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2017 Alps Tour

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2017 Alps Tour season
Duration14 February 2017 (2017-02-14) – 22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)
Number of official events16
Most winsSpain Adri Arnaus (2)
Order of MeritSpain Adri Arnaus
2016
2018

The 2017 Alps Tour was the 17th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
16 Feb Ein Bay Open Egypt 30,000 France Julien Brun (1) 4
22 Feb Red Sea Little Venice Open Egypt 30,000 Netherlands Lars van Meijel (1) 4
6 May Alps de Las Castillas Spain 48,000 Spain Sebastián García Rodríguez (1) 4
20 May Gösser Open Austria 42,500 Austria Lukas Nemecz (1) 4
27 May Open Golf Clément Ader Paris France 45,000 France Ugo Coussaud (1) 4
3 Jun Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 43,000 France Thomas Elissalde (4) 4
10 Jun Villaverde Open Italy 40,000 Spain Adri Arnaus (a) (1) 4
16 Jun Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni Italy 40,000 Italy Marco Crespi (6) 4
25 Jun Open International de la Mirabelle d'Or France 45,000 France Maxime Radureau (1) 6
9 Jul Saint Malo Golf Open France 45,000 France Thomas Boulanger (a) (1) 6
22 Jul Lignano Open Italy 40,000 Austria Markus Habeler (1) 4
2 Sep Cervino Open Italy 40,000 England James Sharp (1) 4
10 Sep Citadelle Trophy International France 48,000 France Edgar Catherine (a) (1) 6
24 Sep Open Abruzzo Italy 45,000 Italy Guido Migliozzi (1) 6
14 Oct Alps de Andalucía Spain 48,000 Austria Clemens Gaster (1) 4
22 Oct Alps Tour Grand Final Italy 45,000 Spain Adri Arnaus (a) (2) 6

Order of Merit

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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 2018 Challenge Tour.[3][4]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Spain Adri Arnaus (a) 26,214 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
2 France Ugo Coussaud 21,535 Promoted to Challenge Tour
3 France Antoine Rozner 19,976
4 Netherlands Lars van Meijel 19,306
5 France Robin Roussel 18,551
6 Austria Lukas Nemecz 16,915
7 Spain David Borda 16,861
8 France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 15,694
9 France Alexandre Daydou 15,303
10 France Maxime Radureau 14,453

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2017 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ Farquharson, Colin (22 October 2017). "McDonald finishes joint ninth, Young T24 in Alps Tour Grand Final". Scottish Golf View. Retrieved 7 April 2023. The top five players on the Alps Tour Order of Merit after the Grand Final all receive Challenge Tour cards. Congratulations to Adria Arnaus of Spain, Ugo Coussaud and Antoine Rozner of France, Lars Van Meijel of the Netherlands and Robin Roussel of France who will all be playing on the Challenge Tour next season.
  4. ^ "Satellite stars: Adri Arnaus". European Tour. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2023. 2017 Alps Tour graduates: Adri Arnaus (Spain), Ugo Coussaud (France), Antoine Rozner (France), Lars van Meijel (Holland), Robin Roussel (France).
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