2021 Alps Tour Explained

Year:	2021
Tour:	Alps Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	14
Most Wins:	Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (2) Ángel Hidalgo (2) Ryan Lumsden (2)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Jacopo Vecchi Fossa
Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 Alps Tour was the 21st season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours
26 Mar	MIRA Golf Experience Acaya Open	Italy	35,000	Ryan Lumsden (1)	4
30 Mar	MIRA Live the Soul Open	Italy	35,000	Paul Margolis (a) (1)	4
24 Apr	Abruzzo Alps Open	Italy	40,000	Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (2)	4
30 Apr	Antognolla Alps Open	Italy	40,000	Stefano Mazzoli (2)	4
21 May	Ein Bay Open	Egypt	40,000	Ángel Hidalgo (1)	4
25 May	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt	40,000	Luca Cianchetti (3)	4
13 Jun	Open de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	40,000	Franck Médale (1)	4
18 Jun	Memorial Giorgio Bordoni	Italy	40,000	Ángel Hidalgo (2)	4
9 Jul	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	40,000	Ryan Lumsden (2)	4
17 Jul	Roma Alps LETAS Open	Italy	45,000	Xavier Poncelet (2)	4	LETAS
21 Aug	Gösser Open	Austria	40,000	Paul Elissalde (1)	4
11 Sep	Alps de Andalucía	Spain	40,000	Edgar Catherine (2)	4
9 Oct	Golf Nazionale Alps Open	Italy	40,000	Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (3)	4
16 Oct	Emilia-Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final	Italy	50,000	Víctor García Broto (1)	4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^{[2] [3]} The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2022 Challenge Tour.^[4]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1		28,050	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2		23,504
3		21,899	Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings
4		18,691	Promoted to Challenge Tour
5		16,071
6	Paul Margolis (a)	16,030
7		15,237
8		15,071
9		14,814
10		14,432

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: 2021 Alps Tour Order of Merit . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008125452/https://info.alpstourgolf.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=AT~imp=n~lspos=Y~dc=Y~bdlink=Y~season=2021~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 8 October 2022.
3. Web site: Victory for Victor Garcia Broto at Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final . 16 October 2021 . Alps Tour . 7 April 2023 . With the Grand Final completed, the points on the Order fo Merit were distributed. Another Modena Golf & Country Club member, Jacopo Vecchi Fossa received the trophy as winner of the 2021 OofM..
4. Web site: Satellite Stars: Alps Tour . European Tour . 27 December 2021 . 4 May 2023.