2015 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 27 players who earned 2016 European Tour professional golf cards through Q School in 2015.
| Place | Player | European Tour starts |
Cuts made |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Ulrich van den Berg | 70 | 27 | 7 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T1 | Adrián Otaegui | 74 | 31 | |
| T1 | Daniel Im | 30 | 20 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T4 | Jean Hugo | 135 | 70 | 17 Sunshine Tour wins; 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T4 | Ross McGowan | 136 | 75 | 1 European Tour win |
| 6 | Matthew Southgate | 35 | 15 | |
| T7 | Jason Scrivener | 27 | 16 | |
| T7 | Daniel Gavins | 2 | 0 | |
| T9 | Justin Walters | 104 | 50 | 2 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T9 | David Dixon | 226 | 94 | 1 European Tour win |
| T9 | Richard McEvoy | 234 | 99 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T9 | Lasse Jensen | 52 | 27 | |
| T13 | Stuart Manley | 157 | 60 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T13 | James Robinson | 3 | 0 | |
| T13 | Francesco Laporta | 8 | 2 | |
| T13 | Paul Dunne | 5 | 4 | |
| T13 | Marcus Kinhult | 3 | 3 | |
| T13 | Jason Knutzon | 121 | 67 | 2 Asian Tour wins |
| T19 | Ryan Evans | 5 | 5 | |
| T19 | Laurie Canter | 3 | 0 | |
| T19 | Nino Bertasio | 7 | 0 | |
| T22 | Clément Berardo | 1 | 0 | |
| T22 | Richard Finch | 304 | 145 | 2 European Tour wins |
| T24 | Edoardo Molinari | 192 | 116 | 2 European Tour wins |
| T24 | Lukas Nemecz | 9 | 4 | |
| T24 | Nicolò Ravano | 5 | 1 | |
| T24 | Chris Hanson | 9 | 6 |
2016 European Tour rookie
2016 Results
| Player | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulrich van den Berg | 18 | 4 | T18 | 207 | 33,785 |
| Adrián Otaegui | 27 | 15 | 2 | 69 | 506,211 |
| Daniel Im* | 25 | 15 | T3 | 109 | 250,317 |
| Jean Hugo | 18 | 8 | T7 | 164 | 90,346 |
| Ross McGowan | 18 | 6 | T7 | 172 | 80,451 |
| Matthew Southgate | 30 | 17 | 4 | 56 | 681,382 |
| Jason Scrivener | 24 | 14 | 3 | 105 | 261,841 |
| Daniel Gavins* | 16 | 4 | T28 | 208 | 33,139 |
| Justin Walters | 23 | 13 | T3 | 92 | 340,331 |
| David Dixon | 20 | 8 | 7 | 162 | 93,586 |
| Richard McEvoy | 22 | 13 | 3 | 123 | 213,309 |
| Lasse Jensen | 24 | 12 | 2 | 78 | 433,603 |
| Stuart Manley | 20 | 13 | T13 | 153 | 115,099 |
| James Robinson* | 16 | 5 | T34 | 211 | 29,892 |
| Francesco Laporta* | 19 | 7 | T22 | 189 | 51,129 |
| Paul Dunne* | 23 | 13 | 9 | 106 | 260,793 |
| Marcus Kinhult* | 12 | 2 | T26 | 223 | 21,300 |
| Jason Knutzon | 14 | 9 | T10 | 178 | 61,642 |
| Ryan Evans* | 22 | 12 | T3 | 135 | 171,025 |
| Laurie Canter* | 17 | 7 | T34 | 193 | 47,983 |
| Nino Bertasio* | 23 | 17 | T5 | 96 | 319,338 |
| Clément Berardo* | 20 | 8 | T3 | 146 | 134,038 |
| Richard Finch | 3 | 0 | Cut | n/a | 0 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 26 | 13 | T12 | 148 | 132,581 |
| Lukas Nemecz* | 17 | 10 | T18 | 183 | 57,451 |
| Nicolò Ravano* | 15 | 5 | T27 | 192 | 49,309 |
| Chris Hanson* | 21 | 16 | T5 | 108 | 253,254 |
* European Tour rookie in 2016
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2017 (finished inside the top 111).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017, but retained conditional status (finished between 112 and 148, inclusive).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017 (finished outside the top 148).
McEvoy, Manley, Canter, and Molinari regained their cards for 2017 through Q School.
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2016
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Jun | Lasse Jensen | Nordea Masters | Matth Fitzpatrick | −16 (68-65-68-71=272) | −13 (72-69-66-68=275) |
| 2 | 12 Jun | Adrián Otaegui | Lyoness Open | Wu Ashun | −13 (69-72-65-69=275) | −12 (64-76-67-69=276) |