2002 Alps Tour season
Duration20 February 2002 (2002-02-20) – 22 November 2002 (2002-11-22)
Number of official events16
Most winsFrance Lionel Alexandre (2)
France David Dupart (2)
Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (2)
Italy Marco Soffietti (2)
Order of MeritItaly Alessandro Napoleoni
2001
2003

The 2002 Alps Tour was the second season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 1]
23 FebMemorial Richard OlalaintyFrance45,000France Benoît Teilleria (1)
5 MayGösser OpenAustria25,000Italy Marco Soffietti (1)
17 MaySalsomaggiore Terme OpenItaly25,000Italy Francesco Guermani (1)
24 MayQuattroruote OpenItaly40,000France David Dupart (1)
2 JunOpen de BordeauxFrance42,500France Nicolas Beaufils (1)
23 JunMemorial Olivier BarrasSwitzerland40,000Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (2)
7 JulUBS Warburg Golf OpenSwitzerland65,000Spain Fernando Roca (1)
12 JulMemorial Antonio RoncoroniItaly40,000Italy Alessandro Napoleoni (3)
19 JulMemorial A. AngeliniItaly40,000Italy Alberto Binaghi (1)
18 AugNiederösterreich OpenAustria25,000Austria Clemens Prader (1)
25 AugOttenstein OpenAustria25,000Italy Marco Soffietti (2)
14 SepIntercontinental OpenAustria25,000France David Dupart (2)
29 SepOpen de ToulouseFrance50,000France Julien van Hauwe (2)
6 OctOpen de PoitiersFrance42,500France Frédéric Cupillard (1)
19 OctUfficio Stile OpenItaly25,000France Lionel Alexandre (1)
22 NovSanremo OpenItaly25,000France Lionel Alexandre (2)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] The top four players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2003 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money () Status earned
1Italy Alessandro Napoleoni28,022Promoted to Challenge Tour
2Italy Marco Soffietti26,917
3France Lionel Alexandre26,457
4France David Dupart23,847
5Italy Emanuele Lattanzi21,455
6France Nicolas Beaufils12,685
7France Jean-Nicolas Billot11,985
8France Frédéric Cupillard11,706
9France Cédric Doucet11,392
10Italy Gianluca Pietrobono7,696

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. "Gesamt 2002 nach 16 Turnieren" [Total 2002 after 16 tournaments]. golf.at (in German). Archived from the original on 24 April 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "Players in Top 5 Order of Merit qualified for the Challenge Tour 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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