2015 Alps Tour
Appearance
The 2015 Alps Tour was the 15th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. In July, it was announced that all Alps Tour events, beginning with the Alps de Andalucía, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for a winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for a winner of a 72-hole event.[1]
Schedule
The season consisted of 20 events.[2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR | Prize fund (€) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 Feb | Red Sea El Ein Bay Open | Egypt | ![]() |
30,000 | |
26 Feb | Red Sea Little Venice Open | Egypt | ![]() |
30,000 | |
4 Mar | Dreamland Pyramids Open | Egypt | ![]() |
30,000 | |
4 Apr | Alps de Las Castillas | Spain | ![]() |
48,000 | |
3 May | Tunisian Golf Open | Tunisia | ![]() |
70,000 | |
10 May | Gosser Open | Austria | ![]() |
40,000 | |
16 May | Open Colli Berici | Italy | ![]() |
40,000 | |
21 May | Open Frassanelle | Italy | ![]() |
40,000 | |
31 May | Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | ![]() |
40,000 | |
19 Jun | Open La Pinetina | Italy | ![]() |
40,000 | |
28 Jun | Open International de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | ![]() |
45,000 | |
3 Jul | Alps Tour Mont Garni | Belgium | ![]() |
40,000 | |
17 Jul | Servizitalia Open | Italy | ![]() |
40,000 | |
5 Sep | Alps de Andalucía | Spain | ![]() |
4 | 48,000 |
13 Sep | Citadelle Trophy International | France | ![]() |
6 | 45,000 |
20 Sep | Open International du Haut Poitou | France | ![]() |
4 | 40,000 |
27 Sep | Open International du Marcilly | France | ![]() |
4 | 40,000 |
10 Oct | Alps de Extremadura | Spain | ![]() |
4 | 40,000 |
18 Oct | Abruzzo Open | Italy | ![]() |
4 | 40,000 |
25 Oct | Edmond de Rothschild Israel Masters | Israel | ![]() |
4 | 80,000 |
Graduates
The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2016.[3] Since the second-place and sixth-place finishers earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the seventh-place finisher received the fifth card.
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (€) | Status earned |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Darius van Driel | ![]() |
35,860 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
2 | Josh Loughrey | ![]() |
34,280 | Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School) |
3 | Damien Perrier | ![]() |
28,099 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
4 | Harry Casey | ![]() |
23,302 | |
5 | Jurrian van der Vaart | ![]() |
21,873 | |
6 | Matthieu Pavon | ![]() |
21,869 | Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School) |
7 | Andrea Maestroni | ![]() |
21,297 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
8 | Toni Ferrer | ![]() |
21,014 | |
9 | Tom Shadbolt | ![]() |
20,927 | |
10 | Gerard Piris | ![]() |
20,621 |
References
- ^ "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Tour Schedule & Results". Alps Tour Golf. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Order of Merit". Alps Tour Golf. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.