2015 Alps Tour Explained

Year:2015
Tour:Alps Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:20
Most Wins: Harry Casey (2)
Josh Loughrey (2)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Darius van Driel
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 Alps Tour was the 15th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

OWGR inclusion

In July, it was announced that all Alps Tour events, beginning with the Alps de Andalucía, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner OWGR
points
19 FebRed Sea El Ein Bay OpenEgypt30,000 Thomas Elissalde (2)n/a
25 FebRed Sea Little Venice OpenEgypt30,000 Alexandre Widemann (1)n/a
4 MarDreamland Pyramids OpenEgypt30,000 Andrew Cooley (4)n/a
4 AprAlps de Las CastillasSpain48,000 Jesús Legarrea (2)n/a
3 MayTunisian Golf OpenTunisia70,000 Josh Loughrey (1)n/a
10 MayGösser OpenAustria40,000 Harry Casey (1)n/a
16 MayOpen Colli BericiItaly40,000 Enrico Di Nitto (1)n/a
21 MayOpen FrassanelleItaly40,000 Gerard Piris (1)n/a
31 MayOpen de Saint François Region GuadeloupeGuadeloupe40,000 Andrea Maestroni (3)n/a
19 JunOpen La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio BordoniItaly40,000 Andrea Perrino (3)n/a
28 JunOpen International de la Mirabelle d'OrFrance45,000 Harry Casey (2)n/a
3 JulFlory van Donck TrophyBelgium40,000 Federico Maccario (1)n/a
17 JulServizitalia OpenItaly40,000 Matthieu Pavon (2)n/a
5 SepAlps de AndalucíaSpain48,000 Borja Etchart (3)4
13 SepCitadelle Trophy InternationalFrance45,000 Josh Loughrey (2)6
20 SepOpen International du Haut PoitouFrance40,000 Pep Anglès (1)4
27 SepOpen International du MarcillyFrance40,000 Darius van Driel (1)4
10 OctAlps de ExtremaduraSpain40,000 Pol Bech (2)4
18 OctAbruzzo OpenItaly40,000 Luca Cianchetti (a) (1)4
25 OctEdmond de Rothschild Israel MastersIsrael80,000 Jurrian van der Vaart (1)4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2016 Challenge Tour.[4]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 Darius van Driel35,860Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Josh Loughrey34,280Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3 Damien Perrier28,099Promoted to Challenge Tour
4 Harry Casey23,302
5 Jurrian van der Vaart21,873
6 Matthieu Pavon21,869Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
7 Andrea Maestroni21,297Promoted to Challenge Tour
8 Toni Ferrer21,014
9 Tom Shadbolt20,927
10 Gerard Piris20,621

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours . Official World Golf Ranking . 15 July 2015 . 7 April 2023 . Each Tour will enter the OWGR system with a minimum level of 4 first place points for 54 hole tournaments and 6 first place points for 72 hole tournaments. Inclusion will commence with the tournaments to be played during OWGR Week 30 – Week ending Sunday 26th July 2015..
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: 2015 Alps Tour Order of Merit . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008161706/https://info.alpstourgolf.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=AT~imp=n~lspos=Y~dc=Y~bdlink=Y~season=2015~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 8 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Best scenario for Van Der Vaart . 25 October 2015 . Alps Tour . 7 April 2023 . The five players graduated to play the Challenge Tour next year are Dutch Darius Van Driel, England's Josh Loughrey, France's Damien Perrier, England's Harry Casey and Netherlands' Jurrian Van Der Vaart..