2003 Alps Tour

2003 Alps Tour season
Duration18 March 2003 (2003-03-18) – 24 October 2003 (2003-10-24)
Number of official events19
Most wins Emanuele Lattanzi (3)
Order of Merit Emmanuele Lattanzi
2002
2004

The 2003 Alps Tour was the third season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a]
21 Mar Packaging Open Morocco 45,000 Benoît Teilleria (2)
19 Apr Open de la Commission Professionnelle France 40,000 Grégory Bourdy (1)
4 May Gösser Open Austria 30,000 Gordon Manson (3)
18 May Open de Marcilly France 45,000 Jean-Louis Guépy (1)
23 May Open Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze Italy 30,000 Marco Bernardini (1)
1 Jun Open de Bordeaux France 40,000 Grégory Bourdy (2)
13 Jun Intersport EYBL NÖ Open Austria 27,000 Alexandre Chopard (1)
17 Jun Waldviertel Open Austria 27,000 Felipe Aguilar (1)
22 Jun Memorial Olivier Barras Switzerland 35,000 Felipe Aguilar (2)
28 Jun Citibank Open Italy 30,000 Emanuele Lattanzi (1)
5 Jul Open de Neuchâtel Switzerland 30,000 Alexandre Balicki (2)
11 Jul Memorial Antonio Roncoroni Italy 35,000 Emanuele Lattanzi (2)
31 Jul Brianza Open Italy 27,000 Emanuele Lattanzi (3)
19 Aug Intercontinental Open Austria 30,000 Andrea Zanini (3)
13 Sep Steigenberger Open Austria 30,000 Elvis Galéra (1)
19 Sep Asolo Open Italy 30,000 Alexandre Chopard (2)
12 Oct Open de Poitiers France 40,000 Raphaël Pellicioli (2)
19 Oct Masters 13 France 50,000 Jean-François Remésy (1)
24 Oct Montecatini International Open Italy 30,000 Jean-Marc de Polo (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in euros.[2] The top four players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2004 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money () Status earned
1 Emmanuele Lattanzi 25,857 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Alexandre Chopard 20,074
3 Jean-Marc de Polo 18,595
4 Philippe Lima 18,179
5 Grégory Bourdy 17,461
6 Sarel Son-Houi 17,408
7 Elvis Galéra 15,398
8 Mickaël Dieu 12,479
9 Jean-Nicolas Billot 11,935
10 Bruno-Teva Lecuona 11,215

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. ^ "2003 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Players in Top 5 Order of Merit qualified for the Challenge Tour 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.