__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2021. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2021 earned European Tour cards for 2022.
2021 Challenge Tour2022 European TourPlayerPointsrankPointsStartsCutsmadeBestfinishPointsrankPoints Marcus Helligkilde* 1 222,628 24 15 98 551 Ricardo Gouveia 2 188,291 28 14 122 437 Santiago Tarrío* 3 173,938 30 18 88 579 Julien Brun* 4 163,773 27 20 80 624 Frédéric Lacroix* 5 120,334 27 16 121 438 Alfredo García-Heredia 6 112,328 27 15 119 444 Oliver Bekker† 7 108,730 28 19 36 1,230 Ewen Ferguson† 8 102,943 28 17 17 1,799 Yannik Paul* 9 100,262 27 23 20 1,527 Lukas Nemecz 10 97,060 27 20 84 612 Marcel Schneider 11 96,973 27 15 50 1,016 Espen Kofstad 12 95,351 29 18 113 490 Chase Hanna* 13 90,407 29 9 77 658 Hugo León 14 88,883 30 11 188 145 Marcel Siem 15 87,123 25 14 132 376 Niklas Nørgaard* 16 81,285 26 17 110 509 Hurly Long† 17 78,646 27 21 27 1,350 Andrew Wilson* 18 78,220 28 9 134 348 Craig Howie† 19 77,542 26 13 135 348 Daan Huizing 20 75,113 29 15 111 503 * European Tour rookie in 2022 † First-time full member, but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2023 (finished inside the top 117). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2023, but retained conditional status (finished between 118 and 155, inclusive). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2023 (finished outside the top 155).
Wins on the European Tour in 2022 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up127 Mar Ewen FergusonCommercial Bank Qatar Masters−7 (67-71-73-70=281)1 stroke Chase Hanna214 Aug Ewen Ferguson (2)ISPS Handa World Invitational−12 (61-70-68-69=268)3 strokes Connor Syme Borja Virto323 Oct Yannik PaulMallorca Golf Open−15 (71-64-62-72=269)1 stroke Nicolai von Dellingshausen Paul Waring
Runner-up finishes on the European Tour in 2022 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score15 Mar Hurly LongMagical Kenya Open Wu Ashun−16 (69-68-66-65=268)−12 (68-68-70-66=272)226 Mar Chase HannaCommercial Bank Qatar Masters Ewen Ferguson−7 (67-71-73-70=281)−6 (70-66-75-71=282)330 Apr Oliver Bekker(lost in playoff)Catalunya Championship Adri Arnaus−11 (68-76-68-65=277)−11 (66-72-67-72=277)414 May Yannik PaulSoudal Open Sam Horsfield−13 (65-69-69-68=271)−11 (66-70-68-69=273)54 Sep Ewen FergusonMade in HimmerLand Oliver Wilson−21 (66-65-65-67=263)−20 (63-67-68-66=264)
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