2022 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2022.[1] The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2022 earned European Tour cards for 2023.[2]

2022 Challenge Tour 2023 European Tour
Player Points
rank
Points Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
England Nathan Kimsey 1 208,918
Switzerland Jeremy Freiburghaus* 2 160,025
Germany Alexander Knappe 3 146,052
South Africa J. C. Ritchie 4 141,286
Sweden Mikael Lindberg* 5 139,848
Sweden Jens Dantorp 6 133,772
New Zealand Daniel Hillier* 7 123,473
Denmark Oliver Hundebøll* 8 123,082
Germany Freddy Schott* 9 122,456
Northern Ireland Tom McKibbin* 10 120,719
France Robin Sciot-Siegrist 11 115,586
Norway Kristian Krogh Johannessen 12 115,055
France Clément Sordet 13 110,267
Denmark Martin Simonsen* 14 109,809
France Jeong-Weon Ko* 15 109,659
England Todd Clements* 16 109,283
England John Parry 17 108,633
South Africa Bryce Easton 18 105,179
England Matthew Baldwin 19 102,933
South Africa Deon Germishuys* 20 95,045

*European Tour rookie in 2023
First-time full member, but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award

Wins on the European Tour in 2023[edit]

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
1 19 Mar England Matthew Baldwin SDC Championship −18 (70-67-65-68=270) 7 strokes Spain Adri Arnaus
2 4 Jun Northern Ireland Tom McKibbin Porsche European Open −9 (72-69-72-70=283) 2 strokes France Julien Guerrier
Germany Maximilian Kieffer
Germany Marcel Siem
3 2 Jul New Zealand Daniel Hillier Betfred British Masters −10 (72-71-69-66=278) 2 strokes United States Gunner Wiebe
England Oliver Wilson
4 27 Aug England Todd Clements D+D Real Czech Masters −22 (65-69-69-63=266) 1 stroke England Matt Wallace

Runner-up finishes on the European Tour in 2023[edit]

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 4 Dec 2022 France Clément Sordet Investec South African Open Championship South Africa Thriston Lawrence −16 (64-67-67-74=272) −15 (68-66-66-73=273)
2 14 May 2023 Sweden Jens Dantorp Soudal Open Sweden Simon Forsström −17 (64-67-67-69=267) −16 (65-69-67-67=268)
3 16 Jul England Nathan Kimsey Barbasol Championship Sweden Vincent Norrman −22 (66-67-67-66=266) −22 (69-66-67-64=266)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Challenge Tour rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Clinical Kimsey claims Rolex Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2022.