2008 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2009 European Tour card through Q School in 2008.
| Place | Player | European Tour starts |
Cuts made |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oskar Henningsson | 5 | 2 | |
| T2 | Carlos del Moral | 11 | 6 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T2 | Wade Ormsby | 107 | 54 | |
| 4 | Danny Willett | 9 | 6 | Played in 2007 Walker Cup; former number one-ranked amateur |
| T5 | Joakim Haeggman | 400 | 253 | 3 European Tour wins; played in 1993 Ryder Cup |
| T5 | Chris Wood | 9 | 5 | Finished T5 in 2008 Open Championship as amateur |
| 7 | Eirik Tage Johansen | 17 | 5 | |
| 8 | Michael Hoey | 58 | 19 | 3 Challenge Tour wins |
| T9 | Åke Nilsson | 0 | 0 | |
| T9 | Bernd Wiesberger | 3 | 1 | |
| 11 | Gary Clark | 142 | 67 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T12 | Andrew Coltart | 428 | 272 | 2 European Tour wins; played in 1999 Ryder Cup |
| T12 | Chinnarat Phadungsil | 34 | 13 | 2 Asian Tour wins |
| T12 | Anthony Snobeck | 6 | 1 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T15 | Chris Doak | 9 | 2 | |
| T15 | David Drysdale | 153 | 71 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T15 | Lorenzo Gagli | 2 | 1 | |
| T15 | Matthew Millar | 75 | 45 | |
| T15 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 29 | 11 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T20 | Michael Curtain | 3 | 2 | |
| T20 | Callum Macaulay | 1 | 0 | |
| T20 | Marco Ruiz | 33 | 14 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T20 | Inder van Weerelt | 4 | 1 | |
| T24 | Marc Cayeux | 87 | 39 | 3 Challenge Tour wins, 9 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T24 | Branden Grace | 5 | 2 | |
| T24 | Stuart Manley | 74 | 29 | Played in 2003 Walker Cup |
| T24 | John Mellor | 121 | 58 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T24 | Henrik Nyström | 228 | 107 | |
| T29 | Jonathan Caldwell | 0 | 0 | Played in 2007 Walker Cup |
| T29 | Federico Colombo | 2 | 1 | |
| T29 | Alfredo García-Heredia | 18 | 8 | |
| T29 | Santiago Luna | 553 | 318 | 1 European Tour win |
2009 European Tour rookie
2009 Results
| Player | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Henningsson* | 21 | 9 | Win | 68 | 476,090 |
| Carlos del Moral* | 24 | 15 | T12 | 141 | 189,233 |
| Wade Ormsby | 23 | 12 | T15 | 166 | 104,871 |
| Danny Willett* | 26 | 20 | T4 | 58 | 596,462 |
| Joakim Haeggman | 21 | 11 | T7 | 154 | 142,800 |
| Chris Wood* | 24 | 18 | T3 | 44 | 679,559 |
| Eirik Tage Johansen | 19 | 7 | T35 | 213 | 45,182 |
| Michael Hoey | 25 | 11 | Win | 93 | 341,327 |
| Åke Nilsson* | 20 | 9 | T3 | 173 | 93,397 |
| Bernd Wiesberger* | 20 | 11 | T14 | 172 | 94,750 |
| Gary Clark | 9 | 3 | T38 | 263 | 15,075 |
| Andrew Coltart | 28 | 13 | T6 | 122 | 236,639 |
| Chinnarat Phadungsil* | 18 | 9 | T28 | 203 | 56,669 |
| Anthony Snobeck* | 17 | 4 | T23 | 231 | 28,074 |
| Chris Doak* | 20 | 9 | T11 | 168 | 99,911 |
| David Drysdale | 27 | 21 | 2 | 48 | 651,634 |
| Lorenzo Gagli* | 6 | 2 | T3 | 219 | 37,897 |
| Matthew Millar | 17 | 7 | T17 | 194 | 68,583 |
| Fabrizio Zanotti | 23 | 18 | 2 | 63 | 511,756 |
| Michael Curtain* | 14 | 5 | T39 | 257 | 17,471 |
| Callum Macaulay* | 22 | 15 | 2 | 134 | 210,991 |
| Marco Ruiz | 14 | 4 | T26 | 232 | 28,000 |
| Inder van Weerelt* | 20 | 10 | T10 | 183 | 85,175 |
| Marc Cayeux | 21 | 11 | T4 | 135 | 210,408 |
| Branden Grace* | 25 | 13 | T6 | 148 | 166,138 |
| Stuart Manley | 14 | 3 | T10 | 221 | 37,365 |
| John Mellor | 16 | 6 | T26 | 222 | 36,904 |
| Henrik Nyström | 2 | 1 | 83 | 355 | 1,614 |
| Jonathan Caldwell* | 14 | 4 | T31 | 243 | 22,637 |
| Federico Colombo* | 10 | 1 | T72 | 347 | 1,869 |
| Alfredo García-Heredia* | 16 | 6 | T24 | 212 | 47,093 |
| Santiago Luna | 14 | 7 | 16 | 179 | 89,830 |
* European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121 and 153).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).
Winners on the European Tour in 2009
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Apr | Michael Hoey | Estoril Open de Portugal | −7 (66-76-69-66=277) | Playoff | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
| 2 | 2 Aug | Oskar Henningsson | Moravia Silesia Open | −13 (70-71-67-67=275) | 2 strokes | Sam Little, Steve Webster |
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Mar | Callum Macaulay | Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal | Estanislao Goya | −6 (68-68-69-73=278) | −5 (74-74-67-64=279) |
| 2 | 29 Mar | David Drysdale | Open de Andalucia | Søren Kjeldsen | −14 (68-72-62-72=274) | −11 (70-67-66-74=277) |
| 3 | 3 May | Fabrizio Zanotti | Open de España | Thomas Levet | −18 (64-67-71-68=270) | −16 (71-70-66-65=272) |