2002 Alps Tour Explained

Year:	2002
Tour:	Alps Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	16
Most Wins:	Lionel Alexandre (2) David Dupart (2) Alessandro Napoleoni (2) Marco Soffietti (2)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Alessandro Napoleoni
Prevseason:	2001
Nextseason:	2003

The 2002 Alps Tour was the second season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner
23 Feb	Memorial Richard Olalainty	France	45,000	Benoît Teilleria (1)
5 May	Gösser Open	Austria	25,000	Marco Soffietti (1)
17 May	Salsomaggiore Terme Open	Italy	25,000	Francesco Guermani (1)
24 May	Quattroruote Open	Italy	40,000	David Dupart (1)
2 Jun	Open de Bordeaux	France	42,500	Nicolas Beaufils (1)
23 Jun		Switzerland	40,000	Alessandro Napoleoni (2)
7 Jul		Switzerland	65,000	Fernando Roca (1)
12 Jul	Memorial Antonio Roncoroni	Italy	40,000	Alessandro Napoleoni (3)
19 Jul	Memorial A. Angelini	Italy	40,000	Alberto Binaghi (1)
18 Aug		Austria	25,000	Clemens Prader (1)
25 Aug	Ottenstein Open	Austria	25,000	Marco Soffietti (2)
14 Sep	Intercontinental Open	Austria	25,000	David Dupart (2)
29 Sep		France	50,000	Julien van Hauwe (2)
6 Oct	Open de Poitiers	France	42,500	Frédéric Cupillard (1)
19 Oct	Ufficio Stile Open	Italy	25,000	Lionel Alexandre (1)
22 Nov	Sanremo Open	Italy	25,000	Lionel Alexandre (2)

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 2003 Challenge Tour.^[3]

Position	Prize money (€)	Status earned
1	28,022	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	26,917
3	26,457
4	23,847
5	21,455
6	12,685
7	11,985
8	11,706
9	11,392
10	7,696

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: Gesamt 2002 nach 16 Turnieren . Total 2002 after 16 tournaments . golf.at . German . 10 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030424055821/http://www.golf.at/turniere/alps.asp?ref=ALPS&p=2 . 24 April 2003.
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.