2019 Alps Tour

2019 Alps Tour season

Duration	19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) – 26 October 2019 (2019-10-26)
Number of official events	15
Most wins	Frédéric Lacroix (3)
Order of Merit	Edoardo Lipparelli
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The 2019 Alps Tour was the 19th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]
21 Feb	Ein Bay Open	Egypt	40,000	Frédéric Lacroix (1)	4
27 Feb	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt	40,000	Benjamin Wheeler (1)	4
27 Mar	Dreamland Pyramids Open	Egypt	40,000	Lukas Nemecz (2)	4
1 Apr	New Giza Open	Egypt	40,000	Lorenzo Scalise (1)	4
6 Apr	Katameya Dunes Open	Egypt	40,000	Luca Cianchetti (2)	4
19 Apr	Abruzzo Open Dailies Total 1	Italy	40,000	Sebastián García Rodríguez (2)	4
11 May	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	48,000	Frédéric Lacroix (2)	4
18 May	Gösser Open	Austria	42,500	Timon Baltl (1)	4
24 May	Memorial Giorgio Bordoni	Italy	40,000	Sebastián García Rodríguez (3)	4
8 Jun	Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	43,000	Edoardo Lipparelli (1)	4
15 Jun	Acaya Open Dailies Total 1	Italy	40,000	Gregory Molteni (1)	4
23 Jun	Open de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	43,000	Lars van Meijel (2)	4
7 Jul	Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open	France	45,000	Frédéric Lacroix (3)	6	LETAS [c]
13 Jul	Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera	Spain	40,000	Gonzalo Vicente Elena (1)	4
27 Jul	Nazionale Open	Italy	40,000	Enrico Di Nitto (2)	4
7 Sep	Cervino Open	Italy	40,000	David Carey (1)	4
26 Oct	Alps Tour Grand Final	Italy	40,000	Federico Maccario (3)	6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[2] [3]} The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020 Challenge Tour. ^[4]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Edoardo Lipparelli	36,667	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Enrico Di Nitto	29,638
3	Frédéric Lacroix	29,515
4	Federico Maccario	27,777
5	Sebastián García Rodríguez	24,818	Promoted to European Tour (Top 15 of Challenge Tour Rankings)
6	Timon Baltl	21,853	Promoted to Challenge Tour
7	Xavier Poncelet	18,333
8	Julien Forêt	17,882
9	Lukas Nemecz	17,202
10	Lars van Meijel	15,686	Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)

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. LETAS − LET Access Series.
3. Mixed event

References

1. "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. "2019 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
3. "Federico Maccario Wins Alps Tour Grand Final 2019". Alps Tour. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2023. After the distribution of the points, this year's Order of Merit sees Edoardo Lipparelli in first place, followed by his compatriot Enrico Di Nitto in second.
4. "Satellite stars: Alps Tour". European Tour. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

External links

• Official website