2024 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2024.[1]

Both Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and John Parry earned immediate promotion to the European Tour during the 2024 season by winning three times on the Challenge Tour. Neergaard-Petersen finished 105th on the Race to Dubai, obtaining a higher exemption category for the 2025 European Tour season than he had from his Challenge Tour ranking; Robin Williams, who finished 14th in the Challenge Tour rankings, similarly obtained a higher exemption category through his European Tour performance as a non-member. Because of this, Neergaard-Petersen and Williams did not count against the 20 Challenge Tour graduates, and the players who finished 21st and 22nd in the rankings were given European Tour cards.[2]

Andreas Halvorsen, who finished 27th in points with a total of 645 despite playing in only 13 of the 29 events, was given a medical extension of six Challenge Tour starts in 2025 to earn 40 points and a promotion to the European Tour for the remainder of its 2025 season. He reached the goal in his third start, on 16 March 2025.[3]

2024 Challenge Tour 2025 European Tour
Player Points
rank
Points Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Points
rank
Points
Denmark Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 1 1,826 24 17 2 15 2,212.52
England John Parry 2 1,595 32 23 Win 11 2,538.05
Finland Oliver Lindell* 3 1,497 29 24 7/T7 42 1,253.49
Spain Ángel Ayora* 4 1,488 31 26 T5 (x3) 20 1,858.78
Denmark Hamish Brown* 5 1,477 26 12 T8 136 341.89
Republic of Ireland Conor Purcell* 6 1,309 25 11 T15 150 259.70
Norway Kristoffer Reitan 7 1,095 31 24 Win 8 2,762.05
Sweden Joakim Lagergren 8 1,055 28 18 2 (x2) 24 1,692.22
England Jack Senior 9 1,033 28 16 T4 101 541.46
Spain Joel Moscatel* 10 996 30 12 T16 158 234.09
Sweden Mikael Lindberg 11 910 29 16 T4 67 826.75
France Alexander Lévy 12 902 26 13 T9 140 319.14
France Benjamin Hébert 13 888 25 10 T11 132 379.32
South Africa Robin Williams 14 885 32 15 T7 131 385.29
South Africa Deon Germishuys 15 848 25 7 3 135 356.38
Sweden Björn Åkesson 16 820 25 8 T12 164 202.31
France Martin Couvra* 17 808 28 17 Win 19 1,978.95
England Brandon Robinson-Thompson* 18 807 30 19 3 51 1,113.59
Finland Tapio Pulkkanen 19 732 25 12 7 125 435.62
France Pierre Pineau 20 716 26 5 T19 181 118.68
Germany Nicolai von Dellingshausen 21 689 31 18 Win 37 1,343.48
Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard 22 685 24 9 T8 145 291.25

*European Tour rookie in 2025
First-time full member, but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2025 (finished inside the top 115).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2025, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 151, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2025 (finished outside the top 152).

Wins on the European Tour in 2025

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
1 22 Dec 2024 England John Parry AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open −14 (70-69-71-64=274) 2 strokes South Africa Christo Lamprecht
South Africa Dylan Naidoo
2 11 May 2025 France Martin Couvra Turkish Airlines Open −17 (65-66-72-64=267) 2 strokes Spain Jorge Campillo
China Li Haotong
3 25 May Norway Kristoffer Reitan Soudal Open −13 (71-66-72-62=271) Playoff Scotland Ewen Ferguson
Netherlands Darius van Driel
4 1 Jun Germany Nicolai von Dellingshausen Austrian Alpine Open −19 (65-66-65-65=261) 2 strokes Norway Kristoffer Reitan
Germany Marcel Schneider

Runner-up finishes on the European Tour in 2025

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 15 Dec 2024 England John Parry Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa Shaun Norris −13 (67-70-71-67=275) −12 (67-71-69-69=276)
2 23 Feb 2025 England John Parry (2) Magical Kenya Open South Africa Jacques Kruyswijk −18 (69-66-64-67=266) −16 (63-65-72-68=268)
3 27 Apr Norway Kristoffer Reitan Hainan Classic England Marco Penge −17 (68-71-65-67=271) −14 (66-75-66-67=274)
4 1 Jun Norway Kristoffer Reitan (2) Austrian Alpine Open Germany Nicolai von Dellingshausen −19 (65-66-65-65=261) −17 (67-69-67-60=263)
5 8 Jun Sweden Joakim Lagergren KLM Open Scotland Connor Syme −11 (65-72-66-70=273) −9 (66-68-71-70=275)
6 29 Jun France Martin Couvra Italian Open France Adrien Saddier −14 (69-64-67-66=266) −12 (69-63-67-69=268)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Challenge Tour rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final by numbers". PGA European Tour. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Halvorsen secures promotion to DP World Tour". PGA European Tour. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.