2017 Challenge Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/stats/index.html|title=Challenge Tour rankings|access-date=4 November 2017}}</ref> The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2017 earned European Tour cards for 2018.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! !!colspan=2|2017 Challenge Tour!!colspan=6|2018 European Tour |- !Player!!Road to Oman rank!!Points!!Starts!!Cuts made!!Best finish!!Money list rank!!Earnings (€) |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Tapio Pulkkanen* || 1 || 210,799 || 28 || 14 || {{sort|03|T3}} || 78 || 580,332 |- style="background:#FFF080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Clément Sordet* || 2 || 181,312 || 27 || 13 || {{sort|10|T10}} || 132 || 257,550 |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Erik van Rooyen* || 3 || 160,876 || 25 || 18 || {{sort|02|2}} || 38 || 1,178,064 |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Aaron Rai* || 4 || 139,435 || 32 || 20 || {{sort|05|T5}} || 58 || 777,642 |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Kinhult || 5 || 139,419 || 27 || 20 || {{sort|03|3}} || 49 || 966,558 |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Guerrier || 6 || 137,525 || 28 || 19 || {{sort|03|3}} || 86 || 534,524 |- style="background:#FFF080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} Oliver Farr || 7 || 133,768 || 29 || 13 || {{sort|07|T7}} || 145 || 222,025 |- style="background:#FFF080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ryan Evans || 8 || 126,676 || 29 || 17 || {{sort|11|T11}} || 148 || 208,377 |- style="background:#F08080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Chase Koepka* || 9 || 123,570 || 28 || 10 || {{sort|07|T7}} || 181 || 100,241 |- style="background:#FFF080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Oriol || 10 || 105,108 || 26 || 12 || {{sort|08|T8}} || 151 || 205,782 |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jens Dantorp || 11 || 104,737 || 30 || 17 || {{sort|03|T3}} || 70 || 620,978 |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Brown* || 12 || 104,155 || 28 || 14 || {{sort|02|T2}} || 97 || 404,685 |- style="background:#FFF080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Adrien Saddier || 13 || 100,843 || 27 || 14 || {{sort|07|T7}} || 117 || 312,632 |- style="background:#F08080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Scott Fernández* || 14 || 94,673 || 29 || 11 || {{sort|07|T7}} || 160 || 181,159 |- style="background:#F08080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Bradley Neil* || 15 || 93,168 || 29 || 11 || {{sort|21|T21}} || 190 || 87,638 |}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> European Tour rookie in 2018 T = Tied {{Color box|#D0F0C0|border=darkgray}} The player retained his European Tour card for 2019 (finished inside the top 116). {{Color box|#FFF080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2019, but retained conditional status (finished between 117 and 155, inclusive). {{Color box|#F08080|border=darkgray}} The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2019 (finished outside the top 155).

Rai earned promotion to the European Tour in July after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.

==Runners-up on the European Tour in 2018== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Player!!Tournament!!Winner!!Winning score!!Runner-up score |- |align=center|1 |11 Dec 2017 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Erik van Rooyen |Joburg Open |{{flagicon|IND}} Shubhankar Sharma |−23 (69-61-65-69=264) |−20 (64-67-70-66=267) |- |align=center|2 |2 Sep |{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Brown lost in four-man playoff |Made in Denmark |{{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Wallace |−19 (68-68-66-67=269) |−19 (70-68-63-68=269) |}

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