| Year: | 2012 |
| Tour: | Alps Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 19 |
| Most Wins: |  Brendan McCarroll (2)Jack Senior (2) |
| Honor1: | Order of Merit |
| Honoree1: | Gareth Shaw |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Alps Tour was the 12th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner | Other tours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb | Open Palmeraie PGP | Morocco | 30,000 |  Timothy O'Neal (1) | ||
| 16 Feb | Open Samanah | Morocco | 30,000 |  Matteo Delpodio (4) | ||
| 28 Apr | Peugeot Alps de Barcelona | Spain | 48,000 |  Pablo Larrazábal (1) | ||
| 12 May | Servizitalia Lignano Open | Italy | 45,000 | Jack Senior (1) | ||
| 20 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 40,000 | Brendan McCarroll (1) | ||
| 26 May | Slovenia | 40,000 | Chris McDonnell (1) | |||
| 3 Jun | Open de Saint François Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | 50,000 | Jack Senior (2) | ||
| 10 Jun | Casino Sanremo Open | Italy | 40,000 | Brendan McCarroll (2) | ||
| 16 Jun | Alps de Andalucía | Spain | 48,000 |  Jérôme Lando-Casanova (1) | ||
| 24 Jun | Open du Haut Poitou | France | 40,000 | Sébastien Gros (1) | ||
| 1 Jul | Open de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | 50,000 | Xavier Poncelet (1) | ||
| 8 Jul | Flory Van Donck Trophy | Belgium | 45,000 |  Hugues Joannes (1) | ||
| 14 Jul | Italy | 40,000 | Ross Kellett (1) | |||
| 21 Jul | Peugeot Tour Alps de Madrid | Spain | 48,000 | Santiago Luna (2) | ||
| 31 Aug | Valle d'Aosta Open | Italy | 50,000 | Thomas Fournier (2) | ||
| 16 Sep | Open International de Normandie | France | 50,000 | Nicolas Joakimides (2) | ||
| 22 Sep | Internorm Dolomiti Golf Open | Italy | 40,000 | Niccolo Quintarelli (1) | ||
| 20 Oct | Castellón Alps Comunidad Valencia | Spain | 48,000 | Alfredo García-Heredia (1) | ||
| 4 Nov | Masters 13 Allianz | France | 100,000 | Adrien Bernadet (1) | FRA |
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 2013 Challenge Tour.[3]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34,545 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | ||
| 2 | 24,188 | |||
| 3 | 23,784 | Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings | ||
| 4 | 22,252 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | ||
| 5 | 22,169 | |||
| 6 | 21,875 | |||
| 7 | 21,847 | |||
| 8 | 17,585 | |||
| 9 | 16,265 | |||
| 10 | 15,905 |