2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 31 players who earned their 2010 European Tour card through Q School in 2009.
| Place | Player | European Tour starts |
Cuts made |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Khan | 199 | 124 | 1 European Tour win |
| 2 | Sam Hutsby | 5 | 3 | |
| 3 | Stephen Gallacher | 305 | 186 | 1 European Tour win; held medical exemption for first 10 events in 2010 |
| T4 | Marco Ruiz | 47 | 18 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T4 | Alejandro Cañizares | 71 | 44 | 1 European Tour win |
| 6 | Fredrik Ohlsson | 0 | 0 | |
| T7 | Eirik Tage Johansen | 36 | 12 | |
| T7 | Mark Haastrup | 5 | 2 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T7 | Steven O'Hara | 154 | 78 | Played in 2001 Walker Cup |
| T7 | Clodomiro Carranza | 4 | 1 | |
| 11 | Benjamin Hébert | 2 | 0 | Won the 2007 European Amateur |
| T12 | Fredrik Andersson Hed | 235 | 122 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T12 | Phillip Archer | 186 | 109 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T12 | Carl Suneson | 306 | 143 | 1 European Tour win |
| T12 | Jamie Elson | 40 | 19 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T16 | James Kamte | 48 | 22 | 3 Sunshine Tour wins, 1 Asian Tour win |
| T16 | Gary Murphy | 248 | 138 | |
| T16 | Andrew Coltart | 456 | 285 | 2 European Tour wins; played in 1999 Ryder Cup |
| T16 | Steven Jeppesen | 119 | 48 | |
| T16 | Anton Haig | 95 | 35 | 1 European Tour win |
| T16 | George Coetzee | 6 | 4 | 3 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T16 | James Ruth | 1 | 0 | |
| T16 | Patrik Sjöland | 319 | 185 | 2 European Tour wins |
| T16 | Stephan Gross | 3 | 1 | |
| T16 | Jarmo Sandelin | 391 | 236 | 5 European Tour wins; played in 1999 Ryder Cup |
| T26 | Rick Kulacz | 16 | 6 | 2 Asian Tour wins |
| T26 | Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | 86 | 45 | |
| T26 | Julien Guerrier | 16 | 2 | Won the 2006 Amateur Championship; 16th in the Challenge Tour rankings |
| T26 | Simon Thornton | 12 | 2 | |
| T26 | Scott Drummond | 180 | 67 | 1 European Tour win |
| T26 | Lorenzo Gagli | 8 | 3 |
2010 European Tour rookie
2010 Results
| Player | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Khan | 28 | 16 | Win | 25 | 972,686 |
| Sam Hutsby* | 26 | 19 | T12 | 118 | 197,809 |
| Stephen Gallacher | 30 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 931,931 |
| Marco Ruiz | 24 | 14 | T9 | 131 | 146,483 |
| Alejandro Cañizares | 27 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 806,510 |
| Fredrik Ohlsson* | 21 | 5 | T46 | 214 | 24,611 |
| Eirik Tage Johansen | 22 | 9 | T34 | 165 | 79,001 |
| Mark Haastrup* | 25 | 10 | 3 | 117 | 203,322 |
| Steven O'Hara | 27 | 17 | T8 | 113 | 213,769 |
| Clodomiro Carranza* | 24 | 15 | 8 | 128 | 148,908 |
| Benjamin Hébert* | 21 | 12 | T25 | 142 | 116,834 |
| Fredrik Andersson Hed | 27 | 18 | Win | 22 | 1,110,525 |
| Phillip Archer | 24 | 7 | T10 | 151 | 99,211 |
| Carl Suneson | 25 | 9 | T8 | 167 | 77,277 |
| Jamie Elson | 26 | 12 | T2 | 132 | 146,021 |
| James Kamte | 18 | 8 | T4 | 157 | 92,871 |
| Gary Murphy | 25 | 6 | T43 | 227 | 19,152 |
| Andrew Coltart | 25 | 12 | T11 | 143 | 116,090 |
| Steven Jeppesen | 23 | 10 | T21 | 186 | 51,582 |
| Anton Haig | 19 | 5 | T19 | 153 | 95,533 |
| George Coetzee* | 24 | 11 | T6 | 126 | 152,302 |
| James Ruth* | 15 | 4 | T56 | 238 | 15,194 |
| Patrik Sjöland | 21 | 10 | T11 | 171 | 65,819 |
| Stephan Gross Jr* | 18 | 6 | T15 | 207 | 29,450 |
| Jarmo Sandelin | 22 | 11 | T3 | 138 | 128,825 |
| Rick Kulacz* | 24 | 11 | T4 | 134 | 144,949 |
| Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | 25 | 15 | T8 | 109 | 224,635 |
| Julien Guerrier* | 22 | 12 | T5 | 122 | 172,305 |
| Simon Thornton* | 22 | 9 | T9 | 141 | 116,954 |
| Scott Drummond | 20 | 6 | T21 | 191 | 49,040 |
| Lorenzo Gagli | 12 | 3 | 10 | 219 | 22,720 |
* European Tour rookie in 2010
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2011 (finished inside the top 117).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2011, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150).
Ohlsson, Johansen, and Coetzee regained their cards for 2011 through Q School, while Gagli regained his by finishing 17th in the Challenge Tour rankings.
Winners on the European Tour in 2010
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 May | Fredrik Andersson Hed | BMW Italian Open | -16 (70-66-63-73=272) | 2 strokes | David Horsey |
| 2 | 23 May | Simon Khan | BMW PGA Championship | -6 (72-69-71-66=278) | 1 stroke | Fredrik Andersson Hed, Luke Donald |
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2010
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 May |
Alejandro Cañizares lost in playoff |
Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca | Peter Hanson | -6 (72-69-67-66=274) | -6 (68-70-70-66=274) |
| 2 | 23 May | Fredrik Andersson Hed | BMW PGA Championship | Simon Khan | -6 (72-69-71-66=278) | -7 (68-70-74-67=279) |
| 3 | 20 Jun | Jamie Elson | Saint-Omer Open | Martin Wiegele | -7 (66-71-72-68=277) | -5 (71-67-68-73=279) |
| 4 | 4 Jul |
Alejandro Cañizares (2) lost in three-man playoff |
Alstom Open de France | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | -11 (71-69-66-67=273) | -11 (66-66-73-68=273) |