2003 Alps Tour Explained

Year:2003
Tour:Alps Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:19
Most Wins: Emanuele Lattanzi (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Emmanuele Lattanzi
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2004

The 2003 Alps Tour was the third season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner
21 Mar Packaging Open Morocco 45,000 Benoît Teilleria (2)
19 Apr Open de la Commission Professionnelle France 40,000 Grégory Bourdy (1)
4 May Gösser Open Austria 30,000 Gordon Manson (3)
18 May Open de Marcilly France 45,000 Jean-Louis Guépy (1)
23 May Open Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze Italy 30,000 Marco Bernardini (1)
1 Jun Open de Bordeaux France 40,000 Grégory Bourdy (2)
13 Jun Austria 27,000 Alexandre Chopard (1)
17 Jun Waldviertel Open Austria 27,000 Felipe Aguilar (1)
22 Jun Switzerland 35,000 Felipe Aguilar (2)
28 Jun Citibank Open Italy 30,000 Emanuele Lattanzi (1)
5 Jul Switzerland 30,000 Alexandre Balicki (2)
11 Jul Memorial Antonio Roncoroni Italy 35,000 Emanuele Lattanzi (2)
31 Jul Brianza Open Italy 27,000 Emanuele Lattanzi (3)
19 Aug Intercontinental Open Austria 30,000 Andrea Zanini (3)
13 Sep Steigenberger Open Austria 30,000 Elvis Galéra (1)
19 Sep Asolo Open Italy 30,000 Alexandre Chopard (2)
12 Oct Open de Poitiers France 40,000 Raphaël Pellicioli (2)
19 Oct Masters 13 France 50,000 Jean-François Remésy (1)
24 Oct Montecatini International Open Italy 30,000 Jean-Marc de Polo (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 2004 Challenge Tour.

PositionPlayerPrize money ()Status earned
1 25,857 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 20,074
3 18,595
4 18,179
5 17,461
6 17,408
7 15,398
8 12,479
9 11,935
10 11,215

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: 2003 Alps Tour Order of Merit . Alps Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20081114132511/http://www.alpstourgolf.com/tour/2003/stats.asp . 14 November 2008 . 25 September 2022.