The 2009 Alps Tour was the ninth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
| Duration | 12 March 2009 – 25 October 2009 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 24 |
| Most wins |  Marco Crespi (2) Andrea Perrino (2) Paolo Terreni (2) Julien Xanthopoulos (2) |
| Order of Merit | Andrea Perrino |
← 2008 2010 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar | Peugeot Loewe Tour Escorpión | Spain | 48,000 |  José Manuel Lara (1)
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| 27 Mar | Grande Finale Attijariwafabank | Morocco | 40,000 | Édouard Dubois (1)
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| 18 Apr | Peugeot Loewe Tour La Llorea | Spain | 48,000 | Pedro Linhart (1)
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| 27 Apr | Open di Puglia e Basilicata | Italy | 45,000 | Paolo Terreni (1)
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| 3 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 40,000 |  Claudio Blaesi (1)
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| 10 May | Lyoness Open | Austria | 60,000 |  Uli Weinhandl (1)
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| 17 May | Slovenian Golf Open | Slovenia | 40,000 | Marco Crespi (2)
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| 24 May | Open de Bordeaux | France | 45,000 | Alexandre Mandonnet (2)
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| 30 May | Masters 26 Dijon-Bourgogne | France | 45,000 | Baptiste Chapellan (1)
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| 7 Jun | Open du Haut Poitou | France | 40,000 | Julien Xanthopoulos (2)
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| 13 Jun | Peugeot Loewe Tour Laukariz | Spain | 48,000 | Andrea Perrino (1)
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| 19 Jun | Open Le Fonti | Italy | 50,000 |  Daniel Coughlan (1)
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| 28 Jun | Allianz Open de Strasbourg | France | 50,000 | Andrea Perrino (2)
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| 11 Jul | Peugeot Loewe Tour Madrid | Spain | 48,000 | Xavier Guzmán (1)
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| 18 Jul | Circolo Rapallo Golf Open | Italy | 50,000 |  Joost Luiten (1)
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| 25 Jul | Uniqa FinanceLife Open | Austria | 45,000 | Paolo Terreni (2)
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| 9 Aug | Omnium of Belgium | Belgium | 45,000 | Benjamin Hébert (1)
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| 30 Aug | Trophee Preven's | France | 50,000 | Bruno-Teva Lecuona (3)
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| 6 Sep | Open International de Normandie | France | 50,000 | Damien Perrier (1)
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| 13 Sep | Allianz Open Stade Français Paris | France | 45,000 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera (4)
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| 20 Sep | Open de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | 45,000 | Julien Xanthopoulos (3)
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| 3 Oct | Castelvolturno International Open | Italy | 50,000 | Matthew Cryer (1)
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| 10 Oct | Feudo d'Asti Golf Open | Italy | 50,000 | Marco Crespi (3)
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| 25 Oct | Masters 13 | France | 50,000 | Ghislain Rosier (1)
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Unofficial events
editThe following events were sanctioned by the Alps Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec | Samanah Masters | Morocco | 70,000 | Daniel Brooks
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Order of Merit
editThe 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 earned status to play on the 2010 Challenge Tour.
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Perrino |
48,285 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | Steve Lewton |
33,860 | |
| 3 | Julien Xanthopoulos |
33,735 | |
| 4 | Baptiste Chapellan |
30,020 | |
| 5 | Fabien Marty |
29,613 | |
| 6 | Édouard Dubois |
27,491 | |
| 7 | Damien Perrier |
27,407 | |
| 8 | Thomas Fournier |
27,200 | |
| 9 | Uli Weinhandl |
26,978 | |
| 10 | Bruno-Teva Lecuona |
23,780 |
Notes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "2009 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.