2012 Alps Tour

2012 Alps Tour season
Duration8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) – 4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)
Number of official events19
Most winsRepublic of Ireland Brendan McCarroll (2)
England Jack Senior (2)
Order of MeritNorthern Ireland Gareth Shaw
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The 2012 Alps Tour was the 12th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
10 Feb Open Palmeraie PGP Morocco 30,000 United States Timothy O'Neal (1)
16 Feb Open Samanah Morocco 30,000 Italy Matteo Delpodio (4)
28 Apr Peugeot Alps de Barcelona Spain 48,000 Spain Pablo Larrazábal (1)
12 May Servizitalia Lignano Open Italy 45,000 England Jack Senior (1)
20 May Gösser Open Austria 40,000 Republic of Ireland Brendan McCarroll (1)
26 May LUMAR Slovenian Golf Open Slovenia 40,000 England Chris McDonnell (1)
3 Jun Open de Saint François Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 50,000 England Jack Senior (2)
10 Jun Casino Sanremo Open Italy 40,000 Republic of Ireland Brendan McCarroll (2)
16 Jun Alps de Andalucía Spain 48,000 France Jérôme Lando-Casanova (1)
24 Jun Open du Haut Poitou France 40,000 France Sébastien Gros (1)
1 Jul Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 50,000 France Xavier Poncelet (1)
8 Jul Flory Van Donck Trophy Belgium 45,000 Belgium Hugues Joannes (1)
14 Jul Montecchia Golf Open Italy 40,000 Scotland Ross Kellett (1)
21 Jul Peugeot Tour Alps de Madrid Spain 48,000 Spain Santiago Luna (2)
31 Aug Valle d'Aosta Open Italy 50,000 France Thomas Fournier (2)
16 Sep Open International de Normandie France 50,000 France Nicolas Joakimides (2)
22 Sep Internorm Dolomiti Golf Open Italy 40,000 Italy Niccolo Quintarelli (1)
20 Oct Castellón Alps Comunidad Valencia Spain 48,000 Spain Alfredo García-Heredia (1)
4 Nov Masters 13 Allianz France 100,000 France Adrien Bernadet (1) FRA

Order of Merit

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 2013 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Northern Ireland Gareth Shaw 34,545 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 France Thomas Fournier 24,188
3 England Jack Senior 23,784 Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings
4 France Jérôme Lando-Casanova 22,252 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 Scotland Ross Kellett 22,169
6 Italy Niccolo Quintarelli 21,875
7 Republic of Ireland Brendan McCarroll 21,847
8 France Sébastien Gros 17,585
9 Spain Jesús Legarrea 16,265
10 France Thomas Linard 15,905

Notes

  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.
  2. ^ FRA − French Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2012 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Bernadet remporte le Masters 13 Allianz" [Bernadet wins Masters 13 Allianz] (in French). Fédération Française de Golf. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2023. Notez enfin que Jérôme Lando Casanova rejoint Thomas Fournier dans le top 5 du ranking final de l'Alps Tour et évoluera donc l'an prochain sur le Challenge Tour. [Finally, note that Jérôme Lando Casanova joins Thomas Fournier in the top 5 of the final ranking of the Alps Tour and will therefore evolve next year on the Challenge Tour.]