As is usual at the end of a regular European Tour season, there is winners but also losers following the staging of the 10th Portugal Masters on the Oceanico Victoria course at Vilamoura.

Padraig Harrington ended an eight-year victory drought on European soil in capturing what was his 30th pro career title.

Here also is some of the other winners and those holding onto to 2017 Tour membership.

Finland’s Mikko Korhonen wraps up his 2017 Tour card with a share of third in the Portugal Masters. (Photo – European Tour)

• Finland’s Mikko Korhonen – Moves well outside 111th on Race to Dubai to 86th in sharing third place
• Ireland’s Paul Dunne misses the Portugal Masters cut but holds onto Tour card in his rookie year ending 2016 at 107th on the Race to Dubai.
• Scotland’s Scott Jamieson – Holds onto his card despite dropping from 106th to 109th
• Australia’s Jason Schrivener – Finishes T17th in Portugal with two closing birdies to move from 113th on Race to Dubai and retain his card by ending his year 106th on the money list#
• England’s Ollie Fisher – Birdies the last in a round of 64 to share 10th place in Portugal and move from 114th on Race to Dubai and ranked 100th in his 10th season on the European Tour
• England’s Chris Hanson – In his first full season shoots a last day 66 to share 65th place and earn 2017 Tour membership by just less than Euro 3,000 and 109th place on the Race to Dubai.
• American Daniel Im – The European Tour’s 2016 ‘Bubble Man’ also earning a full Tour card for a first time in his career by finishing 110th on the money list, but by just Euro 2,570

But here is those not so fortunate and staring at a trip to the Tour’s Q-School or drawing on Category 17 (Finish 111-126 on the Race to Dubai) or Category 18 (127-149) membership

• England’s Graeme Storm – Winner of 2007 French Open bogeys the 72nd to finish T22nd in Portugal but end the year 112th on the Race to Dubai and just Euro 3,100 shy of 110th place.  The difference between sharing 22nd place and a shot fewer at 17th place was Euro 4,160.
• Scotland’s Craig Lee – Bogeys the last hole on Friday to miss the cut and then lying 109th on the money list.  Ends his season 113th
• England’s Eddie Pepperell – Shoots 64 and 76 to miss the Portugal Masters cut and lose his Tour card for a first time in four years since joining the Tour in 2013 by ending 2016 in 114th place on the Race to Dubai.

Others to lose their Tour card include:-

Alvaro Quiros only has to go without shaving for a day and he’s got a full growth.

• Alvaro Quiros (Spain) – 6 Tour victories – Finished 2016 a lowly 135th on Race to Dubai however his 5-year exemption in capturing 2012 DP World Tour Championship ends this year.
• Brett Rumford (Australia) – 5 Tour victories – 119th Race to Dubai. Played on a medical exemption in 2016 but ends year 119th on the R2D.
• Michael Hoey (Northern Ireland) – 5 Tour wins – Sadly ends season 187th on Race to Dubai.  Contested 28 events but made the cut in just seven, and also sat out weekend rounds in his last eight tournaments.
• Steve Webster (England) – 2 Tour wins – Played under a ‘Medical Exemption’ in 2016 but loses card for a first time in his European Tour career dating back to 1997 in finishing the year 143rd on R2D
• Oliver Wilson (England) – Two year exemption in capturing 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship ends with the Tour’s very affable golfer 176th on R2D.
• Rhys Davies (Wales) – 1 Tour win – Regained Tour card via the 2015 Challenge Tour but heading back to secondary tour in ending 2016 177th on R2D.

Now facing anxious end-of-season wait:-

Happier days for Richard Green as winner of the 2010 Portugal Masters.

Just at the ‘regular’ European Tour season has ended there remains this coming week’s WGC – HSBC Champions and the three events of the Final Series to end the 2016 proper.

Though there is a two players – Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher and Australia’s Richard Green – who finished well outside the top-110 on the Race to Dubai but are inside the current top-40 on the Tour’s all-time money list, and with each having won three European Tour titles.

However if they should be overtaken in the closing four events on the 2016 European Tour International Schedule then it could be a difficult 2017 for the pair.

Gallacher, and after last week’s British Masters, is 38th on the top-40, while Green is 39th and with Fiji’s Vijay Singh holding down 40th position.

But with Euru 1,555, 851 in prize money separating Singh and 48th place, and with Alex Noren at 45th, Shane Lowry at 46th, and Joost Luiten at 48th, the make-up of the season-ending European Top-40 money winners may not include Gallahcer and/or Green.