2016 Alps Tour

The 2016 Alps Tour was the 16th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. It was the first Alps Tour season in which all events received Official World Golf Ranking points, as OWGR points were introduced midway through the 2015 season.[1]

Schedule

The season consisted of 17 events in seven countries.[2]

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

Graduates

The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2017.[3] Since the second-place finisher earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth-place finisher received the fifth card.

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

References

  1. ↑ "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tour Schedule & Results". Alps Tour Golf. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Order of Merit". Alps Tour Golf. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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