2001 Alps Tour

2001 Alps Tour season

Duration	22 March 2001 (2001-03-22) – 28 November 2001 (2001-11-28)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Bertrand Cornut (2) Gordon Manson (2) Stefano Reale (2)
Order of Merit	Stefano Reale
2002 →

The 2001 Alps Tour was the inaugural season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]
25 Mar	Memorial Richard Olalainty	France	45,000	Mickaël Dieu (1)
6 Apr	Executive Group Modena Open	Italy	25,000	Baldovino Dassù (1)
6 May	Donau Open	Austria	19,000	Maxime Demory (1)
1 Jun	Il Bipop Carire Open	Italy	25,000	Silvio Grappasonni (1)
3 Jun	Open de Bordeaux	France	30,000	Bertrand Cornut (1)
17 Jun	Gösser Open	Austria	19,000	Gordon Manson (1)
24 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	36,000	Stefano Reale (1)
1 Jul	UBS Warburg Golf Open	Switzerland	67,000	Bertrand Cornut (2)
13 Jul	Quattroruote Open	Italy	43,000	Stefano Reale (2)
12 Aug	Murtal Open	Austria	22,000	Alexandre Balicki (1)
19 Aug	NÖ Open	Austria	22,000	Alessandro Napoleoni (1)
15 Sep	Steigenberger Open	Austria	22,000	Markus Brier (1)
29 Sep	Open de Toulouse	France	60,000	Roger Sabarros (1)
7 Oct	Intercontinental Open	Austria	22,000	Gordon Manson (2)
14 Oct	Il Selesta Open	Italy	25,000	Julien van Hauwe (1)
28 Nov	Riviera dei Fiori Open	Italy	25,000	Gianluca Pietrobono (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^[2] The top four players on the tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2002 Challenge Tour. ^[3]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)	Status earned
1	Stefano Reale	23,332	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Bertrand Cornut	23,011
3	Alexandre Balicki	13,869
4	Julien van Hauwe	12,230
5	Roger Sabarros	12,219
6	Alessandro Tadini	11,924
7	Alessandro Napoleoni	11,423
8	Marco Soffietti	10,439
9	Mickaël Dieu	10,334
10	Gianluca Pietrobono	10,286

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Alps Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Alps Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

1. "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. "Endstand nach 16 Turnieren" [Final standings after 16 tournaments]. golf.at (in German). Archived from the original on 10 February 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "Players in Top 5 Order of Merit qualified for the Challenge Tour 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

External links

• Official website