2016 Alps Tour

The 2016 Alps Tour was the 16th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. It was the first Alps Tour season in which all events received Official World Golf Ranking points, as OWGR points were introduced midway through the 2015 season.^[1]

Schedule[]

The season consisted of 17 events in seven countries.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	OWGR	Prize fund (€)
11 Feb	Ein Bay Open	Egypt		4	30,000
17 Feb	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt		4	30,000
23 Feb	Dreamland Pyramids Open	Egypt	Matt Wallace	4	30,000
1 May	Tunisian Golf Open	Tunisia	Matt Wallace	6	70,000
8 May	Gösser Open	Austria	Matt Wallace	4	42,500
21 May	Vigevano Open	Italy	Matt Wallace	4	40,000
4 Jun	Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe		4	43,000
17 Jun	Open La Pinetina	Italy		4	40,000
26 Jun	Open de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	(a)	6	45,000
2 Jul	Open Frassanelle	Italy	Matt Wallace	4	40,000
9 Jul	Open de Saint-Malo	France		4	40,000
23 Jul	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	Victor Perez	4	48,000
26 Aug	Open Castello di Tolcinasco	Italy		4	40,000
11 Sep	Citadelle Trophy International	France		6	48,000
18 Sep	Alps Costa del Sol	Spain		6	48,000
16 Oct	Abruzzo Open	Italy		6	45,000
23 Oct	Alps Tour Grand Final	Italy	Matt Wallace	6	65,000

Graduates[]

The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2017.^[3] Since the second-place finisher earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth-place finisher received the fifth card.

Rank	Player	Country	Points	Status earned
1	Matt Wallace	England	49,703	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2		Italy	25,070	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3		Italy	23,209	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4		England	22,931
5	Victor Perez	France	22,633
6		France	22,608
7		Italy	21,805
8		France	18,467
9		France	17,232
10		Austria	15,863

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