2022 Alps Tour

2022 Alps Tour season
Duration22 February 2022 (2022-02-22) – 8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
Number of official events17[a]
Most winsItaly Gregorio De Leo (3)
Order of MeritItaly Gregorio De Leo
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Alps Tour was the 22nd season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

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 Italy Stefano Mazzoli (3) 4
27 Feb Red Sea Little Venice Open Egypt 40,000 France Oïhan Guillamoundeguy (a) (1) 4
6 Mar New Giza Open Egypt 40,000 Portugal Tomás Bessa Guimarães (1) 4
18 Mar Winter Series Terre dei Consoli Italy 35,000 France Adrien Pendaries (1) 4
23 Mar Winter Series Golf Nazionale Italy 35,000 Switzerland Mathias Eggenberger (1) 4
15 Apr Abruzzo Alps Open Italy 40,000 Spain Manuel Morugán (1) 4
6 May Molinetto Alps Open Italy 40,000 Netherlands Koen Kouwenaar (1) 4
14 May Gösser Open Austria 42,500 Austria Markus Brier (3) 4
27 May Memorial Giorgio Bordoni Italy 40,000 Italy Gregorio De Leo (1) 4
4 Jun Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe Guadeloupe – Cancelled –
12 Jun Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 40,000 France Tom Vaillant (a) (1) 4
18 Jun Aravell Golf Open Spain 40,000 France Tom Vaillant (a) (2) 4
25 Jun Alps de Andalucía Spain 40,000 Republic of Ireland Gary Hurley (1) 4
2 Jul Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open France 40,000 Netherlands Davey Porsius (1) 4
9 Jul Alps de Las Castillas Spain 40,000 Italy Gregorio De Leo (2) 4
16 Jul Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera Spain 40,000 Netherlands Vince van Veen (1) 4
23 Jul Roma Alps Open Italy 40,000 Italy Gregorio De Leo (3) 4
30 Sep Castelconturbia Alps Open Italy 40,000 England Ben Schmidt (1) 0.79
8 Oct Emilia-Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final Italy 50,000 Republic of Ireland Jonathan Yates (1) 0.59

Order of Merit

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 Italy Gregorio De Leo 39,936 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 France Julien Sale 33,858
3 France Tom Vaillant (a) 32,860
4 Italy Stefano Mazzoli 29,463
5 Republic of Ireland Gary Hurley 26,786 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
6 Netherlands Vince van Veen 24,224 Promoted to Challenge Tour
7 Netherlands Koen Kouwenaar 22,934
8 Portugal Tomás Bessa Guimarães 22,462
9 Netherlands Davey Porsius 21,504
10 Republic of Ireland Jonathan Yates 20,629

Notes

  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  2. ^ 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

  1. ^ "Alps Tour 2022 Season". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.