2008 Challenge Tour graduates
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.
| 2008 Challenge Tour | 2009 European Tour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | |
 David Horsey* | 1 | 144,118 | 26 | 19 | T2 | 76 | 424,666 | |
| Gary Lockerbie | 2 | 138,509 | 29 | 18 | T4 | 108 | 289,461 | |
 Taco Remkes* | 3 | 137,331 | 30 | 8 | T12 | 195 | 66,178 | |
 Gareth Maybin* | 4 | 117,719 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 53 | 625,876 | |
 Tano Goya* | 5 | 113,336 | 25 | 15 | Win | 94 | 338,939 | |
| Seve Benson* | 6 | 111,529 | 28 | 13 | T4 | 120 | 250,786 | |
 Alessandro Tadini | 7 | 106,893 | 29 | 17 | T13 | 126 | 232,759 | |
 Richie Ramsay* | 8 | 106,656 | 29 | 14 | T4 | 97 | 331,171 | |
| Steven O'Hara | 9 | 103,212 | 24 | 12 | T6 | 151 | 154,198 | |
 Jeppe Huldahl | 10 | 96,818 | 28 | 14 | Win | 64 | 510,381 | |
 Klas Eriksson | 11 | 98,514 | 24 | 13 | T9 | 142 | 186,980 | |
 Alexandre Rocha | 12 | 93,684 | 19 | 9 | T28 | 211 | 47,935 | |
| Richard Bland | 13 | 92,645 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 112 | 277,462 | |
 Rafael Cabrera-Bello | 14 | 89,847 | 32 | 20 | Win | 39 | 744,297 | |
| Wil Besseling* | 15 | 89,358 | 23 | 12 | T3 | 182 | 87,095 | |
| Marcus Higley | 16 | 85,946 | 17 | 9 | T4 | 171 | 96,626 | |
| John E. Morgan | 17 | 77,254 | 16 | 7 | T9 | 182 | 82,889 | |
| Christian Nilsson | 18 | 75,200 | 15 | 8 | Win | 90 | 343,763 | |
 Antti Ahokas* | 19 | 74,867 | 12 | 4 | T48 | 275 | 10,631 | |
| Stuart Davis* | 20 | 67,105 | 14 | 4 | T15 | 208 | 50,375 | |
*European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
Blue background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2010 and qualified for the Dubai World Championship (finished inside the top 60).
Green background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished between 61-120).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).
Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008.
Winners on the European Tour in 2009
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Mar | Tano Goya |
Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal | –6 (68-68-69-73=278) | 1 stroke | Callum Macaulay |
| 2 | 7 Jun | Jeppe Huldahl |
Celtic Manor Wales Open | –9 (69-71-68-67=275) | 1 stroke | Niclas Fasth |
| 3 | 21 Jun | Christian Nilsson |
Saint-Omer Open | –13 (68-69-65-69=271) | 6 strokes |  José-Filipe Lima |
| 4 | 20 Sep | Rafael Cabrera-Bello |
Austrian Golf Open | –20 (71-67-66-60=264) | 1 stroke | Benn Barham |
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Dec 2008 | Gareth Maybin lost in two-man playoff |
South African Open Championship |  Richard Sterne |
–14 (72-69-67-66=274) | –14 (66-69-69-70=274) |
| 2 | 15 Feb 2009 | David Horsey |
Maybank Malaysian Open |  Anthony Kang |
–17 (74-66-64-67=271) | –16 (71-68-69-64=272) |
| 3 | 25 Oct | Christian Nilsson |
Castelló Masters Costa Azahar | Michael Jonzon |
–20 (64-68-65-67=264) | –19 (69-66-65-65=265) |