2013 Alps Tour

2013 Alps Tour season

Duration	26 February 2013 (2013-02-26) – 20 October 2013 (2013-10-20)
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Jason Palmer (3)
Order of Merit	Jason Palmer
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The 2013 Alps Tour was the 13th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour golf recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [a]
28 Feb	Red Sea Ein Bay Open	Egypt	30,000	Andrew Cooley (1)
7 Mar	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt	30,000	Andrew Cooley (2)
6 Apr	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	48,000	Raúl Quirós (1)
3 May	Open International de Rebetz	France	40,000	Borja Etchart (1)
19 May	Gösser Open	Austria	40,000	Brendan McCarroll (3)
25 May	Umbria Open	Italy	50,000	Jesús Legarrea (1)
1 Jun	Friuli Venezia Giulia Open Grado	Italy	40,000	Jason Palmer (2)
8 Jun	Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	45,000	Sébastien Gros (2)
14 Jun	Peugeot Open	Spain	48,000	Édouard España (1)
23 Jun	Open de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	45,000	Steven Brown (1)
20 Jul	Alps de Andalucía	Spain	48,000	Pol Bech (1)
31 Aug	Cervino Open	Italy	40,000	Jason Palmer (3)
7 Sep	Golf Asiago Open	Italy	40,000	Steven Brown (2)
15 Sep	Citadelle Trophy International	France	45,000	Jason Palmer (4)
22 Sep	Open du Haut Poitou	France	40,000	David Bobrowski (1)
11 Oct	Sardegna Is Molas Open	Italy	40,000	Ben Evans (1)
20 Oct	Masters 13	France	50,000	Édouard España (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 2014 Challenge Tour. ^[3]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Jason Palmer	36,660	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Édouard España	24,390	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3	Steven Brown	20,696	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4	Ben Evans	19,537	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
5	Lukas Nemecz	19,326	Promoted to Challenge Tour
6	Jesús Legarrea	17,867
7	Thomas Linard	15,438
8	Andrew Cooley	15,415
9	Brendan McCarroll	13,163
10	Uli Weinhandl	12,086

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. "2013 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
3. "Viva España!". Alps Tour. 20 October 2013. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2023. England's Jason Palmer, won the order of merit 2013 with the biggest margin ever, more than €12,000 from second, Edouard España. England's Steven Brown, takes third spot and compatriot Evans, thanks to his last week win, grabbed fourth place. Austria's Lukas Nemecz eventually gets the last spot finishing at 5th in Masters 13.

External links

• Official website