2004 Alps Tour Explained

Year:2004
Tour:Alps Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:20
Most Wins: Nicolas Marin (2)
Niki Zitny (2)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Andrea Maestroni
Prevseason:2003
Nextseason:2005

The 2004 Alps Tour was the fourth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner
26 Nov Sanremo Open Italy 30,000 Clemens Prader (2)
7 Dec Open du Bassin Bleu France 50,000 Jean-Marc de Polo (2)
19 Mar Packaging Open Morocco 40,000 Nicolas Marin (1)
26 Mar Trophée Maroc Telecom Morocco 40,000 Julien Quesne (1)
2 Apr Royal Moroccan Pro Tour Open Morocco 40,000 Fernando Pasqualucci (1)
9 May Open de Bordeaux France 40,000 Raphaël Eyraud (1)
16 May Open de Marcilly France 45,000 Andrea Maestroni (1)
6 Jun France 50,000 Julien Millet (a) (1)
13 Jun Gösser Open Austria 32,000 Alessio Bruschi (1)
20 Jun Switzerland 35,000 Adrien Mörk (1)
26 Jun Le Fronde Open Italy 30,000 Jean-Nicolas Billot (1)
4 Jul Switzerland 30,000 Jérôme Theunis (1)
23 Jul Brianza Open Italy 30,000 Stefano Reale (3)
21 Aug Austria 50,000 Niki Zitny (1)
26 Aug Golferlebnis Waldviertel Open Austria 30,000 Nicolas Marin (2)
12 Sep Intercontinental Open Austria 30,000 Niki Zitny (2)
23 Sep Asolo Open Italy 30,000 Marco Bernardini (2)
3 Oct Open de Poitiers France 40,000 Eric Moreul (1)
17 Oct Masters 13 France 50,000 Philippe Lima (1)
22 Oct Montecatini Terme International Open Italy 40,000 Bertrand Cornut (3)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2005 Challenge Tour.

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 28,335 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2 26,443 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3 23,350 Promoted to Challenge Tour
4 21,027
5 19,427
6 19,088
7 16,637
8 15,970
9 15,844
10 15,093

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: 2004 Alps Tour Order of Merit . Alps Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20081114182344/http://www.alpstourgolf.com/tour/2004/stats.asp . 14 November 2008 . 25 September 2022.