__NOTOC__
This is a list of players who graduated from the
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
History
T ...
in
2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...
. The top 16 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2016 earned
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
cards for 2017.
* European Tour rookie in 2017
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2018 (finished inside the top 101 or the top 10 of the Access List).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018, but retained conditional status (finished between 102 and 147, inclusive).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018 (finished outside the top 147).
Ritthammer won three times on the Challenge Tour in 2016. A change before the season to the tour regulations allowed amateurs to earn ranking points, while also dictating that any player within the top 15 who earned points as an amateur would be counted in addition to the usual 15 graduates; therefore, since Langasque had earned 24,200 points as an amateur, the number of graduates was increased to 16. Anglès regained his card for 2018 through
Q School.
Winners on the European Tour in 2017
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2017
See also
*
2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of the 30 players who earned 2017 European Tour cards through Q School in 2016.
2017 European Tour rookie
Five of the thirty had competed in the First Stage of 2016 qualifying: Nathan Kimsey, Rafael Echenique, Ashley C ...
External links
Final ranking for 2016
{{Challenge Tour graduates
Challenge Tour
European Tour
Challenge Tour Graduates
Challenge Tour Graduates