2010 Alps Tour
| Duration | 16 February 2010 – 23 October 2010 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 22 |
| Most wins |  Matteo Delpodio (3) |
| Order of Merit | Matteo Delpodio |
← 2009 2011 → | |
The 2010 Alps Tour was the 10th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb | Open de Mogador | Morocco | 60,000 |  Lawrence Dodd (1)
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| 13 Mar | Peugeot Tour Escorpión | Spain | 48,000 | Matteo Delpodio (1)
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| 17 Apr | Peugeot Tour Empordà | Spain | 48,000 |  Raymond Russell (1)
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| 2 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 40,000 |  Juan Antonio Bragulat (1)
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| 9 May | Lyoness Open | Austria | 65,000 |  Alan Bihan (2)
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| 16 May | Slovenian Golf Open | Slovenia | 40,000 | Carlos Balmaseda (1)
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| 28 May | Montecchia Golf Open | Italy | 45,000 | Adam Hodkinson (1)
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| 6 Jun | Open International d'Île-de-France | France | 50,000 | Nunzio Lombardi (1)
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| 11 Jun | Le Fonti Golf Open | Italy | 45,000 | Alan Bihan (3)
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| 20 Jun | Open International de Normandie | France | 50,000 | Matteo Delpodio (2)
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| 27 Jun | Open de la Mirabelle d'Or | France | 45,000 | Juan Antonio Bragulat (2)
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| 3 Jul | Haugschlag NÖ Open | Austria | 45,000 | Matthew Cryer (2)
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| 10 Jul | Peugeot Tour Madrid | Spain | 48,000 | Álvaro Salto (1)
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| 7 Aug | Uniqa FinanceLife Open | Austria | 45,000 | Jason Palmer (1)
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| 15 Aug | Omnium of Belgium | Belgium | 45,000 |  Uli Weinhandl (2)
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| 29 Aug | Peugeot Classic Omnium International | France | 40,000 | Agustín Domingo (3)
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| 12 Sep | Feudo d'Asti Golf Open | Italy | 45,000 | Gavin Dear (1)
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| 19 Sep | Allianz Open Stade Français Paris | France | 50,000 | Raphaël Eyraud (1)
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| 2 Oct | Acaya Golf Open | Italy | 45,000 | Jason Barnes (1)
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| 9 Oct | Peugeot Tour Alps de España | Italy | 48,000 | Uli Weinhandl (3)
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| 17 Oct | Masters 13 | France | 45,000 | Matteo Delpodio (3)
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| 23 Oct | Open di Puglia e Basilicata | Italy | 45,000 | Miguel Pujalte Sastre (1)
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Order of Merit
[edit]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 earned status to play on the 2011 Challenge Tour.[3]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matteo Delpodio |
44,632 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | Jason Palmer |
36,807 | |
| 3 | Alan Bihan |
34,875 | |
| 4 | Gavin Dear |
33,762 | |
| 5 | Matthew Cryer |
31,886 | |
| 6 | Juan Antonio Bragulat |
29,437 | |
| 7 | Uli Weinhandl |
23,825 | |
| 8 | Jason Barnes |
23,629 | |
| 9 | Agustín Domingo |
20,397 | |
| 10 | Carlos Balmaseda |
17,964 |
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.
- ^ "2010 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Pujalte happy in Italy". Alps Tour. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
A very good reason to wish all the best to England's Matthew Cryer, Scotland's Gavin Dear, Frenchman Alan Bihan, Englishman Jason Palmer and Italian Matteo Delpodio…