2024 Challenge Tour graduates
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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2024.[1]
Both Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and John Parry earned immediate promotion to the European Tour during the 2024 season by winning three times on the Challenge Tour. Neergaard-Petersen finished 105th on the Race to Dubai, obtaining a higher exemption category for the 2025 European Tour season than he had from his Challenge Tour ranking; Robin Williams, who finished 14th in the Challenge Tour rankings, similarly obtained a higher exemption category through his European Tour performance as a non-member. Because of this, Neergaard-Petersen and Williams did not count against the 20 Challenge Tour graduates, and the players who finished 21st and 22nd in the rankings were given European Tour cards.[2]
Andreas Halvorsen, who finished 27th in points with a total of 645 despite playing in only 13 of the 29 events, was given a medical extension of six Challenge Tour starts in 2025 to earn 40 points and a promotion to the European Tour for the remainder of its 2025 season. He reached the goal in his third start, on 16 March 2025.[3]
| 2024 Challenge Tour | 2025 European Tour | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Points rank | Points | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Points rank | Points | ||
 | † | 1 | 1,826 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2,212.52 | |
 | John Parry | 2 | 1,595 | 32 | 23 | Win | 11 | 2,538.05 | |
 | Oliver Lindell* | 3 | 1,497 | 29 | 24 | 7/T7 | 42 | 1,253.49 | |
 | Ángel Ayora* | 4 | 1,488 | 31 | 26 | T5 (x3) | 20 | 1,858.78 | |
| Hamish Brown* | 5 | 1,477 | 26 | 12 | T8 | 136 | 341.89 | |
 | Conor Purcell* | 6 | 1,309 | 25 | 11 | T15 | 150 | 259.70 | |
 | Kristoffer Reitan | 7 | 1,095 | 31 | 24 | Win | 8 | 2,762.05 | |
 | Joakim Lagergren | 8 | 1,055 | 28 | 18 | 2 (x2) | 24 | 1,692.22 | |
| Jack Senior | 9 | 1,033 | 28 | 16 | T4 | 101 | 541.46 | |
| Joel Moscatel* | 10 | 996 | 30 | 12 | T16 | 158 | 234.09 | |
| Mikael Lindberg | 11 | 910 | 29 | 16 | T4 | 67 | 826.75 | |
 | Alexander Lévy | 12 | 902 | 26 | 13 | T9 | 140 | 319.14 | |
| Benjamin Hébert | 13 | 888 | 25 | 10 | T11 | 132 | 379.32 | |
 | Robin Williams† | 14 | 885 | 32 | 15 | T7 | 131 | 385.29 | |
| Deon Germishuys | 15 | 848 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 135 | 356.38 | |
| Björn Åkesson | 16 | 820 | 25 | 8 | T12 | 164 | 202.31 | |
| Martin Couvra* | 17 | 808 | 28 | 17 | Win | 19 | 1,978.95 | |
| Brandon Robinson-Thompson* | 18 | 807 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 51 | 1,113.59 | |
| Tapio Pulkkanen | 19 | 732 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 125 | 435.62 | |
| Pierre Pineau† | 20 | 716 | 26 | 5 | T19 | 181 | 118.68 | |
 | Nicolai von Dellingshausen | 21 | 689 | 31 | 18 | Win | 37 | 1,343.48 | |
| Lucas Bjerregaard | 22 | 685 | 24 | 9 | T8 | 145 | 291.25 | |
*European Tour rookie in 2025
†First-time full member, but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
The player retained his European Tour card for 2025 (finished inside the top 115).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2025, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 151, inclusive).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2025 (finished outside the top 152).
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Dec 2024 | John Parry |
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | −14 (70-69-71-64=274) | 2 strokes | Christo Lamprecht Dylan Naidoo |
| 2 | 11 May 2025 | Martin Couvra |
Turkish Airlines Open | −17 (65-66-72-64=267) | 2 strokes | Jorge Campillo Li Haotong |
| 3 | 25 May | Kristoffer Reitan |
Soudal Open | −13 (71-66-72-62=271) | Playoff |  Ewen Ferguson Darius van Driel |
| 4 | 1 Jun | Nicolai von Dellingshausen |
Austrian Alpine Open | −19 (65-66-65-65=261) | 2 strokes | Kristoffer Reitan Marcel Schneider |