2015 Alps Tour


The 2015 Alps Tour was the 15th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. In July, it was announced that all Alps Tour events, beginning with the Alps de Andalucía, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for a winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for a winner of a 72-hole event.

Schedule

The season consisted of 20 events.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGRPrize fund
20 FebRed Sea El Ein Bay OpenEgypt Thomas Elissalde30,000
26 FebRed Sea Little Venice OpenEgypt Alexandre Widemann30,000
4 MarDreamland Pyramids OpenEgypt Andrew Cooley30,000
4 AprAlps de Las CastillasSpain Jesús Legarrea48,000
3 MayTunisian Golf OpenTunisia Josh Loughrey70,000
10 MayGosser OpenAustria Harry Casey40,000
16 MayOpen Colli BericiItaly Enrico di Nitto40,000
21 MayOpen FrassanelleItaly Gerard Piris40,000
31 MayOpen de Saint François Region GuadeloupeGuadeloupe Andrea Maestroni40,000
19 JunOpen La PinetinaItaly Andrea Perrino40,000
28 JunOpen International de la Mirabelle d'OrFrance Harry Casey45,000
3 JulAlps Tour Mont GarniBelgium Federico Maccario40,000
17 JulServizitalia OpenItaly Matthieu Pavon40,000
5 SepAlps de AndalucíaSpain Borja Etchart448,000
13 SepCitadelle Trophy InternationalFrance Josh Loughrey645,000
20 SepOpen International du Haut PoitouFrance Pep Anglès440,000
27 SepOpen International du MarcillyFrance Darius van Driel440,000
10 OctAlps de ExtremaduraSpain Pol Bech440,000
18 OctAbruzzo OpenItaly Luca Cianchetti 440,000
25 OctEdmond de Rothschild Israel MastersIsrael Jurrian van der Vaart480,000

Graduates

The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2016. Since the second-place and sixth-place finishers earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the seventh-place finisher received the fifth card.
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Status earned
1Darius van Driel35,860Promoted to Challenge Tour
2Josh Loughrey34,280Qualified for Challenge Tour
3Damien Perrier28,099Promoted to Challenge Tour
4Harry Casey23,302Promoted to Challenge Tour
5Jurrian van der Vaart21,873Promoted to Challenge Tour
6Matthieu Pavon21,869Qualified for Challenge Tour
7Andrea Maestroni21,297Promoted to Challenge Tour
8Toni Ferrer21,014
9Tom Shadbolt20,927
10Gerard Piris20,621