2012 Alps Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2012 Alps Tour was the 12th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.
Duration8 February 2012 – 4 November 2012
Number of official events19
Most wins
Brendan McCarroll (2)
Jack Senior (2)
Brendan McCarroll (2)
Jack Senior (2)Order of Merit
Gareth Shaw
Gareth Shaw| Duration | 8 February 2012 – 4 November 2012 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 19 |
| Most wins | Brendan McCarroll (2) Jack Senior (2) |
| Order of Merit | Gareth Shaw |
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Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner[a] | Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb | Open Palmeraie PGP | Morocco | 30,000 |  Timothy O'Neal (1) | |
| 16 Feb | Open Samanah | Morocco | 30,000 |  Matteo Delpodio (4) | |
| 28 Apr | Peugeot Alps de Barcelona | Spain | 48,000 |  Pablo Larrazábal (1) | |
| 12 May | Servizitalia Lignano Open | Italy | 45,000 | Jack Senior (1) | |
| 20 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 40,000 | Brendan McCarroll (1) | |
| 26 May | LUMAR Slovenian Golf Open | Slovenia | 40,000 | Chris McDonnell (1) | |
| 3 Jun | Open de Saint François Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe | 50,000 | Jack Senior (2) | |
| 10 Jun | Casino Sanremo Open | Italy | 40,000 | Brendan McCarroll (2) | |
| 16 Jun | Alps de Andalucía | Spain | 48,000 |  Jérôme Lando-Casanova (1) | |
| 24 Jun | Open du Haut Poitou | France | 40,000 | Sébastien Gros (1) | |
| 1 Jul | Open de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | 50,000 | Xavier Poncelet (1) | |
| 8 Jul | Flory Van Donck Trophy | Belgium | 45,000 |  Hugues Joannes (1) | |
| 14 Jul | Montecchia Golf Open | Italy | 40,000 |  Ross Kellett (1) | |
| 21 Jul | Peugeot Tour Alps de Madrid | Spain | 48,000 | Santiago Luna (2) | |
| 31 Aug | Valle d'Aosta Open | Italy | 50,000 | Thomas Fournier (2) | |
| 16 Sep | Open International de Normandie | France | 50,000 | Nicolas Joakimides (2) | |
| 22 Sep | Internorm Dolomiti Golf Open | Italy | 40,000 | Niccolo Quintarelli (1) | |
| 20 Oct | Castellón Alps Comunidad Valencia | Spain | 48,000 | Alfredo García-Heredia (1) | |
| 4 Nov | Masters 13 Allianz | France | 100,000 | Adrien Bernadet (1) | FRA |
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 2013 Challenge Tour.[3]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gareth Shaw | 34,545 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | Thomas Fournier | 24,188 | |
| 3 | Jack Senior | 23,784 | Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings |
| 4 | Jérôme Lando-Casanova | 22,252 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 5 | Ross Kellett | 22,169 | |
| 6 | Niccolo Quintarelli | 21,875 | |
| 7 | Brendan McCarroll | 21,847 | |
| 8 | Sébastien Gros | 17,585 | |
| 9 | Jesús Legarrea | 16,265 | |
| 10 | Thomas Linard | 15,905 |
Notes
- 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.
- FRA − French Tour.