2003 Alps Tour

2003 Alps Tour season

Duration	18 March 2003 (2003-03-18) – 24 October 2003 (2003-10-24)
Number of official events	19
Most wins	Emanuele Lattanzi (3)
Order of Merit	Emmanuele Lattanzi
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Alps Tour was the third season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [a]
21 Mar	Packaging Open	Morocco	45,000	Benoît Teilleria (2)
19 Apr	Open de la Commission Professionnelle	France	40,000	Grégory Bourdy (1)
4 May	Gösser Open	Austria	30,000	Gordon Manson (3)
18 May	Open de Marcilly	France	45,000	Jean-Louis Guépy (1)
23 May	Open Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze	Italy	30,000	Marco Bernardini (1)
1 Jun	Open de Bordeaux	France	40,000	Grégory Bourdy (2)
13 Jun	Intersport EYBL NÖ Open	Austria	27,000	Alexandre Chopard (1)
17 Jun	Waldviertel Open	Austria	27,000	Felipe Aguilar (1)
22 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	35,000	Felipe Aguilar (2)
28 Jun	Citibank Open	Italy	30,000	Emanuele Lattanzi (1)
5 Jul	Open de Neuchâtel	Switzerland	30,000	Alexandre Balicki (2)
11 Jul	Memorial Antonio Roncoroni	Italy	35,000	Emanuele Lattanzi (2)
31 Jul	Brianza Open	Italy	27,000	Emanuele Lattanzi (3)
19 Aug	Intercontinental Open	Austria	30,000	Andrea Zanini (3)
13 Sep	Steigenberger Open	Austria	30,000	Elvis Galéra (1)
19 Sep	Asolo Open	Italy	30,000	Alexandre Chopard (2)
12 Oct	Open de Poitiers	France	40,000	Raphaël Pellicioli (2)
19 Oct	Masters 13	France	50,000	Jean-François Remésy (1)
24 Oct	Montecatini International Open	Italy	30,000	Jean-Marc de Polo (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 Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2004 Challenge Tour. ^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money (€)	Status earned
1	Emmanuele Lattanzi	25,857	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Alexandre Chopard	20,074
3	Jean-Marc de Polo	18,595
4	Philippe Lima	18,179
5	Grégory Bourdy	17,461
6	Sarel Son-Houi	17,408
7	Elvis Galéra	15,398
8	Mickaël Dieu	12,479
9	Jean-Nicolas Billot	11,935
10	Bruno-Teva Lecuona	11,215

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. "2003 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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