2004 Alps Tour season
Duration24 November 2003 (2003-11-24) – 22 October 2004 (2004-10-22)
Number of official events20
Most winsFrance Nicolas Marin (2)
Austria Niki Zitny (2)
Order of MeritItaly Andrea Maestroni
2003
2005

The 2004 Alps Tour was the fourth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
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Winner[lower-alpha 1]
26 NovSanremo OpenItaly30,000Austria Clemens Prader (2)
7 DecOpen du Bassin BleuFrance50,000France Jean-Marc de Polo (2)
19 MarPackaging OpenMorocco40,000France Nicolas Marin (1)
26 MarTrophée Maroc TelecomMorocco40,000France Julien Quesne (1)
2 AprRoyal Moroccan Pro Tour OpenMorocco40,000Italy Fernando Pasqualucci (1)
9 MayOpen de BordeauxFrance40,000France Raphaël Eyraud (1)
16 MayOpen de MarcillyFrance45,000Italy Andrea Maestroni (1)
6 JunOpen International Côtes d'Armor BretagneFrance50,000France Julien Millet (a) (1)
13 JunGösser OpenAustria32,000Italy Alessio Bruschi (1)
20 JunMemorial Olivier BarrasSwitzerland35,000France Adrien Mörk (1)
26 JunLe Fronde OpenItaly30,000France Jean-Nicolas Billot (1)
4 JulOpen de NeuchâtelSwitzerland30,000Belgium Jérôme Theunis (1)
23 JulBrianza OpenItaly30,000Italy Stefano Reale (3)
21 AugMAN NÖ OpenAustria50,000Austria Niki Zitny (1)
26 AugGolferlebnis Waldviertel OpenAustria30,000France Nicolas Marin (2)
12 SepIntercontinental OpenAustria30,000Austria Niki Zitny (2)
23 SepAsolo OpenItaly30,000Italy Marco Bernardini (2)
3 OctOpen de PoitiersFrance40,000France Eric Moreul (1)
17 OctMasters 13France50,000France Philippe Lima (1)
22 OctMontecatini Terme International OpenItaly40,000France Bertrand Cornut (3)

Order of Merit

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 (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2005 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1Italy Andrea Maestroni28,335Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2France Bertrand Cornut26,443Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3France Eric Chaudouet23,350Promoted to Challenge Tour
4Switzerland Raphaël De Sousa21,027
5France Raphaël Eyraud19,427
6Italy Massimo Scarpa19,088
7France Nicolas Marin16,637
8France Eric Moreul15,970
9France Jean-Nicolas Billot15,844
10Italy Gianluca Pietrobono15,093

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. "2004 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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