2023 Alps Tour Explained

Year:	2023
Tour:	Alps Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	14
Most Wins:	Kiet van der Weele (3)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Ronan Mullarney
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 Alps Tour was the 23rd season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours
23 Feb	Ein Bay Open	Egypt	40,000	Jack Floydd (1)	0.62
28 Feb	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt	40,000	Quim Vidal (1)	0.62
22 Apr	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	40,000	Kiet van der Weele (1)	0.84
13 May	Gösser Open	Austria	40,000	Ronan Mullarney (1)	0.83
26 May	Memorial Giorgio Bordoni	Italy	40,000	Kiet van der Weele (2)	0.64
4 Jun	Open de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	40,000	Kiet van der Weele (3)	0.75
10 Jun	Croara Alps Open	Italy	40,000	Luca Cianchetti (4)	0.57
17 Jun	Alps de Andalucía	Spain	40,000	José Manuel Pardo Benítez (1)	0.70
21 Jun	Tenerife Pro Golf Open	Spain	30,000	Lars Keunen (2)	0.67	PGT
1 Jul	Aravell Golf Open	Spain	40,000	Manfredi Manica (1)	0.65
15 Jul	Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera	Spain	40,000	Gianmaria Rean Trinchero (1)	0.50
29 Jul	Abruzzo Alps Open	Italy	40,000	Oïhan Guillamoundeguy (2)	0.67
16 Sep		France	40,000	Ronan Mullarney (2)	0.61
20 Oct	Alps Tour Grand Final	Italy	50,000	Augustin Holé (1)	0.53

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 2024 Challenge Tour.^{[3] [4]}

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1		25,714	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2		23,644	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3		22,803	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4		19,806
5		19,594
6		18,418
7		18,026
8		17,613
9		16,212
10		16,041

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 Tournament schedule . Alps Tour . 20 October 2023.
2. Web site: 2023 Order of Merit . Alps Tour . 20 October 2023.
3. Web site: Augustin Holé wins the 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by Auralis Limitless Lighting . Alps Tour . 20 October 2023 . 20 October 2023 . Ireland's Ronan Mullarney wins the 2023 Alps Tour Order of Merit and secures himself one of the five sought-after 2024 Challenge Tour cards that were up for grabs. Alongside Mullarney, Spain's Quim Vidal, Netherland's Kiet Van der Weele, France's Oihan Guillamoundeguy and England's Jack Floydd earned the remaining 4 cards that will give them access to the 2024 Challenge Tour..
4. Web site: Five graduate to Challenge Tour after impressing on Alps Tour . European Tour . 5 December 2023 . 5 December 2023.