2009 Alps Tour

2009 Alps Tour season
Duration12 March 2009 (2009-03-12) – 25 October 2009 (2009-10-25)
Number of official events24
Most winsItaly Marco Crespi (2)
Italy Andrea Perrino (2)
Italy Paolo Terreni (2)
France Julien Xanthopoulos (2)
Order of MeritItaly Andrea Perrino
2008
2010

The 2009 Alps Tour was the ninth 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 2009 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner[a]
14 Mar Peugeot Loewe Tour Escorpión Spain 48,000 Spain José Manuel Lara (1)
27 Mar Grande Finale Attijariwafabank Morocco 40,000 France Édouard Dubois (1)
18 Apr Peugeot Loewe Tour La Llorea Spain 48,000 Spain Pedro Linhart (1)
27 Apr Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy 45,000 Italy Paolo Terreni (1)
3 May Gösser Open Austria 40,000 Switzerland Claudio Blaesi (1)
10 May Lyoness Open Austria 60,000 Austria Uli Weinhandl (1)
17 May Slovenian Golf Open Slovenia 40,000 Italy Marco Crespi (2)
24 May Open de Bordeaux France 45,000 France Alexandre Mandonnet (2)
30 May Masters 26 Dijon-Bourgogne France 45,000 France Baptiste Chapellan (1)
7 Jun Open du Haut Poitou France 40,000 France Julien Xanthopoulos (2)
13 Jun Peugeot Loewe Tour Laukariz Spain 48,000 Italy Andrea Perrino (1)
19 Jun Open Le Fonti Italy 50,000 England Daniel Coughlan (1)
28 Jun Allianz Open de Strasbourg France 50,000 Italy Andrea Perrino (2)
11 Jul Peugeot Loewe Tour Madrid Spain 48,000 Spain Xavier Guzmán (1)
18 Jul Circolo Rapallo Golf Open Italy 50,000 Netherlands Joost Luiten (1)
25 Jul Uniqa FinanceLife Open Austria 45,000 Italy Paolo Terreni (2)
9 Aug Omnium of Belgium Belgium 45,000 France Benjamin Hébert (1)
30 Aug Trophee Preven's France 50,000 France Bruno-Teva Lecuona (3)
6 Sep Open International de Normandie France 50,000 France Damien Perrier (1)
13 Sep Allianz Open Stade Français Paris France 45,000 France Mike Lorenzo-Vera (4)
20 Sep Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 45,000 France Julien Xanthopoulos (3)
3 Oct Castelvolturno International Open Italy 50,000 England Matthew Cryer (1)
10 Oct Feudo d'Asti Golf Open Italy 50,000 Italy Marco Crespi (3)
25 Oct Masters 13 France 50,000 France Ghislain Rosier (1)

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Alps Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner
10 Dec Samanah Masters Morocco 70,000 England Daniel Brooks

Order of Merit

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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 2010 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Italy Andrea Perrino 48,285 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 England Steve Lewton 33,860
3 France Julien Xanthopoulos 33,735
4 France Baptiste Chapellan 30,020
5 France Fabien Marty 29,613
6 France Édouard Dubois 27,491
7 France Damien Perrier 27,407
8 France Thomas Fournier 27,200
9 Austria Uli Weinhandl 26,978
10 France Bruno-Teva Lecuona 23,780

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. ^ "2009 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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