2016 Alps Tour

2016 Alps Tour season

Duration	9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) – 23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Matt Wallace (6)
Order of Merit	Matt Wallace
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The 2016 Alps Tour was the 16th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points
11 Feb	Ein Bay Open	Egypt	30,000	Franck Daux (1)	4
17 Feb	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt	30,000	Franck Daux (2)	4
23 Feb	Dreamland Pyramids Open	Egypt	30,000	Matt Wallace (1)	4
1 May	Tunisian Golf Open	Tunisia	70,000	Matt Wallace (2)	6
8 May	Gösser Open	Austria	42,500	Matt Wallace (3)	4
21 May	Vigevano Open	Italy	40,000	Matt Wallace (4)	4
4 Jun	Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	43,000	Léo Lespinasse (1)	4
17 Jun	Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni	Italy	40,000	Stefano Pitoni (1)	4
26 Jun	Open de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	45,000	Hubert Tisserand (a) (1)	6
2 Jul	Open Frassanelle	Italy	40,000	Matt Wallace (5)	4
9 Jul	Open de Saint-Malo	France	40,000	Stefano Pitoni (2)	4
23 Jul	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	48,000	Victor Perez (1)	4
26 Aug	Open Castello di Tolcinasco	Italy	40,000	Thomas Elissalde (3)	4
11 Sep	Citadelle Trophy International	France	48,000	Federico Maccario (2)	6
18 Sep	Alps Costa del Sol	Spain	48,000	Tom Shadbolt (1)	6
16 Oct	Abruzzo Open	Italy	45,000	Stefano Pitoni (3)	6
23 Oct	Alps Tour Grand Final	Italy	65,000	Matt Wallace (6)	6

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 2017 Challenge Tour. ^[3]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Matt Wallace	49,703	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Enrico Di Nitto	25,070	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3	Federico Maccario	23,209	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4	Tom Shadbolt	22,931
5	Victor Perez	22,633
6	Franck Daux	22,608
7	Stefano Pitoni	21,805
8	Thomas Elissalde	18,467
9	Raphaël Marguery	17,232
10	Robin Goger	15,863

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. "2016 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
3. "Satellite stars: Matt Wallace". European Tour. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2023. 2016 Alps Tour graduates: Matt Wallace (England), Enrico Di Nitto (Italy), Federico Maccario (Italy), Tom Shadbolt (England), Victor Perez (France).

External links

• Official website