2011 Alps Tour

The 2011 Alps Tour was the 11th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

2011 Alps Tour season
Duration10 March 2011 (2011-03-10) – 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)
Number of official events18
Most winsEngland Chris Paisley (3)
Order of MeritFrance Guillaume Cambis
2010
2012

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
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Winner[lower-alpha 1]
12 MarPeugeot Tour de ValenciaSpain48,000England Chris Paisley (1)
30 AprPeugeot Open de CatalunyaSpain48,000England Chris Paisley (2)
15 MaySlovenian Golf OpenSlovenia40,000England Jason Barnes (2)
22 MayGösser OpenAustria40,000Scotland Scott Henry (1)
29 MayOpen de Saint François GuadeloupeGuadeloupe50,000Spain Ignacio Sánchez-Palencia (1)
19 JunFeudo d'Asti Golf OpenItaly40,000Italy Cristiano Terragni (1)
26 JunAllianz Open de la Mirabelle d'OrFrance50,000France Clément Sordet (a) (1)
1 JulMilan Zoate Golf OpenItaly40,000Norway Jason Kelly (1)
9 JulOpen du Haut PoitouFrance40,000France Michael Hill (1)
16 JulPeugeot Tour Alps de EspañaSpain48,000Spain Carlos García Simarro (1)
22 JulLe Fonti OpenItaly40,000Italy Marco Crespi (4)
14 AugFlory Van Donck TrophyBelgium45,000Italy Marco Crespi (5)
27 AugStyrian Mountain Golf OpenAustria45,000England Chris Paisley (3)
11 SepOpen International de NormandieFrance50,000France Romain Schneider (1)
17 SepInternorm Dolomiti Golf OpenItaly45,000England Farren Keenan (1)
24 SepPeugeot Tour de LermaSpain48,000Spain Santiago Luna (1)
16 OctMasters 13France45,000France Guillame Cambis (1)
21 OctSardinia Golf OpenItaly40,000France Guillame Cambis (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 tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2012 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1France Guillaume Cambis30,124Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2England Jason Barnes29,401Promoted to Challenge Tour
3England Chris Paisley28,209Finished in Top 80 of Challenge Tour Rankings
4Italy Marco Crespi24,736Promoted to Challenge Tour
5Scotland Scott Henry21,818
6England Farren Keenan18,393
7France Romain Schneider17,277
8France Xavier Poncelet17,085
9Norway Jason Kelly13,953
10England Jordan Gibb13,698Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)

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. "2011 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "Cambis second win in a row". Alps Tour. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2023. The Alps Tour is pleased to announced the name of the 6 players graduated for Challenge Tour next year: England's Chris Paisley, who has already confirmed his full category on Challenge Tour, then France's Guillaume Cambis, England's Jason Barnes, Italian Marco Crespi, Scotland's Scott Henry and England's Farren Keenan.
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