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 (€)
Norway Espen Kofstad* 1 131,099 30 12 T8 135 155,440
Sweden Kristoffer Broberg* 2 126,508 27 9 2 103 258,105
Denmark Andreas Hartø 3 121,999 30 15 7 119 199,447
Denmark Joachim B. Hansen* 4 120,085 28 11 T3 79 375,037
England Gary Lockerbie 5 117,482 27 9 T15 141 131,615
Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson 6 110,487 26 15 T4 106 251,434
England Simon Wakefield 7 108,593 30 16 T8 134 155,490
Italy Alessandro Tadini 8 101,428 27 14 T20 148 113,905
France Alexandre Kaleka 9 95,944 29 12 T2 116 209,866
Scotland Chris Doak 10 92,730 27 16 T8 101 261,507
Scotland Scott Henry* 11 90,688 31 14 T4 120 197,601
England Chris Paisley* 12 74,485 31 14 T11 122 194,369
England Eddie Pepperell* 13 72,378 25 16 T6 76 389,766
Germany Maximilian Kieffer* 14 70,243 29 17 T2 73 416,910
South Africa Justin Walters* 15 69,913 31 16 2 64 512,158
England James Busby* 16 67,350 9 0 CUT n/a 0
France Gary Stal* 17 66,580 11 6 T33 n/a 36,836
Chile Mark Tullo 18 66,436 25 14 T2 114 216,165
Denmark Morten Ørum Madsen* 19 65,338 23 15 T2 81 357,417
England Seve Benson 20 65,149 22 15 3 97 297,959
England Daniel Brooks* 21 64,776 15 4 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 and 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. Hartø, Wakefield, Stal, and Brooks regained their cards for 2014 through Q School.

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2013

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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)

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