2004 Alps Tour

2004 Alps Tour season

Duration	24 November 2003 (2003-11-24) – 22 October 2004 (2004-10-22)
Number of official events	20
Most wins	Nicolas Marin (2) Niki Zitny (2)
Order of Merit	Andrea Maestroni
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The 2004 Alps Tour was the fourth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]
26 Nov	Sanremo Open	Italy	30,000	Clemens Prader (2)
7 Dec	Open du Bassin Bleu	France	50,000	Jean-Marc de Polo (2)
19 Mar	Packaging Open	Morocco	40,000	Nicolas Marin (1)
26 Mar	Trophée Maroc Telecom	Morocco	40,000	Julien Quesne (1)
2 Apr	Royal Moroccan Pro Tour Open	Morocco	40,000	Fernando Pasqualucci (1)
9 May	Open de Bordeaux	France	40,000	Raphaël Eyraud (1)
16 May	Open de Marcilly	France	45,000	Andrea Maestroni (1)
6 Jun	Open International Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	50,000	Julien Millet (a) (1)
13 Jun	Gösser Open	Austria	32,000	Alessio Bruschi (1)
20 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	35,000	Adrien Mörk (1)
26 Jun	Le Fronde Open	Italy	30,000	Jean-Nicolas Billot (1)
4 Jul	Open de Neuchâtel	Switzerland	30,000	Jérôme Theunis (1)
23 Jul	Brianza Open	Italy	30,000	Stefano Reale (3)
21 Aug	MAN NÖ Open	Austria	50,000	Niki Zitny (1)
26 Aug	Golferlebnis Waldviertel Open	Austria	30,000	Nicolas Marin (2)
12 Sep	Intercontinental Open	Austria	30,000	Niki Zitny (2)
23 Sep	Asolo Open	Italy	30,000	Marco Bernardini (2)
3 Oct	Open de Poitiers	France	40,000	Eric Moreul (1)
17 Oct	Masters 13	France	50,000	Philippe Lima (1)
22 Oct	Montecatini Terme International Open	Italy	40,000	Bertrand Cornut (3)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^[2] The top five players on the tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2005 Challenge Tour.

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Andrea Maestroni	28,335	Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2	Bertrand Cornut	26,443	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3	Eric Chaudouet	23,350	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4	Raphaël De Sousa	21,027
5	Raphaël Eyraud	19,427
6	Massimo Scarpa	19,088
7	Nicolas Marin	16,637
8	Eric Moreul	15,970
9	Jean-Nicolas Billot	15,844
10	Gianluca Pietrobono	15,093

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. "2004 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

External links

• Official website