2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2008 European Tour card through Q School in 2007.
| # | Player | European Tour starts |
Cuts made |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Martin Wiegele |
34 | 8 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T2 |  Pedro Linhart |
161 | 85 | 1 European Tour win, 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T2 |  Lee Slattery |
81 | 39 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T4 | Florian Praegant |
3 | 0 | Recovered from sustaining a broken neck in 2006 |
| T4 | Luis Claverie |
34 | 14 | |
| T6 |  François Delamontagne |
113 | 54 | Had already earned a Tour card by finishing 19th in 2007 Challenge Tour rankings |
| T6 | Lee S. James |
74 | 25 | 4 Challenge Tour wins; won 1994 Amateur Championship and played in 1995 Walker Cup |
| T6 |  Alan McLean |
64 | 24 | 2 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T6 |  Sion Bebb |
54 | 25 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T6 | Pablo Larrazábal |
1 | 0 | Won 2008 Open de France; 2008 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
| T11 | Richard Bland |
154 | 70 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T11 |  Birgir Hafþórsson |
31 | 15 | |
| T11 |  Joakim Bäckström |
83 | 43 | 1 European Tour win |
| T11 |  Sven Strüver |
403 | 236 | 3 European Tour wins |
| T11 |  Paolo Terreni |
8 | 2 | |
| T16 | Benoît Teilleria |
112 | 51 | |
| T16 |  Juan Abbate |
10 | 1 | |
| T16 | David Drysdale |
130 | 63 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T16 | David Dixon |
91 | 41 | Won 2008 Saint-Omer Open; won 2000 Lytham Trophy |
| T16 |  Matthew Millar |
55 | 31 | |
| T16 | Craig Lee |
8 | 1 | |
| T22 | Patrik Sjöland |
279 | 164 | 2 European Tour wins, 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T22 | Marcel Siem |
148 | 87 | 1 European Tour win |
| T22 |  James Kamte |
10 | 5 | 1 Sunshine Tour win; first black South African on Tour for 31 years |
| T22 |  Gareth Paddison |
37 | 14 | 1 Challenge Tour win, 2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins |
| T22 | Philip Golding |
309 | 135 | 1 European Tour win, 3 Challenge Tour wins |
| T22 | Paul Waring |
1 | 0 | |
| T22 |  Jan-Are Larsen |
46 | 19 | Had already earned a Tour card by finishing 20th in 2007 Challenge Tour rankings |
| T22 | Ulrich van den Berg |
22 | 8 | 5 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T22 | Thomas Aiken |
18 | 6 | 6 Sunshine Tour wins |
- Players in yellow were 2008 European Tour rookies.
2008 Results
| 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 (twice) | 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 |
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 and qualified for the Volvo Masters (finished inside the top 60).
The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished between 61–118).
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
| 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
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Dec (2007 calendar year) | Lee Slattery |
Alfred Dunhill Championship | John Bickerton |
–13 (70-69-68-68=275) | –12 (73-65-67-71=276) |
