The 2022 Alps Tour was the 22nd season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
| Duration | 22 February 2022 – 8 October 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 17[a] |
| Most wins |  Gregorio De Leo (3) |
| Order of Merit | Gregorio De Leo |
← 2021 2023 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb | Ein Bay Open | Egypt | 40,000 | Stefano Mazzoli (3) |
4 |
| 27 Feb | Red Sea Little Venice Open | Egypt | 40,000 |  Oïhan Guillamoundeguy (a) (1) |
4 |
| 6 Mar | New Giza Open | Egypt | 40,000 |  Tomás Bessa Guimarães (1) |
4 |
| 18 Mar | Winter Series Terre dei Consoli | Italy | 35,000 | Adrien Pendaries (1) |
4 |
| 23 Mar | Winter Series Golf Nazionale | Italy | 35,000 |  Mathias Eggenberger (1) |
4 |
| 15 Apr | Abruzzo Alps Open | Italy | 40,000 |  Manuel Morugán (1) |
4 |
| 6 May | Molinetto Alps Open | Italy | 40,000 |  Koen Kouwenaar (1) |
4 |
| 14 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 42,500 |  Markus Brier (3) |
4 |
| 27 May | Memorial Giorgio Bordoni | Italy | 40,000 | Gregorio De Leo (1) |
4 |
| Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | – | Cancelled | – | |
| 12 Jun | Open de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | 40,000 | Tom Vaillant (a) (1) |
4 |
| 18 Jun | Aravell Golf Open | Spain | 40,000 | Tom Vaillant (a) (2) |
4 |
| 25 Jun | Alps de Andalucía | Spain | 40,000 |  Gary Hurley (1) |
4 |
| 2 Jul | Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open | France | 40,000 | Davey Porsius (1) |
4 |
| 9 Jul | Alps de Las Castillas | Spain | 40,000 | Gregorio De Leo (2) |
4 |
| 16 Jul | Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera | Spain | 40,000 | Vince van Veen (1) |
4 |
| 23 Jul | Roma Alps Open | Italy | 40,000 | Gregorio De Leo (3) |
4 |
| 30 Sep | Castelconturbia Alps Open | Italy | 40,000 |  Ben Schmidt (1) |
0.79 |
| 8 Oct | Emilia-Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final | Italy | 50,000 | Jonathan Yates (1) |
0.59 |
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 2023 Challenge Tour.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregorio De Leo |
39,936 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | Julien Sale |
33,858 | |
| 3 | Tom Vaillant (a) |
32,860 | |
| 4 | Stefano Mazzoli |
29,463 | |
| 5 | Gary Hurley |
26,786 | Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School) |
| 6 | Vince van Veen |
24,224 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 7 | Koen Kouwenaar |
22,934 | |
| 8 | Tomás Bessa Guimarães |
22,462 | |
| 9 | Davey Porsius |
21,504 | |
| 10 | Jonathan Yates |
20,629 |
Notes edit
- ^ A further one tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Alps Tour 2022 Season". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Jonathan Yates wins the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final!". Alps Tour. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
Gregorio De Leo is the 2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit winner and secures himself a 2023 Challenge Tour card.
- ^ Ryan [@RH_GOLF] (8 October 2022). "The Top 5 Players from the Alps Tour who get a Challenge Tour Place" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 October 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "De Leo crowned Alps Tour Number One in style". European Tour. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
De Leo will be joined on the Challenge Tour in 2023 by fellow Alps Tour graduates Julien Sale and Tom Vaillant of France, Italian Stefano Mazzoli and Dutchman Vince van Veen.