2018 Alps Tour Explained

Year:	2018
Tour:	Alps Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	15
Most Wins:	David Borda (2) Guido Migliozzi (2) Santiago Tarrío (2)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Santiago Tarrío
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019

The 2018 Alps Tour was the 18th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner	OWGR points
15 Feb	Ein Bay Open	Egypt	40,000	Michele Cea (1)	4
21 Feb	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt	40,000	Jack Singh Brar (1)	4
2 Mar	Golf Nazionale Open	Italy	–	Cancelled^[2]	–
11 Apr	Óbidos International Open	Portugal	30,000	David Borda (1)	4
26 May	Gösser Open	Austria	42,500	Santiago Tarrío (1)	4
2 Jun	Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	43,000	Marcus Mohr (1)	4
16 Jun	Alps de Andalucía	Spain	48,000	Alexandre Daydou (1)	4
24 Jun	Open International de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	45,000	Santiago Tarrío (2)	6
29 Jun	Memorial Giorgio Bordoni	Italy	40,000	Guido Migliozzi (2)	4
8 Jul	Saint Malo Golf Open	France	45,000	Alexandre Fuchs (a) (1)	6
15 Jul	Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera	Spain	40,000	Alfredo García-Heredia (2)	4
20 Jul	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	48,000	Thomas Elissalde (5)	4
28 Jul	Des Iles Borromees Open	Italy	40,000	Andrea Saracino (1)	4
31 Aug	Cervino Open	Italy	40,000	Giacomo Fortini (a) (1)	4
9 Sep	Citadelle Trophy International	France	–	Cancelled^[3]	–
22 Sep	Open Abruzzo	Italy	40,000	Guido Migliozzi (3)	4
21 Oct	Alps Tour Grand Final	Italy	45,000	David Borda (2)	6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[4] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2019 Challenge Tour.^{[5] [6]}

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1		26,702	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2		25,713	Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
3		21,813	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4		21,157
5		16,809
6		16,122
7		15,850
8		13,349
9		12,963
10		12,839

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: Nazionale Open fermato dalla neve . National Open stopped by snow . Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata . 7 March 2024 . Italian . 1 March 2018.
3. News: L'édition 2018 du Citadelle Trophy annulée . The 2018 edition of the Citadel Trophy cancelled . 7 March 2024 . L'essentiel . 29 August 2018 . French.
4. Web site: 2018 Alps Tour Order of Merit . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008161508/https://info.alpstourgolf.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=AT~imp=n~lspos=Y~dc=Y~bdlink=Y~season=2018~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 8 October 2022.
5. Web site: Spain's Borda wins Grand Final; Tarrio ends 2018 season in first place overall . 21 October 2018 . Alps Tour . 7 April 2023 . With today's win, David Borda moves up to second place in the Oom. Alexandre Daydou (FRA), Louis Cohen Boyer (FRA) and Marcus Mohr (ENG) complete the top 5 of the Oom and will all be playing on the Challenge Tour next season..
6. Web site: Satellite Stars: Santiago Tarrio Ben . European Tour . 8 January 2019 . 4 May 2023 . 2018 Alps Tour graduates: Santiago Tarrio Ben (Spain), David Borda* (Spain), Alexandre Daydou (France), Louis Cohen Boyer (France), Marcus T Mohr (England), Andrea Saracino** (Italy)... *Borda finished inside the top 25 places at the European Tour's Final Qualifying Stage to gain his European Tour card... **Saracino finished sixth on the Alps Tour Order of Merit but gained Challenge Tour status following Borda's Qualifying School success..