__NOTOC__ This is a list of the 37 players who earned their 2012 European Tour card through Q School in 2011.
PlacePlayerEuropean TourstartsCutsmadeNotes1 David Dixon208871 European Tour win2 Sam Hutsby43253 Andy Sullivan414 Richard Bland2661261 Challenge Tour winT5 Steven O'Hara223109T5 Jordi García del Moral1767 Knut Børsheim00T8 Gary Orr4523162 European Tour winsT8 Emiliano Grillo00T10 Guillaume Cambis00T10 Branden Grace48231 Sunshine Tour winT12 Joakim Lagergren62T12 Thomas Nørret41211 Challenge Tour winT14 Matthew Nixon246T14 Bernd Ritthammer32T16 Warren Abery57267 Sunshine Tour winsT16 Lloyd Kennedy51T16 Darren Fichardt2001092 European Tour wins; 12 Sunshine Tour winsT16 Adrien Bernadet62T20 Agustín Domingo52T20 Mikael Lundberg2171012 European Tour winsT20 Julien Guerrier4717Won the 2006 Amateur Championship23 Adrián Otaegui30T24 Scott Pinckney31T24 Alex Haindl2410T24 Wil Besseling32131 Challenge Tour winT24 Matthew Southgate42T24 Peter Gustafsson118571 Tour de las Américas winT24 Reinier Saxton111Won the 2008 Amateur ChampionshipT30 Taco Remkes3483 Challenge Tour winsT30 HP Bacher21T30 Jamie Elson89431 Challenge Tour winT30 Tjaart van der Walt3826T30 Tim Sluiter2512T30 Andrew Marshall211110T30 Maarten Lafeber3632151 European Tour winT30 Victor Riu112 2012 European Tour rookie
2012 Results PlayerStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€) David Dixon 16 5 194 45,274 Sam Hutsby 18 5 206 30,910 Andy Sullivan* 21 9 145 120,476 Richard Bland 21 13 119 184,018 Steven O'Hara 19 8 185 57,184 Jordi García del Moral* 12 6 219 24,397 Knut Børsheim* 20 8 167 82,078 Gary Orr 16 9 159 93,350 Emiliano Grillo* 20 13 94 255,138 Guillaume Cambis* 7 1 n/a 780 Branden Grace 26 22 6 2,502,501 Joakim Lagergren* 17 8 140 126,956 Thomas Nørret 19 8 172 69,378 Matthew Nixon 13 5 191 48,253 Bernd Ritthammer* 12 0 n/a 0 Warren Abery 12 3 220 22,621 Lloyd Kennedy* 13 4 227 20,467 Darren Fichardt 22 12 84 295,708 Adrien Bernadet* 10 2 240 16,525 Agustín Domingo* 10 3 257 11,280 Mikael Lundberg 20 9 128 167,245 Julien Guerrier 14 6 195 45,165 Adrián Otaegui* 11 1 251 12,400 Scott Pinckney* 10 4 203 34,320 Alex Haindl* 16 7 171 71,002 Wil Besseling 11 6 198 40,075 Matthew Southgate* 10 3 239 16,618 Peter Gustafsson 11 2 262 9,500 Reinier Saxton* 14 5 184 59,404 Taco Remkes 10 4 215 25,769 HP Bacher* 8 2 238 16,930 Jamie Elson 17 8 124 176,186 Tjaart van der Walt 20 10 120 183,325 Tim Sluiter 14 7 168 78,701 Andrew Marshall 18 12 132 146,459 Maarten Lafeber 19 13 114 198,142 Victor Riu* 10 4 210 28,548 * European Tour rookie in 2012 T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2013 (finished inside the top 118). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2013, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-155). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2013 (finished outside the top 155).
Sullivan, Orr, Lagergren, Nixon, Lundberg, and Southgate regained their cards for 2013 through Q School.
Winners on the European Tour in 2012 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up115 Jan Branden GraceJoburg Open−17 (67-66-65-72=270)1 stroke Jamie Elson222 Jan Branden Grace (2)Volvo Golf Champions−12 (68-66-75-71=280)Playoff Ernie Els, Retief Goosen322 Apr Branden Grace (3)Volvo China Open−21 (67-67-64-69=277)3 strokes Nicolas Colsaerts417 Jun Darren FichardtAa St Omer Open−5 (68-69-69-73=279)3 strokes Gary Lockerbie57 Oct Branden Grace (4)Alfred Dunhill Links Championship−22 (60-67-69-70=266)2 strokes Thorbjørn Olesen
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2012 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score18 Jan Tjaart van der WaltAfrica Open Louis Oosthuizen−27 (69-62-67-67=265)−25 (69-64-65-69=267)215 Jan Jamie ElsonJoburg Open Branden Grace−17 (67-66-65-72=270)−16 (63-75-70-63=271)
See also 2011 Challenge Tour graduates 2012 European Tour
References Final results Player biographies and records