Alps Tour

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Alps Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Golf current event.svg 2023 Alps Tour
Sport Golf
Founded2001
Inaugural season2001
CountriesBased in Continental Europe [lower-alpha 1]
Most titlesTournament wins:
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Crespi (6)
Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace (6)
Official website https://alpstourgolf.com/#/

The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men's golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the Challenge Tour. Other third level tours in Europe include the United Kingdom-based PGA EuroPro Tour, the Germany-based Pro Golf Tour, and the Nordic League in the Nordic countries. Beginning in July 2015, the four third-level tours will carry Official World Golf Ranking points. [1]

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Like the other third-tier European tours, the top ten players on the Order of Merit are exempt through the second stage of European Tour Qualifying School, and the top five win playing privileges on the Challenge Tour.

Alumni who have gone on to win on the European Tour include Marco Crespi, Guido Migliozzi, Chris Paisley, Julien Quesne, and Matt Wallace.

Order of Merit winners

YearWinnerPoints
2023 Flag of Ireland.svg Ronan Mullarney 25,714
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Gregorio De Leo 39,936
2021 Flag of Italy.svg Jacopo Vecchi Fossa 28,050
2020 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi García del Moral 18,503
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Lipparelli 36,667
2018 Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Tarrío 26,702
2017 Flag of Spain.svg Adri Arnaus 26,214
2016 Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace 49,703
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Darius van Driel 35,860
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Bertasio 31,994
2013 Flag of England.svg Jason Palmer 36,660
2012 Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Shaw 34,545
2011 Flag of France.svg Guillaume Cambis 30,124
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Delpodio 44,632
2009 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Perrino 48,285
2008 Flag of France.svg Julien Grillon 40,530
2007 Flag of France.svg Julien Quesne 37,716
2006 Flag of France.svg François Calmels 32,818
2005 Flag of France.svg Cédric Menut 38,931
2004 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Maestroni 28,335
YearWinnerPrize money ()
2003 Flag of Italy.svg Emmanuele Lattanzi 25,857
2002 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Napoleoni 28,022
2001 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Reale 23,332

Notes

  1. Schedules have also included events in Egypt, Guadeloupe, Israel, Morocco, Réunion and Tunisia.

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References

  1. "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.