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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2016. The top 16 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2016 earned European Tour cards for 2017.

2016 Challenge Tour 2017 European Tour
Player Road to Oman
rank
Points Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
England Jordan Smith* 1 209,985 31 25 Win 24 1,290,602
Germany Bernd Ritthammer 2 189,953 26 10 T11 124 272,289
Germany Alexander Knappe* 3 183,500 27 11 T5 140 215,147
New Zealand Ryan Fox* 4 160,768 29 21 T4 34 1,080,610
England Sam Walker 5 158,370 29 8 T4 157 158,785
France Matthieu Pavon* 6 150,504 30 16 3 49 866,853
Sweden Alexander Björk* 7 135,006 30 23 T3 43 947,873
South Africa Dylan Frittelli* 8 120,892 29 18 Win 19 1,602,951
France Romain Langasque* 9 118,087 27 11 T10 151 178,683
Scotland Duncan Stewart* 10 115,764 28 12 T9 131 241,658
England Marcus Armitage* 11 115,760 26 11 T10 152 168,137
Portugal José-Filipe Lima 12 100,108 23 10 T5 138 218,629
France Damien Perrier* 13 95,368 27 12 T29 174 102,350
Spain Pep Anglès* 14 93,286 27 13 4 139 216,288
Belgium Thomas Detry* 15 92,852 27 17 T2 86 440,214
France Joël Stalter* 16 91,578 26 11 T3 132 239,430

* European Tour rookie in 2017
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2018 (finished inside the top 101 or the top 10 of the Access List).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018, but retained conditional status (finished between 102 and 147, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018 (finished outside the top 147).

Ritthammer won three times on the Challenge Tour in 2016. A change before the season to the tour regulations allowed amateurs to earn ranking points, while also dictating that any player within the top 15 who earned points as an amateur would be counted in addition to the usual 15 graduates; therefore, since Langasque had earned 24,200 points as an amateur, the number of graduates was increased to 16. Anglès regained his card for 2018 through Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2017

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runners-up
1 11 Jun South Africa Dylan Frittelli Lyoness Open −12 (70-71-68-67=276) 1 stroke England David Horsey
Finland Mikko Korhonen
South Africa Jbe' Kruger
2 30 Jul England Jordan Smith Porsche European Open −13 (70-67-67-71=275) Playoff France Alexander Lévy

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2017

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 30 Apr South Africa Dylan Frittelli
Lost in playoff
Volvo China Open France Alexander Lévy −17 (63-70-71-67=271) −17 (70-63-64-74=271)
2 25 Jun Belgium Thomas Detry BMW International Open Argentina Andrés Romero −17 (67-71-68-65=271) −16 (65-71-70-66=272)
3 5 Nov South Africa Dylan Frittelli (2) Turkish Airlines Open England Justin Rose −18 (69-68-64-65=266) −17 (70-67-66-64=267)
  Rolex Series

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