Year: | 2016 |
Tour: | Alps Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 17 |
Most Wins: | Matt Wallace (6) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Matt Wallace |
Prevseason: | 2015 |
Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Alps Tour was the 16th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner | OWGR points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 Feb | Ein Bay Open | Egypt | 30,000 | Franck Daux (1) | 4 | |
17 Feb | Red Sea Little Venice Open | Egypt | 30,000 | Franck Daux (2) | 4 | |
23 Feb | Dreamland Pyramids Open | Egypt | 30,000 | Matt Wallace (1) | 4 | |
1 May | Tunisian Golf Open | Tunisia | 70,000 | Matt Wallace (2) | 6 | |
8 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 42,500 | Matt Wallace (3) | 4 | |
21 May | Vigevano Open | Italy | 40,000 | Matt Wallace (4) | 4 | |
4 Jun | Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | 43,000 | Léo Lespinasse (1) | 4 | |
17 Jun | Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni | Italy | 40,000 | Stefano Pitoni (1) | 4 | |
26 Jun | Open de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | 45,000 | Hubert Tisserand (a) (1) | 6 | |
2 Jul | Open Frassanelle | Italy | 40,000 | Matt Wallace (5) | 4 | |
9 Jul | Open de Saint-Malo | France | 40,000 | Stefano Pitoni (2) | 4 | |
23 Jul | Alps de Las Castillas | Spain | 48,000 | Victor Perez (1) | 4 | |
26 Aug | Open Castello di Tolcinasco | Italy | 40,000 | Thomas Elissalde (3) | 4 | |
11 Sep | Citadelle Trophy International | France | 48,000 | Federico Maccario (2) | 6 | |
18 Sep | Alps Costa del Sol | Spain | 48,000 | Tom Shadbolt (1) | 6 | |
16 Oct | Abruzzo Open | Italy | 45,000 | Stefano Pitoni (3) | 6 | |
23 Oct | Alps Tour Grand Final | Italy | 65,000 | Matt Wallace (6) | 6 |
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 2017 Challenge Tour.[3]
Position | Player | Points | Status earned | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matt Wallace | 49,703 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | |
2 | Enrico Di Nitto | 25,070 | Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School) | |
3 | Federico Maccario | 23,209 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | |
4 | Tom Shadbolt | 22,931 | ||
5 | Victor Perez | 22,633 | ||
6 | Franck Daux | 22,608 | ||
7 | Stefano Pitoni | 21,805 | ||
8 | Thomas Elissalde | 18,467 | ||
9 | Raphaël Marguery | 17,232 | ||
10 | Robin Goger | 15,863 |