2006 Alps Tour

2006 Alps Tour season

Duration	15 March 2006 (2006-03-15) – 27 October 2006 (2006-10-27)
Number of official events	21
Most wins	Jean-Nicolas Billot (3)
Order of Merit	François Calmels
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The 2006 Alps Tour was the sixth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [a]
17 Mar	Open de Fès	Morocco	35,000	Julien Forêt (1)
24 Mar	Open de Mohammedia	Morocco	35,000	François Calmels (1)
1 Apr	Trophée Maroc Telecom	Morocco	35,000	François Calmels (2)
7 May	Waidhofen Open	Austria	55,000	Bruno-Teva Lecuona (1)
14 May	Open de Bordeaux	France	45,000	Jean-Nicolas Billot (2)
19 May	Open La Margherita	Italy	35,000	Jean-Nicolas Billot (3)
28 May	Gösser Open	Austria	35,000	Jürgen Maurer (1)
4 Jun	Open Aquarelle.com Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	45,000	Julien Xanthopoulos (1)
19 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	35,000	Agustín Domingo (1)
23 Jun	Open Le Fronde	Italy	35,000	Jean-Nicolas Billot (4)
2 Jul	Open de Neuchâtel	Switzerland	45,000	Gary Marks (1)
9 Jul	Open du Haut Poitou	France	40,000	Xavier Lazurowicz (1)
19 Aug	Schärding Baroque Open	Austria	35,000	Fabien Marty (1)
27 Aug	Uniqa FinanceLife Styrian Open	Austria	50,000	Andrea Maestroni (2)
10 Sep	Open de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	45,000	Mike Lorenzo-Vera (2)
17 Sep	Open La Pavoniere	Italy	35,000	Charles Dubois (1)
24 Sep	Open International Stade Français Paris	France	45,000	Christophe Brazillier (1)
6 Oct	Cordial Resort Pelagone Open	Italy	35,000	Charles-Édouard Russo (1)
15 Oct	Masters 26 Dijon-Bourgogne	France	40,000	Ulf Wendling (1)
22 Oct	Masters 13	France	50,000	Jean-François Remésy (2)
27 Oct	Open Le Madonie	Italy	50,000	Agustín Domingo (2)

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 Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2007 Challenge Tour. ^[3]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	François Calmels	32,818	Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2	Jean-Nicolas Billot	28,145	Promoted to Challenge Tour
3	Christophe Brazillier	27,860
4	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	27,489
5	Julien Xanthopoulos	24,337
6	Julien Millet	21,930
7	Charles Dubois	21,126
8	Bruno-Teva Lecuona	19,953
9	Ulf Wendling	16,966
10	Roland Steiner	16,855

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. "2006 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. 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