The 2009 Alps Tour was the ninth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

2009 Alps Tour season
Duration12 March 2009 (2009-03-12) – 25 October 2009 (2009-10-25)
Number of official events24
Most winsItaly Marco Crespi (2)
Italy Andrea Perrino (2)
Italy Paolo Terreni (2)
France Julien Xanthopoulos (2)
Order of MeritItaly Andrea Perrino
2008
2010

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner[a]
14 Mar Peugeot Loewe Tour Escorpión Spain 48,000   José Manuel Lara (1)
27 Mar Grande Finale Attijariwafabank Morocco 40,000   Édouard Dubois (1)
18 Apr Peugeot Loewe Tour La Llorea Spain 48,000   Pedro Linhart (1)
27 Apr Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy 45,000   Paolo Terreni (1)
3 May Gösser Open Austria 40,000   Claudio Blaesi (1)
10 May Lyoness Open Austria 60,000   Uli Weinhandl (1)
17 May Slovenian Golf Open Slovenia 40,000   Marco Crespi (2)
24 May Open de Bordeaux France 45,000   Alexandre Mandonnet (2)
30 May Masters 26 Dijon-Bourgogne France 45,000   Baptiste Chapellan (1)
7 Jun Open du Haut Poitou France 40,000   Julien Xanthopoulos (2)
13 Jun Peugeot Loewe Tour Laukariz Spain 48,000   Andrea Perrino (1)
19 Jun Open Le Fonti Italy 50,000   Daniel Coughlan (1)
28 Jun Allianz Open de Strasbourg France 50,000   Andrea Perrino (2)
11 Jul Peugeot Loewe Tour Madrid Spain 48,000   Xavier Guzmán (1)
18 Jul Circolo Rapallo Golf Open Italy 50,000   Joost Luiten (1)
25 Jul Uniqa FinanceLife Open Austria 45,000   Paolo Terreni (2)
9 Aug Omnium of Belgium Belgium 45,000   Benjamin Hébert (1)
30 Aug Trophee Preven's France 50,000   Bruno-Teva Lecuona (3)
6 Sep Open International de Normandie France 50,000   Damien Perrier (1)
13 Sep Allianz Open Stade Français Paris France 45,000   Mike Lorenzo-Vera (4)
20 Sep Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 45,000   Julien Xanthopoulos (3)
3 Oct Castelvolturno International Open Italy 50,000   Matthew Cryer (1)
10 Oct Feudo d'Asti Golf Open Italy 50,000   Marco Crespi (3)
25 Oct Masters 13 France 50,000   Ghislain Rosier (1)

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Alps Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner
10 Dec Samanah Masters Morocco 70,000   Daniel Brooks

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 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

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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. ^ "2009 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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