2012 Alps Tour

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2012 Alps Tour season
Duration8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) – 4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)
Number of official events19
Most wins Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan McCarroll (2)
Flag of England.svg Jack Senior (2)
Order of Merit Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Shaw
2011
2013

The 2012 Alps Tour was the 12th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season. [1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
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Winner [lower-alpha 1] Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
10 FebOpen Palmeraie PGPMorocco30,000 Flag of the United States.svg Timothy O'Neal (1)
16 FebOpen SamanahMorocco30,000 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Delpodio (4)
28 AprPeugeot Alps de BarcelonaSpain48,000 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Larrazábal (1)
12 MayServizitalia Lignano OpenItaly45,000 Flag of England.svg Jack Senior (1)
20 MayGösser OpenAustria40,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan McCarroll (1)
26 May LUMAR Slovenian Golf Open Slovenia40,000 Flag of England.svg Chris McDonnell (1)
3 JunOpen de Saint François GuadeloupeGuadeloupe50,000 Flag of England.svg Jack Senior (2)
10 JunCasino Sanremo OpenItaly40,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan McCarroll (2)
16 JunAlps de AndalucíaSpain48,000 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Lando-Casanova (1)
24 JunOpen du Haut PoitouFrance40,000 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Gros (1)
1 JulOpen de la Mirabelle d'OrFrance50,000 Flag of France.svg Xavier Poncelet (1)
8 JulFlory Van Donck TrophyBelgium45,000 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hugues Joannes (1)
14 Jul Montecchia Golf Open Italy40,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Kellett (1)
21 JulPeugeot Tour Alps de MadridSpain48,000 Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Luna (2)
31 AugValle d'Aosta OpenItaly50,000 Flag of France.svg Thomas Fournier (2)
16 SepOpen International de NormandieFrance50,000 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Joakimides (2)
22 SepInternorm Dolomiti Golf OpenItaly40,000 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolo Quintarelli (1)
20 OctCastellón Alps Comunidad ValenciaSpain48,000 Flag of Spain.svg Alfredo García-Heredia (1)
4 NovMasters 13 AllianzFrance100,000 Flag of France.svg Adrien Bernadet (1)FRA

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 2013 Challenge Tour. [3]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Shaw 34,545Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Flag of France.svg Thomas Fournier 24,188
3 Flag of England.svg Jack Senior 23,784Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings
4 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Lando-Casanova 22,252Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Kellett 22,169
6 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolo Quintarelli 21,875
7 Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan McCarroll 21,847
8 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Gros 17,585
9 Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Legarrea 16,265
10 Flag of France.svg Thomas Linard 15,905

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.
  2. FRA − French Tour.

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References

  1. "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. "2012 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "Bernadet remporte le Masters 13 Allianz" [Bernadet wins Masters 13 Allianz] (in French). Fédération Française de Golf. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2023. Notez enfin que Jérôme Lando Casanova rejoint Thomas Fournier dans le top 5 du ranking final de l'Alps Tour et évoluera donc l'an prochain sur le Challenge Tour.[Finally, note that Jérôme Lando Casanova joins Thomas Fournier in the top 5 of the final ranking of the Alps Tour and will therefore evolve next year on the Challenge Tour.]