2013 Alps Tour Explained

Year:2013
Tour:Alps Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:17
Most Wins: Jason Palmer (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Jason Palmer
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 Alps Tour was the 13th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner
28 Feb Red Sea Ein Bay Open Egypt 30,000 Andrew Cooley (1)
7 Mar Red Sea Little Venice Open Egypt 30,000 Andrew Cooley (2)
6 Apr Alps de Las Castillas Spain 48,000 Raúl Quirós (1)
3 May Open International de Rebetz France 40,000 Borja Etchart (1)
19 May Gösser Open Austria 40,000 Brendan McCarroll (3)
25 May Umbria Open Italy 50,000 Jesús Legarrea (1)
1 Jun Friuli Venezia Giulia Open Grado Italy 40,000 Jason Palmer (2)
8 Jun Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 45,000 Sébastien Gros (2)
14 Jun Peugeot Open Spain 48,000 Édouard España (1)
23 Jun Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 45,000 Steven Brown (1)
20 Jul Alps de Andalucía Spain 48,000 Pol Bech (1)
31 Aug Cervino Open Italy 40,000 Jason Palmer (3)
7 Sep Golf Asiago Open Italy 40,000 Steven Brown (2)
15 Sep Citadelle Trophy International France 45,000 Jason Palmer (4)
22 Sep Open du Haut Poitou France 40,000 David Bobrowski (1)
11 Oct Sardegna Is Molas Open Italy 40,000 Ben Evans (1)
20 Oct Masters 13 France 50,000 Édouard España (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 2014 Challenge Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 36,660 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 24,390 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3 20,696 Promoted to Challenge Tour
4 19,537 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
5 19,326 Promoted to Challenge Tour
6 17,867
7 15,438
8 15,415
9 13,163
10 12,086

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: 2013 Alps Tour Order of Merit . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008161845/https://info.alpstourgolf.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=AT~imp=n~lspos=Y~dc=Y~bdlink=Y~season=2013~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 8 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Viva España! . https://web.archive.org/web/20191028171117/https://alpstourgolf.com/viva-espana/ . 20 October 2013 . 28 October 2019 . Alps Tour . 8 April 2023 . England's Jason Palmer, won the order of merit 2013 with the biggest margin ever, more than €12,000 from second, Edouard España. England's Steven Brown, takes third spot and compatriot Evans, thanks to his last week win, grabbed fourth place. Austria's Lukas Nemecz eventually gets the last spot finishing at 5th in Masters 13..