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2002 Alps Tour

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2002 Alps Tour season
Duration20 February 2002 (2002-02-20) – 22 November 2002 (2002-11-22)
Number of official events16
Most winsFrance Lionel Alexandre (2)
France David Dupart (2)
Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (2)
Italy Marco Soffietti (2)
Order of MeritItaly Alessandro Napoleoni
2001
2003

The 2002 Alps Tour was the second season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a]
23 Feb Memorial Richard Olalainty France 45,000 France Benoît Teilleria (1)
5 May Gösser Open Austria 25,000 Italy Marco Soffietti (1)
17 May Salsomaggiore Terme Open Italy 25,000 Italy Francesco Guermani (1)
24 May Quattroruote Open Italy 40,000 France David Dupart (1)
2 Jun Open de Bordeaux France 42,500 France Nicolas Beaufils (1)
23 Jun Memorial Olivier Barras Switzerland 40,000 Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (2)
7 Jul UBS Warburg Golf Open Switzerland 65,000 Spain Fernando Roca (1)
12 Jul Memorial Antonio Roncoroni Italy 40,000 Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (3)
19 Jul Memorial A. Angelini Italy 40,000 Italy Alberto Binaghi (1)
18 Aug Niederösterreich Open Austria 25,000 Austria Clemens Prader (1)
25 Aug Ottenstein Open Austria 25,000 Italy Marco Soffietti (2)
14 Sep Intercontinental Open Austria 25,000 France David Dupart (2)
29 Sep Open de Toulouse France 50,000 France Julien van Hauwe (2)
6 Oct Open de Poitiers France 42,500 France Frédéric Cupillard (1)
19 Oct Ufficio Stile Open Italy 25,000 France Lionel Alexandre (1)
22 Nov Sanremo Open Italy 25,000 France Lionel Alexandre (2)

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] The top four players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2003 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money () Status earned
1 Italy Alessandro Napoleoni 28,022 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Italy Marco Soffietti 26,917
3 France Lionel Alexandre 26,457
4 France David Dupart 23,847
5 Italy Emanuele Lattanzi 21,455
6 France Nicolas Beaufils 12,685
7 France Jean-Nicolas Billot 11,985
8 France Frédéric Cupillard 11,706
9 France Cédric Doucet 11,392
10 Italy Gianluca Pietrobono 7,696

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Alps Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Alps Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Gesamt 2002 nach 16 Turnieren" [Total 2002 after 16 tournaments]. golf.at (in German). Archived from the original on 24 April 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Players in Top 5 Order of Merit qualified for the Challenge Tour 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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