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2016 Alps Tour

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2016 Alps Tour season
Duration9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) – 23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)
Number of official events17
Most winsEngland Matt Wallace (6)
Order of MeritEngland Matt Wallace
2015
2017

The 2016 Alps Tour was the 16th 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 2016 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
11 Feb Ein Bay Open Egypt 30,000 France Franck Daux (1) 4
17 Feb Red Sea Little Venice Open Egypt 30,000 France Franck Daux (2) 4
23 Feb Dreamland Pyramids Open Egypt 30,000 England Matt Wallace (1) 4
1 May Tunisian Golf Open Tunisia 70,000 England Matt Wallace (2) 6
8 May Gösser Open Austria 42,500 England Matt Wallace (3) 4
21 May Vigevano Open Italy 40,000 England Matt Wallace (4) 4
4 Jun Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 43,000 France Léo Lespinasse (1) 4
17 Jun Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni Italy 40,000 Italy Stefano Pitoni (1) 4
26 Jun Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 45,000 France Hubert Tisserand (a) (1) 6
2 Jul Open Frassanelle Italy 40,000 England Matt Wallace (5) 4
9 Jul Open de Saint-Malo France 40,000 Italy Stefano Pitoni (2) 4
23 Jul Alps de Las Castillas Spain 48,000 France Victor Perez (1) 4
26 Aug Open Castello di Tolcinasco Italy 40,000 France Thomas Elissalde (3) 4
11 Sep Citadelle Trophy International France 48,000 Italy Federico Maccario (2) 6
18 Sep Alps Costa del Sol Spain 48,000 England Tom Shadbolt (1) 6
16 Oct Abruzzo Open Italy 45,000 Italy Stefano Pitoni (3) 6
23 Oct Alps Tour Grand Final Italy 65,000 England Matt Wallace (6) 6

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2017 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 England Matt Wallace 49,703 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Italy Enrico Di Nitto 25,070 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3 Italy Federico Maccario 23,209 Promoted to Challenge Tour
4 England Tom Shadbolt 22,931
5 France Victor Perez 22,633
6 France Franck Daux 22,608
7 Italy Stefano Pitoni 21,805
8 France Thomas Elissalde 18,467
9 France Raphaël Marguery 17,232
10 Austria Robin Goger 15,863

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. ^ "2016 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Satellite stars: Matt Wallace". European Tour. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2023. 2016 Alps Tour graduates: Matt Wallace (England), Enrico Di Nitto (Italy), Federico Maccario (Italy), Tom Shadbolt (England), Victor Perez (France).
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