win
T2 England Lee Slattery 81 39 1 Challenge Tour win
T4 Austria Florian Praegant 3 0 Recovered from sustaining a broken neck in 2006
T4 Spain Luis Claverie 34 14
T6 France François Delamontagne 113 54 19th in the Challenge Tour rankings
T6 England Lee S. James 74 25 4 Challenge Tour wins; won 1994 Amateur Championship and played in 1995 Walker Cup
T6 Scotland Alan McLean 64 24 2 Sunshine Tour wins
T6 Wales Sion Bebb 54 25 1 Challenge Tour win
T6 Spain Pablo Larrazábal 1 0
T11 England Richard Bland 154 70 1 Challenge Tour win
T11 Iceland Birgir Hafþórsson 31 15
T11 Sweden Joakim Bäckström 83 43 1 European Tour win
T11 Germany Sven Strüver 403 236 3 European Tour wins
T11 Italy Paolo Terreni 8 2
T16 France Benoît Teilleria 112 51
T16 Argentina Juan Abbate 10 1
T16 Scotland David Drysdale 130 63 2 Challenge Tour wins
T16 England David Dixon 91 41 Won 2000 Lytham Trophy
T16 Australia Matthew Millar 55 31
T16 Scotland Craig Lee 8 1
T22 Sweden Patrik Sjöland 279 164 2 European Tour wins, 1 Challenge Tour win
T22 Germany Marcel Siem 148 87 1 European Tour win
T22 South Africa James Kamte 10 5 1 Sunshine Tour win; first black South African on Tour for 31 years
T22 New Zealand Gareth Paddison 37 14 1 Challenge Tour win, 2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T22 England Philip Golding 309 135 1 European Tour win, 3 Challenge Tour wins
T22 England Paul Waring 1 0
T22 Norway Jan-Are Larsen 46 19 20th in the Challenge Tour rankings
T22 South Africa Ulrich van den Berg 22 8 5 Sunshine Tour wins
T22 South Africa Thomas Aiken 18 6 6 Sunshine Tour wins

  2008 European Tour rookie

2008 Results edit

Player Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
  Martin Wiegele 25 13 9 142 138,672
  Pedro Linhart 20 9 T37 196 49,535
  Lee Slattery 27 14 T2 107 275,242
  Florian Praegant* 20 5 T55 249 23,918
  Luis Claverie 23 7 T30 197 48,046
  François Delamontagne 26 17 T4 118 223,746
  Lee S. James 22 6 T16 176 74,377
  Alan McLean 10 6 T21 253 22,531
  Sion Bebb 24 11 8 140 138,898
  Pablo Larrazábal* 28 17 Win 18 960,858
  Richard Bland 17 9 T4 167 88,363
  Birgir Hafþórsson 8 3 T50 284 9,288
  Joakim Bäckström 21 9 T16 192 55,051
  Sven Strüver 25 8 4 163 96,248
  Paolo Terreni* 20 2 T67 324 4,062
  Benoît Teilleria 19 7 T22 216 37,762
  Juan Abbate* 21 8 T7 166 90,633
  David Drysdale 23 8 5 151 131,473
  David Dixon 24 10 Win 114 240,032
  Matthew Millar 20 14 T4 135 151,176
  Craig Lee* 20 6 T17 186 60,766
  Patrik Sjöland 26 14 T4 119 223,413
  Marcel Siem 28 14 T4 96 309,839
  James Kamte* 23 9 T3 138 142,062
  Gareth Paddison* 25 12 T12 149 132,294
  Philip Golding 19 4 T13 234 27,584
  Paul Waring* 22 15 6 105 279,872
  Jan-Are Larsen 17 10 4 146 135,589
  Ulrich van den Berg* 9 5 T20 206 41,409
  Thomas Aiken* 24 13 T13 131 160,775

* European Tour rookie in 2008
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118).
  The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-151).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).

Winners on the European Tour in 2008 edit

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 15 Jun   David Dixon Saint-Omer Open −5 (77-67-69-66=279) 1 stroke   Christian Nilsson
2 29 Jun   Pablo Larrazábal Open de France Alstom −15 (65-70-67-67=269) 4 strokes   Colin Montgomerie

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008 edit

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 9 Dec 2007   Lee Slattery Alfred Dunhill Championship   John Bickerton −13 (70-69-68-68=275) −12 (73-65-67-71=276)

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