2001 Alps Tour Explained

Year:	2001
Tour:	Alps Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	16
Most Wins:	Bertrand Cornut (2) Gordon Manson (2) Stefano Reale (2)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Stefano Reale
Nextseason:	2002

The 2001 Alps Tour was the inaugural season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner
25 Mar	Memorial Richard Olalainty	France	45,000	Mickaël Dieu (1)
6 Apr	Executive Group Modena Open	Italy	25,000	Baldovino Dassù (1)
6 May	Donau Open	Austria	19,000	Maxime Demory (1)
1 Jun	Il Bipop Carire Open	Italy	25,000	Silvio Grappasonni (1)
3 Jun	Open de Bordeaux	France	30,000	Bertrand Cornut (1)
17 Jun	Gösser Open	Austria	19,000	Gordon Manson (1)
24 Jun		Switzerland	36,000	Stefano Reale (1)
1 Jul		Switzerland	67,000	Bertrand Cornut (2)
13 Jul	Quattroruote Open	Italy	43,000	Stefano Reale (2)
12 Aug	Murtal Open	Austria	22,000	Alexandre Balicki (1)
19 Aug		Austria	22,000	Alessandro Napoleoni (1)
15 Sep	Steigenberger Open	Austria	22,000	Markus Brier (1)
29 Sep		France	60,000	Roger Sabarros (1)
7 Oct	Intercontinental Open	Austria	22,000	Gordon Manson (2)
14 Oct	Il Selesta Open	Italy	25,000	Julien van Hauwe (1)
28 Nov	Riviera dei Fiori Open	Italy	25,000	Gianluca Pietrobono (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[2] The top four players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2002 Challenge Tour.^[3]

Position	Prize money (€)	Status earned
1	23,332	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	23,011
3	13,869
4	12,230
5	12,219
6	11,924
7	11,423
8	10,439
9	10,334
10	10,286

Notes and References

Web site: Tournament schedules 2001–2021 . Alps Tour . 3 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830173453/https://wp-alpstour.ocs-sport.com/factsheets/2022/File_1.pdf . 30 August 2022.
Web site: Endstand nach 16 Turnieren . Final standings after 16 tournaments . German . golf.at . 10 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020210083603/http://www.golf.at/turniere/alps.asp?ref=ALPS&p=18 . 10 February 2002.
Web site: Players in Top 5 Order of Merit qualified for the Challenge Tour 2001–2021 . Alps Tour . 3 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921201819/https://wp-alpstour.ocs-sport.com/factsheets/2022/File_2.pdf . 21 September 2022.