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2001 Alps Tour

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2001 Alps Tour season
Duration22 March 2001 (2001-03-22) – 28 November 2001 (2001-11-28)
Number of official events16
Most winsFrance Bertrand Cornut (2)
Austria Gordon Manson (2)
Italy Stefano Reale (2)
Order of MeritItaly Stefano Reale
2002

The 2001 Alps Tour was the inaugural 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 2001 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a]
25 Mar Memorial Richard Olalainty France 45,000 France Mickaël Dieu (1)
6 Apr Executive Group Modena Open Italy 25,000 Italy Baldovino Dassù (1)
6 May Donau Open Austria 19,000 France Maxime Demory (1)
1 Jun Il Bipop Carire Open Italy 25,000 Italy Silvio Grappasonni (1)
3 Jun Open de Bordeaux France 30,000 France Bertrand Cornut (1)
17 Jun Gösser Open Austria 19,000 Austria Gordon Manson (1)
24 Jun Memorial Olivier Barras Switzerland 36,000 Italy Stefano Reale (1)
1 Jul UBS Warburg Golf Open Switzerland 67,000 France Bertrand Cornut (2)
13 Jul Quattroruote Open Italy 43,000 Italy Stefano Reale (2)
12 Aug Murtal Open Austria 22,000 France Alexandre Balicki (1)
19 Aug NÖ Open Austria 22,000 Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (1)
15 Sep Steigenberger Open Austria 22,000 Austria Markus Brier (1)
29 Sep Open de Toulouse France 60,000 France Roger Sabarros (1)
7 Oct Intercontinental Open Austria 22,000 Austria Gordon Manson (2)
14 Oct Il Selesta Open Italy 25,000 France Julien van Hauwe (1)
28 Nov Riviera dei Fiori Open Italy 25,000 Italy Gianluca Pietrobono (1)

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] The top four players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2002 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money () Status earned
1 Italy Stefano Reale 23,332 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 France Bertrand Cornut 23,011
3 France Alexandre Balicki 13,869
4 France Julien van Hauwe 12,230
5 France Roger Sabarros 12,219
6 Italy Alessandro Tadini 11,924
7 Italy Alessandro Napoleoni 11,423
8 Italy Marco Soffietti 10,439
9 France Mickaël Dieu 10,334
10 Italy Gianluca Pietrobono 10,286

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. ^ "Endstand nach 16 Turnieren" [Final standings after 16 tournaments]. golf.at (in German). Archived from the original on 10 February 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Players in Top 5 Order of Merit qualified for the Challenge Tour 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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