2011 Alps Tour Explained

Year:2011
Tour:Alps Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:18
Most Wins: Chris Paisley (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Guillaume Cambis
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 Alps Tour was the 11th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner
12 Mar Peugeot Tour de Valencia Spain 48,000 Chris Paisley (1)
30 Apr Peugeot Open de Catalunya Spain 48,000 Chris Paisley (2)
15 May Slovenia 40,000 Jason Barnes (2)
22 May Gösser Open Austria 40,000 Scott Henry (1)
29 May Open de Saint François Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 50,000 Ignacio Sánchez-Palencia (1)
19 Jun Feudo d'Asti Golf Open Italy 40,000 Cristiano Terragni (1)
26 Jun Allianz Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 50,000 Clément Sordet (a) (1)
1 Jul Milan Zoate Golf Open Italy 40,000 Jason Kelly (1)
9 Jul Open du Haut Poitou France 40,000 Michael Hill (1)
16 Jul Peugeot Tour Alps de España Spain 48,000 Carlos García Simarro (1)
22 Jul Le Fonti Open Italy 40,000 Marco Crespi (4)
14 Aug Flory Van Donck Trophy Belgium 45,000 Marco Crespi (5)
27 Aug Styrian Mountain Golf Open Austria 45,000 Chris Paisley (3)
11 Sep Open International de Normandie France 50,000 Romain Schneider (1)
17 Sep Internorm Dolomiti Golf Open Italy 45,000 Farren Keenan (1)
24 Sep Peugeot Tour de Lerma Spain 48,000 Santiago Luna (1)
16 Oct Masters 13 France 45,000 Guillame Cambis (1)
21 Oct Sardinia Golf Open Italy 40,000 Guillame Cambis (2)

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 2012 Challenge Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 30,124 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2 29,401 Promoted to Challenge Tour
3 28,209 Finished in Top 80 of Challenge Tour Rankings
4 24,736 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 21,818
6 18,393
7 17,277
8 17,085
9 13,953
10 13,698 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)

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: 2011 Alps Tour Order of Merit . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008161947/https://info.alpstourgolf.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=AT~imp=n~lspos=Y~dc=Y~bdlink=Y~season=2011~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 8 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Cambis second win in a row . 21 October 2011 . Alps Tour . 9 April 2023 . The Alps Tour is pleased to announced the name of the 6 players graduated for Challenge Tour next year: England's Chris Paisley, who has already confirmed his full category on Challenge Tour, then France's Guillaume Cambis, England's Jason Barnes, Italian Marco Crespi, Scotland's Scott Henry and England's Farren Keenan..