2010 Alps Tour

2010 Alps Tour season
Duration16 February 2010 (2010-02-16) – 23 October 2010 (2010-10-23)
Number of official events22
Most winsItaly Matteo Delpodio (3)
Order of MeritItaly Matteo Delpodio
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The 2010 Alps Tour was the 10th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a]
19 Feb Open de Mogador Morocco 60,000 England Lawrence Dodd (1)
13 Mar Peugeot Tour Escorpión Spain 48,000 Italy Matteo Delpodio (1)
17 Apr Peugeot Tour Empordà Spain 48,000 Scotland Raymond Russell (1)
2 May Gösser Open Austria 40,000 Spain Juan Antonio Bragulat (1)
9 May Lyoness Open Austria 65,000 France Alan Bihan (2)
16 May Slovenian Golf Open Slovenia 40,000 Spain Carlos Balmaseda (1)
28 May Montecchia Golf Open Italy 45,000 England Adam Hodkinson (1)
6 Jun Open International d'Île-de-France France 50,000 Italy Nunzio Lombardi (1)
11 Jun Le Fonti Golf Open Italy 45,000 France Alan Bihan (3)
20 Jun Open International de Normandie France 50,000 Italy Matteo Delpodio (2)
27 Jun Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 45,000 Spain Juan Antonio Bragulat (2)
3 Jul Haugschlag NÖ Open Austria 45,000 England Matthew Cryer (2)
10 Jul Peugeot Tour Madrid Spain 48,000 Spain Álvaro Salto (1)
7 Aug Uniqa FinanceLife Open Austria 45,000 England Jason Palmer (1)
15 Aug Omnium of Belgium Belgium 45,000 Austria Uli Weinhandl (2)
29 Aug Peugeot Classic Omnium International France 40,000 Spain Agustín Domingo (3)
12 Sep Feudo d'Asti Golf Open Italy 45,000 Scotland Gavin Dear (1)
19 Sep Allianz Open Stade Français Paris France 50,000 France Raphaël Eyraud (1)
2 Oct Acaya Golf Open Italy 45,000 England Jason Barnes (1)
9 Oct Peugeot Tour Alps de España Italy 48,000 Austria Uli Weinhandl (3)
17 Oct Masters 13 France 45,000 Italy Matteo Delpodio (3)
23 Oct Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy 45,000 Spain Miguel Pujalte Sastre (1)

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 earned status to play on the 2011 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Italy Matteo Delpodio 44,632 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 England Jason Palmer 36,807
3 France Alan Bihan 34,875
4 Scotland Gavin Dear 33,762
5 England Matthew Cryer 31,886
6 Spain Juan Antonio Bragulat 29,437
7 Austria Uli Weinhandl 23,825
8 England Jason Barnes 23,629
9 Spain Agustín Domingo 20,397
10 Spain Carlos Balmaseda 17,964

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.

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2010 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Pujalte happy in Italy". Alps Tour. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2023. A very good reason to wish all the best to England's Matthew Cryer, Scotland's Gavin Dear, Frenchman Alan Bihan, Englishman Jason Palmer and Italian Matteo Delpodio…