2008 Alps Tour Explained

Year:2008
Tour:Alps Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:22
Most Wins: Dominique Nouailhac (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Julien Grillon
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2009

The 2008 Alps Tour was the eighth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner
21 Mar Open International de Mohammedia Morocco 35,000 Cédric Menut (1)
5 Apr Feudo d'Asti Golf Open Italy 55,000 Marc Mauret (1)
18 Apr Circolo Rapallo Golf Open Italy 50,000 Xavier Lazurowicz (2)
27 Apr Italy 65,000 Martin Rominger (2)
4 May Gösser Open Austria 39,000 Martin Wiegele (1)
10 May Uniqa FinanceLife Open Austria 45,000 Julien Grillon (1)
17 May Masters 26 Dijon-Bourgogne France 45,000 Cédric Menut (2)
25 May Open de Bordeaux France 45,000 Benoît Teilleria (3)
31 May Lyoness Open Austria 50,000 Anthony Grenier (1)
8 Jun Open du Haut Poitou France 40,000 Adrien Mörk (3)
15 Jun Switzerland 39,000 Alan Bihan (1)
21 Jun Volturno International Open Italy 50,000 Andrea Signor (1)
28 Jun Slovenia 45,000 Dominique Nouailhac (1)
5 Jul Czech Republic 45,000 Clemens Prader (3)
13 Jul Open International de Normandie France 50,000 Dominique Nouailhac (2)
20 Jul Omnium of Belgium Belgium 50,000 Jérôme Forestier (2)
31 Aug AGF-Allianz Open - Trophee Preven's France 60,000 Julien Guerrier (2)
7 Sep AGF-Allianz Open - Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 45,000 Alexandre Mandonnet (1)
14 Sep Open International Stade Français Paris France 45,000 Jean-François Remésy (3)
27 Sep Open Golf Padova Italy 40,000 Julien Grillon (2)
4 Oct Open La Margherita Italy 40,000 Marco Crespi (1)
12 Oct Masters 13 France 50,000 Dominique Nouailhac (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 2009 Challenge Tour.

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 40,530 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
2 35,336 Promoted to Challenge Tour
3 29,767 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
4 24,755
5 24,096 Promoted to Challenge Tour
6 24,061 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
7 23,148 Promoted to Challenge Tour
8 21,944
9 20,922
10 20,806

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: 2008 Alps Tour Order of Merit . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008162051/https://info.alpstourgolf.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=AT~imp=n~lspos=Y~dc=Y~bdlink=Y~season=2008~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 8 October 2022.