The 2019 Alps Tour was the 19th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
| Duration | 19 February 2019 – 26 October 2019 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins |  Frédéric Lacroix (3) |
| Order of Merit |  Edoardo Lipparelli |
← 2018 2020 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb | Ein Bay Open | Egypt | 40,000 | Frédéric Lacroix (1) |
4 | |
| 27 Feb | Red Sea Little Venice Open | Egypt | 40,000 |  Benjamin Wheeler (1) |
4 | |
| 27 Mar | Dreamland Pyramids Open | Egypt | 40,000 |  Lukas Nemecz (2) |
4 | |
| 1 Apr | New Giza Open | Egypt | 40,000 | Lorenzo Scalise (1) |
4 | |
| 6 Apr | Katameya Dunes Open | Egypt | 40,000 | Luca Cianchetti (2) |
4 | |
| 19 Apr | Abruzzo Open Dailies Total 1 | Italy | 40,000 |  Sebastián García Rodríguez (2) |
4 | |
| 11 May | Alps de Las Castillas | Spain | 48,000 | Frédéric Lacroix (2) |
4 | |
| 18 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 42,500 | Timon Baltl (1) |
4 | |
| 24 May | Memorial Giorgio Bordoni | Italy | 40,000 | Sebastián García Rodríguez (3) |
4 | |
| 8 Jun | Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | 43,000 | Edoardo Lipparelli (1) |
4 | |
| 15 Jun | Acaya Open Dailies Total 1 | Italy | 40,000 | Gregory Molteni (1) |
4 | |
| 23 Jun | Open de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | 43,000 |  Lars van Meijel (2) |
4 | |
| 7 Jul | Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open | France | 45,000 | Frédéric Lacroix (3) |
6 | LETAS[c] |
| 13 Jul | Fred Olson Alps de La Gomera | Spain | 40,000 | Gonzalo Vicente Elena (1) |
4 | |
| 27 Jul | Nazionale Open | Italy | 40,000 | Enrico Di Nitto (2) |
4 | |
| 7 Sep | Cervino Open | Italy | 40,000 |  David Carey (1) |
4 | |
| 26 Oct | Alps Tour Grand Final | Italy | 40,000 | Federico Maccario (3) |
6 |
Order of Merit edit
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 2020 Challenge Tour.[4]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edoardo Lipparelli |
36,667 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | Enrico Di Nitto |
29,638 | |
| 3 | Frédéric Lacroix |
29,515 | |
| 4 | Federico Maccario |
27,777 | |
| 5 | Sebastián García Rodríguez |
24,818 | Promoted to European Tour (Top 15 of Challenge Tour Rankings) |
| 6 | Timon Baltl |
21,853 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 7 | Xavier Poncelet |
18,333 | |
| 8 | Julien Forêt |
17,882 | |
| 9 | Lukas Nemecz |
17,202 | |
| 10 | Lars van Meijel |
15,686 | Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School) |
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.
- ^ LETAS − LET Access Series.
- ^ Mixed event
References edit
- ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "2019 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Federico Maccario Wins Alps Tour Grand Final 2019". Alps Tour. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
After the distribution of the points, this year's Order of Merit sees Edoardo Lipparelli in first place, followed by his compatriot Enrico Di Nitto in second.
- ^ "Satellite stars: Alps Tour". European Tour. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2023.