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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
Points
rank
Points
England Nathan Kimsey 1 208,918 22 19 2nd 35 1,424
Switzerland Jeremy Freiburghaus* 2 160,025 31 9 T32 178 128
Germany Alexander Knappe 3 146,052 32 12 T3 114 462
South Africa J. C. Ritchie 4 141,286 28 11 T10 137 336
Sweden Mikael Lindberg* 5 139,848 31 11 T12 142 299
Sweden Jens Dantorp 6 133,772 32 16 2nd 48 1,069
New Zealand Daniel Hillier* 7 123,473 27 18 Win 30 1,051
Denmark Oliver Hundebøll* 8 123,082 29 7 T28 173 147
Germany Freddy Schott* 9 122,456 32 12 T10 144 295
Northern Ireland Tom McKibbin* 10 120,719 31 21 Win 44 1,217
France Robin Sciot-Siegrist 11 115,586 29 15 T13 140 307
Norway Kristian Krogh Johannessen 12 115,055 24 12 T3 124 398
France Clément Sordet 13 110,267 26 10 2nd 99 531
Denmark Martin Simonsen* 14 109,809 30 9 T15 161 191
France Jeong-Weon Ko* 15 109,659 31 16 T4 115 461
England Todd Clements* 16 109,283 30 17 Win 72 734
England John Parry 17 108,633 27 13 T4 (x2) 131 353
South Africa Bryce Easton 18 105,179 30 12 T14 138 327
England Matthew Baldwin 19 102,933 30 20 Win 69 810
South Africa Deon Germishuys* 20 95,045 28 16 T3 125 392

*European Tour rookie in 2023
First-time full member, but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2024 (finished inside the top 116).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2024, but retained conditional status (finished between 117 and 154, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2024 (finished outside the top 154).

Wins on the European Tour in 2023

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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

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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

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References

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  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.