2022 Alps Tour Explained

Year:2022
Tour:Alps Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:17
Most Wins: Gregorio De Leo (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Gregorio De Leo
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Alps Tour was the 22nd season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner OWGR
points
24 Feb Ein Bay Open Egypt 40,000 Stefano Mazzoli (3) 4
27 Feb Red Sea Little Venice Open Egypt 40,000 Oïhan Guillamoundeguy (a) (1) 4
6 Mar New Giza Open Egypt 40,000 Tomás Bessa Guimarães (1) 4
18 Mar Winter Series Terre dei Consoli Italy 35,000 Adrien Pendaries (1) 4
23 Mar Winter Series Golf Nazionale Italy 35,000 Mathias Eggenberger (1) 4
15 Apr Abruzzo Alps Open Italy 40,000 Manuel Morugán (1) 4
6 May Molinetto Alps Open Italy 40,000 Koen Kouwenaar (1) 4
14 May Gösser Open Austria 42,500 Markus Brier (3) 4
27 May Memorial Giorgio Bordoni Italy 40,000 Gregorio De Leo (1) 4
4 Jun Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Cancelled
12 Jun Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 40,000 Tom Vaillant (a) (1) 4
18 Jun Aravell Golf Open Spain 40,000 Tom Vaillant (a) (2) 4
25 Jun Alps de Andalucía Spain 40,000 Gary Hurley (1) 4
2 Jul France 40,000 Davey Porsius (1) 4
9 Jul Alps de Las Castillas Spain 40,000 Gregorio De Leo (2) 4
16 Jul Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera Spain 40,000 Vince van Veen (1) 4
23 Jul Roma Alps Open Italy 40,000 Gregorio De Leo (3) 4
30 Sep Castelconturbia Alps Open Italy 40,000 Ben Schmidt (1) 0.79
8 Oct Emilia-Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final Italy 50,000 Jonathan Yates (1) 0.59

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 2023 Challenge Tour.[4] [5]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 39,936 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 33,858
3 Tom Vaillant (a) 32,860
4 29,463
5 26,786 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
6 24,224 Promoted to Challenge Tour
7 22,934
8 22,462
9 21,504
10 20,629

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alps Tour 2022 Season . Alps Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707102546/https://alpstourgolf.com/schedule/#/schedule . 7 July 2022 . 3 April 2023.
  2. Web site: 2022 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=2022~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 8 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Jonathan Yates wins the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final! . 8 October 2022 . Alps Tour . 7 April 2023 . Gregorio De Leo is the 2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit winner and secures himself a 2023 Challenge Tour card..
  4. Ryan . RH_GOLF . 1578724527655133185 . The Top 5 Players from the Alps Tour who get a Challenge Tour Place . 8 October 2022 . 8 October 2022.
  5. Web site: De Leo crowned Alps Tour Number One in style . European Tour . 2 December 2022 . 11 September 2023 . De Leo will be joined on the Challenge Tour in 2023 by fellow Alps Tour graduates Julien Sale and Tom Vaillant of France, Italian Stefano Mazzoli and Dutchman Vince van Veen..