2006 Alps Tour season
Duration15 March 2006 (2006-03-15) – 27 October 2006 (2006-10-27)
Number of official events21
Most winsFrance Jean-Nicolas Billot (3)
Order of MeritFrance François Calmels
2005
2007

The 2006 Alps Tour was the sixth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
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Winner[lower-alpha 1]
17 MarOpen de FèsMorocco35,000France Julien Forêt (1)
24 MarOpen de MohammediaMorocco35,000France François Calmels (1)
1 AprTrophée Maroc TelecomMorocco35,000France François Calmels (2)
7 MayWaidhofen OpenAustria55,000France Bruno-Teva Lecuona (1)
14 MayOpen de BordeauxFrance45,000France Jean-Nicolas Billot (2)
19 MayOpen La MargheritaItaly35,000France Jean-Nicolas Billot (3)
28 MayGösser OpenAustria35,000Austria Jürgen Maurer (1)
4 JunOpen Aquarelle.com Côtes d'Armor BretagneFrance45,000France Julien Xanthopoulos (1)
19 JunMemorial Olivier BarrasSwitzerland35,000Spain Agustín Domingo (1)
23 JunOpen Le FrondeItaly35,000France Jean-Nicolas Billot (4)
2 JulOpen de NeuchâtelSwitzerland45,000England Gary Marks (1)
9 JulOpen du Haut PoitouFrance40,000France Xavier Lazurowicz (1)
19 AugSchärding Baroque OpenAustria35,000France Fabien Marty (1)
27 AugUniqa FinanceLife Styrian OpenAustria50,000Italy Andrea Maestroni (2)
10 SepOpen de la Mirabelle d'OrFrance45,000France Mike Lorenzo-Vera (2)
17 SepOpen La PavoniereItaly35,000France Charles Dubois (1)
24 SepOpen International Stade Français ParisFrance45,000France Christophe Brazillier (1)
6 OctCordial Resort Pelagone OpenItaly35,000France Charles-Édouard Russo (1)
15 OctMasters 26 Dijon-BourgogneFrance40,000Austria Ulf Wendling (1)
22 OctMasters 13France50,000France Jean-François Remésy (2)
27 OctOpen Le MadonieItaly50,000Spain Agustín Domingo (2)

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 2007 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1France François Calmels32,818Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2France Jean-Nicolas Billot28,145Promoted to Challenge Tour
3France Christophe Brazillier27,860
4France Mike Lorenzo-Vera27,489
5France Julien Xanthopoulos24,337
6France Julien Millet21,930
7France Charles Dubois21,126
8France Bruno-Teva Lecuona19,953
9Austria Ulf Wendling16,966
10Austria Roland Steiner16,855

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. "2006 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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