2012 Challenge Tour graduates
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2012. The top 21 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2012 earned their European Tour card for 2013.
| 2012 Challenge Tour | 2013 European Tour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | |
 Espen Kofstad* | 1 | 131,099 | 30 | 12 | T8 | 135 | 155,440 | |
 Kristoffer Broberg* | 2 | 126,508 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 103 | 258,105 | |
 Andreas Hartø | 3 | 121,999 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 119 | 199,447 | |
| Joachim B. Hansen* | 4 | 120,085 | 28 | 11 | T3 | 79 | 375,037 | |
 Gary Lockerbie | 5 | 117,482 | 27 | 9 | T15 | 141 | 131,615 | |
| Magnus A. Carlsson | 6 | 110,487 | 26 | 15 | T4 | 106 | 251,434 | |
| Simon Wakefield | 7 | 108,593 | 30 | 16 | T8 | 134 | 155,490 | |
 Alessandro Tadini | 8 | 101,428 | 27 | 14 | T20 | 148 | 113,905 | |
 Alexandre Kaleka | 9 | 95,944 | 29 | 12 | T2 | 116 | 209,866 | |
 Chris Doak | 10 | 92,730 | 27 | 16 | T8 | 101 | 261,507 | |
| Scott Henry* | 11 | 90,688 | 31 | 14 | T4 | 120 | 197,601 | |
| Chris Paisley* | 12 | 74,485 | 31 | 14 | T11 | 122 | 194,369 | |
| Eddie Pepperell* | 13 | 72,378 | 25 | 16 | T6 | 76 | 389,766 | |
 Maximilian Kieffer* | 14 | 70,243 | 29 | 17 | T2 | 73 | 416,910 | |
 Justin Walters* | 15 | 69,913 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 64 | 512,158 | |
| James Busby* | 16 | 67,350 | 9 | 0 | CUT | n/a | 0 | |
| Gary Stal* | 17 | 66,580 | 11 | 6 | T33 | n/a | 36,836 | |
 Mark Tullo | 18 | 66,436 | 25 | 14 | T2 | 114 | 216,165 | |
| Morten Ørum Madsen* | 19 | 65,338 | 23 | 15 | T2 | 81 | 357,417 | |
| Seve Benson | 20 | 65,149 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 97 | 297,959 | |
| Daniel Brooks* | 21 | 64,776 | 15 | 4 | T22 | 216 | 23,550 | |
* European Tour rookie in 2013
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2014 (finished inside the top 110).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2014, but retained conditional status (finished between 111–145).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2014 (finished outside the top 145).
Broberg earned a direct promotion to the European Tour after his third win of 2012 in August. Because Carlsson had also finished 93rd in the Race to Dubai, the graduating places were extended by one. The players ranked 17th through 21st were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Morten Ørum Madsen improved his status in this way. Hartø, Wakefield, Stal, and Brooks regained their cards for 2014 through Q School.
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2013
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Dec 2012 | Kristoffer Broberg |
Alfred Dunhill Championship | Charl Schwartzel |
−24 (67-64-64-69=264) | −12 (70-69-67-70=276) |
| 2 | 21 Apr | Maximilian Kieffer lost in three-man playoff |
Open de España | Raphaël Jacquelin |
−5 (75-68-69-71=283) | −5 (73-66-73-71=283) |
| 3–4 | 19 May | Morten Ørum Madsen |
Madeira Islands Open |  Peter Uihlein |
−15 (72-64-69-68=273) | −13 (72-69-67-67=275) |
| Mark Tullo |
−13 (67-69-68-71=275) | |||||
| 5 | 28 Jul | Alexandre Kaleka |
M2M Russian Open |  Michael Hoey |
−16 (70-67-65-70=272) | −12 (70-67-71-68=276) |
| 6 | 13 Oct | Justin Walters |
Portugal Masters | David Lynn |
−18 (65-65-73-63=266) | −17 (69-63-69-66=267) |