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.Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR | Prize fund |
20 Feb | Red Sea El Ein Bay Open | Egypt | Thomas Elissalde | 30,000 | |
26 Feb | Red Sea Little Venice Open | Egypt | Alexandre Widemann | 30,000 | |
4 Mar | Dreamland Pyramids Open | Egypt | Andrew Cooley | 30,000 | |
4 Apr | Alps de Las Castillas | Spain | Jesús Legarrea | 48,000 | |
3 May | Tunisian Golf Open | Tunisia | Josh Loughrey | 70,000 | |
10 May | Gosser Open | Austria | Harry Casey | 40,000 | |
16 May | Open Colli Berici | Italy | Enrico di Nitto | 40,000 | |
21 May | Open Frassanelle | Italy | Gerard Piris | 40,000 | |
31 May | Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | Andrea Maestroni | 40,000 | |
19 Jun | Open La Pinetina | Italy | Andrea Perrino | 40,000 | |
28 Jun | Open International de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | Harry Casey | 45,000 | |
3 Jul | Alps Tour Mont Garni | Belgium | Federico Maccario | 40,000 | |
17 Jul | Servizitalia Open | Italy | Matthieu Pavon | 40,000 | |
5 Sep | Alps de Andalucía | Spain | Borja Etchart | 4 | 48,000 |
13 Sep | Citadelle Trophy International | France | Josh Loughrey | 6 | 45,000 |
20 Sep | Open International du Haut Poitou | France | Pep Anglès | 4 | 40,000 |
27 Sep | Open International du Marcilly | France | Darius van Driel | 4 | 40,000 |
10 Oct | Alps de Extremadura | Spain | Pol Bech | 4 | 40,000 |
18 Oct | Abruzzo Open | Italy | Luca Cianchetti | 4 | 40,000 |
25 Oct | Edmond de Rothschild Israel Masters | Israel | Jurrian van der Vaart | 4 | 80,000 |
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.Rank | Player | Country | Earnings | Status earned |
1 | Darius van Driel | 35,860 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | |
2 | Josh Loughrey | 34,280 | Qualified for Challenge Tour | |
3 | Damien Perrier | 28,099 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | |
4 | Harry Casey | 23,302 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | |
5 | Jurrian van der Vaart | 21,873 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | |
6 | Matthieu Pavon | 21,869 | Qualified for Challenge Tour | |
7 | Andrea Maestroni | 21,297 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | |
8 | Toni Ferrer | 21,014 | ||
9 | Tom Shadbolt | 20,927 | ||
10 | Gerard Piris | 20,621 |