Alps Tour

Alps Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 Alps Tour
SportGolf
Founded2001
First season2001
CountriesBased in Continental Europe[a]
Most titlesTournament wins:
Italy Marco Crespi (6)
England Matt Wallace (6)
Official websitehttps://alpstourgolf.com/#/

The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.

History

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Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men's golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the Challenge Tour.[1] Other third level tours in Europe include the United Kingdom-based Tartan Pro Tour and Clutch Pro Tour, the Germany-based Pro Golf Tour, and the Nordic League in the Nordic countries. Beginning in July 2015, the four third-level tours will carry Official World Golf Ranking points.[2]

Like the other third-tier European tours, the top ten players on the Order of Merit are exempt through the second stage of European Tour Qualifying School and the top five non-exempt players earn Challenge Tour cards.

Alumni who have gone on to win on the European Tour include Marco Crespi, Guido Migliozzi,[3] Chris Paisley,[4] Julien Quesne and Matt Wallace.[5]

Order of Merit winners

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Year Winner Points
2025 Spain Javier Barcos 38,699
2024 France Benjamin Kédochim 28,119
2023 Republic of Ireland Ronan Mullarney 25,714
2022 Italy Gregorio De Leo 39,936
2021 Italy Jacopo Vecchi Fossa 28,050
2020 Spain Jordi García del Moral 18,503
2019 Italy Edoardo Lipparelli 36,667
2018 Spain Santiago Tarrío 26,702
2017 Spain Adri Arnaus 26,214
2016 England Matt Wallace 49,703
2015 Netherlands Darius van Driel 35,860
2014 Italy Nino Bertasio 31,994
2013 England Jason Palmer 36,660
2012 Northern Ireland Gareth Shaw 34,545
2011 France Guillaume Cambis 30,124
2010 Italy Matteo Delpodio 44,632
2009 Italy Andrea Perrino 48,285
2008 France Julien Grillon 40,530
2007 France Julien Quesne 37,716
2006 France François Calmels 32,818
2005 France Cédric Menut 38,931
2004 Italy Andrea Maestroni 28,335
Year Winner Prize money ()
2003 Italy Emmanuele Lattanzi 25,857
2002 Italy Alessandro Napoleoni 28,022
2001 Italy Stefano Reale 23,332

Notes

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  1. ^ Schedules have also included events in Egypt, Guadeloupe, Israel, Morocco, Réunion and Tunisia.

References

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  1. ^ "What is the Alps Tour?". Alps Tour. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  2. ^ "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". Official World Golf Ranking. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2023. Each Tour will enter the OWGR system with a minimum level of 4 first place points for 54 hole tournaments and 6 first place points for 72 hole tournaments. Inclusion will commence with the tournaments to be played during OWGR Week 30 – Week ending Sunday 26th July 2015.
  3. ^ "Abruzzo Open, vince Migliozzi" [Abruzzo Open, Migliozzi wins]. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (in Italian). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Paisley wins again on Alps Tour". University of Tennessee Athletics. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Satellite stars: Matt Wallace". European Tour. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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