2021 Alps Tour

2021 Alps Tour season
Duration24 March 2021 (2021-03-24) – 16 October 2021 (2021-10-16)
Number of official events14
Most winsItaly Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (2)
Spain Ángel Hidalgo (2)
Scotland Ryan Lumsden (2)
Order of MeritItaly Jacopo Vecchi Fossa
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The 2021 Alps Tour was the 21st season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]
26 Mar MIRA Golf Experience Acaya Open Italy 35,000 Scotland Ryan Lumsden (1) 4
30 Mar MIRA Live the Soul Open Italy 35,000 France Paul Margolis (a) (1) 4
24 Apr Abruzzo Alps Open Italy 40,000 Italy Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (2) 4
30 Apr Antognolla Alps Open Italy 40,000 Italy Stefano Mazzoli (2) 4
21 May Ein Bay Open Egypt 40,000 Spain Ángel Hidalgo (1) 4
25 May Red Sea Little Venice Open Egypt 40,000 Italy Luca Cianchetti (3) 4
13 Jun Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 40,000 France Franck Médale (1) 4
18 Jun Memorial Giorgio Bordoni Italy 40,000 Spain Ángel Hidalgo (2) 4
9 Jul Alps de Las Castillas Spain 40,000 Scotland Ryan Lumsden (2) 4
17 Jul Roma Alps LETAS Open Italy 45,000 France Xavier Poncelet (2) 4 LETAS[c]
21 Aug Gösser Open Austria 40,000 France Paul Elissalde (1) 4
11 Sep Alps de Andalucía Spain 40,000 France Edgar Catherine (2) 4
9 Oct Golf Nazionale Alps Open Italy 40,000 Italy Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (3) 4
16 Oct Emilia-Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final Italy 50,000 Spain Víctor García Broto (1) 4

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 2022 Challenge Tour.[4]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Italy Jacopo Vecchi Fossa 28,050 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Scotland Ryan Lumsden 23,504
3 Spain Ángel Hidalgo 21,899 Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings
4 Spain Víctor García Broto 18,691 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 France Paul Elissalde 16,071
6 France Paul Margolis (a) 16,030
7 France Frank Medale 15,237
8 Italy Stefano Mazzoli 15,071
9 Portugal Vitor Lopes 14,814
10 France Edgar Catherine 14,432

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. ^ LETAS − LET Access Series.
  3. ^ Mixed event

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2021 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Victory for Victor Garcia Broto at Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final". Alps Tour. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023. With the Grand Final completed, the points on the Order fo Merit were distributed. Another Modena Golf & Country Club member, Jacopo Vecchi Fossa received the trophy as winner of the 2021 OofM.
  4. ^ "Satellite Stars: Alps Tour". European Tour. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2023.