2001 Alps Tour
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Golf tour season
| Duration | 22 March 2001 (2001年03月22日) – 28 November 2001 (2001年11月28日) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 16 |
| Most wins | France Bertrand Cornut (2) Austria Gordon Manson (2) Italy Stefano Reale (2) |
| Order of Merit | Italy Stefano Reale |
2002 → | |
The 2001 Alps Tour was the inaugural season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.
Schedule
[edit ]The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar | Memorial Richard Olalainty | France | 45,000 | France Mickaël Dieu (1) |
| 6 Apr | Executive Group Modena Open | Italy | 25,000 | Italy Baldovino Dassù (1) |
| 6 May | Donau Open | Austria | 19,000 | France Maxime Demory (1) |
| 1 Jun | Il Bipop Carire Open | Italy | 25,000 | Italy Silvio Grappasonni (1) |
| 3 Jun | Open de Bordeaux | France | 30,000 | France Bertrand Cornut (1) |
| 17 Jun | Gösser Open | Austria | 19,000 | Austria Gordon Manson (1) |
| 24 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | 36,000 | Italy Stefano Reale (1) |
| 1 Jul | UBS Warburg Golf Open | Switzerland | 67,000 | France Bertrand Cornut (2) |
| 13 Jul | Quattroruote Open | Italy | 43,000 | Italy Stefano Reale (2) |
| 12 Aug | Murtal Open | Austria | 22,000 | France Alexandre Balicki (1) |
| 19 Aug | NÖ Open | Austria | 22,000 | Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (1) |
| 15 Sep | Steigenberger Open | Austria | 22,000 | Austria Markus Brier (1) |
| 29 Sep | Open de Toulouse | France | 60,000 | France Roger Sabarros (1) |
| 7 Oct | Intercontinental Open | Austria | 22,000 | Austria Gordon Manson (2) |
| 14 Oct | Il Selesta Open | Italy | 25,000 | France Julien van Hauwe (1) |
| 28 Nov | Riviera dei Fiori Open | Italy | 25,000 | Italy Gianluca Pietrobono (1) |
Order of Merit
[edit ]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 2002 Challenge Tour.[3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (€) | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Stefano Reale | 23,332 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | France Bertrand Cornut | 23,011 | |
| 3 | France Alexandre Balicki | 13,869 | |
| 4 | France Julien van Hauwe | 12,230 | |
| 5 | France Roger Sabarros | 12,219 | |
| 6 | Italy Alessandro Tadini | 11,924 | |
| 7 | Italy Alessandro Napoleoni | 11,423 | |
| 8 | Italy Marco Soffietti | 10,439 | |
| 9 | France Mickaël Dieu | 10,334 | |
| 10 | Italy Gianluca Pietrobono | 10,286 |
Notes
[edit ]- ^ 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
[edit ]- ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Endstand nach 16 Turnieren" [Final standings after 16 tournaments]. golf.at (in German). Archived from the original on 10 February 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "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.