2002 Alps Tour

2002 Alps Tour season

Duration	20 February 2002 (2002-02-20) – 22 November 2002 (2002-11-22)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Lionel Alexandre (2) David Dupart (2) Alessandro Napoleoni (2) Marco Soffietti (2)
Order of Merit	Alessandro Napoleoni
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The 2002 Alps Tour was the second season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]
23 Feb	Memorial Richard Olalainty	France	45,000	Benoît Teilleria (1)
5 May	Gösser Open	Austria	25,000	Marco Soffietti (1)
17 May	Salsomaggiore Terme Open	Italy	25,000	Francesco Guermani (1)
24 May	Quattroruote Open	Italy	40,000	David Dupart (1)
2 Jun	Open de Bordeaux	France	42,500	Nicolas Beaufils (1)
23 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	40,000	Alessandro Napoleoni (2)
7 Jul	UBS Warburg Golf Open	Switzerland	65,000	Fernando Roca (1)
12 Jul	Memorial Antonio Roncoroni	Italy	40,000	Alessandro Napoleoni (3)
19 Jul	Memorial A. Angelini	Italy	40,000	Alberto Binaghi (1)
18 Aug	Niederösterreich Open	Austria	25,000	Clemens Prader (1)
25 Aug	Ottenstein Open	Austria	25,000	Marco Soffietti (2)
14 Sep	Intercontinental Open	Austria	25,000	David Dupart (2)
29 Sep	Open de Toulouse	France	50,000	Julien van Hauwe (2)
6 Oct	Open de Poitiers	France	42,500	Frédéric Cupillard (1)
19 Oct	Ufficio Stile Open	Italy	25,000	Lionel Alexandre (1)
22 Nov	Sanremo Open	Italy	25,000	Lionel Alexandre (2)

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 2003 Challenge Tour. ^[3]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)	Status earned
1	Alessandro Napoleoni	28,022	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Marco Soffietti	26,917
3	Lionel Alexandre	26,457
4	David Dupart	23,847
5	Emanuele Lattanzi	21,455
6	Nicolas Beaufils	12,685
7	Jean-Nicolas Billot	11,985
8	Frédéric Cupillard	11,706
9	Cédric Doucet	11,392
10	Gianluca Pietrobono	7,696

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. "Gesamt 2002 nach 16 Turnieren" [Total 2002 after 16 tournaments]. golf.at (in German). Archived from the original on 24 April 2003. 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