2015 Alps Tour

The 2015 Alps Tour was the 15th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

2015 Alps Tour season

Duration	17 February 2015 (2015-02-17) – 25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
Number of official events	20
Most wins	Harry Casey (2) Josh Loughrey (2)
Order of Merit	Darius van Driel
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OWGR inclusion

In July, it was announced that all Alps Tour events, beginning with the Alps de Andalucía, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points
19 Feb	Red Sea El Ein Bay Open	Egypt	30,000	Thomas Elissalde (2)	n/a
25 Feb	Red Sea Little Venice Open	Egypt	30,000	Alexandre Widemann (1)	n/a
4 Mar	Dreamland Pyramids Open	Egypt	30,000	Andrew Cooley (4)	n/a
4 Apr	Alps de Las Castillas	Spain	48,000	Jesús Legarrea (2)	n/a
3 May	Tunisian Golf Open	Tunisia	70,000	Josh Loughrey (1)	n/a
10 May	Gösser Open	Austria	40,000	Harry Casey (1)	n/a
16 May	Open Colli Berici	Italy	40,000	Enrico Di Nitto (1)	n/a
21 May	Open Frassanelle	Italy	40,000	Gerard Piris (1)	n/a
31 May	Open de Saint François Region Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	40,000	Andrea Maestroni (3)	n/a
19 Jun	Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni	Italy	40,000	Andrea Perrino (3)	n/a
28 Jun	Open International de la Mirabelle d'Or	France	45,000	Harry Casey (2)	n/a
3 Jul	Flory van Donck Trophy	Belgium	40,000	Federico Maccario (1)	n/a
17 Jul	Servizitalia Open	Italy	40,000	Matthieu Pavon (2)	n/a
5 Sep	Alps de Andalucía	Spain	48,000	Borja Etchart (3)	4
13 Sep	Citadelle Trophy International	France	45,000	Josh Loughrey (2)	6
20 Sep	Open International du Haut Poitou	France	40,000	Pep Anglès (1)	4
27 Sep	Open International du Marcilly	France	40,000	Darius van Driel (1)	4
10 Oct	Alps de Extremadura	Spain	40,000	Pol Bech (2)	4
18 Oct	Abruzzo Open	Italy	40,000	Luca Cianchetti (a) (1)	4
25 Oct	Edmond de Rothschild Israel Masters	Israel	80,000	Jurrian van der Vaart (1)	4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2016 Challenge Tour.^[4]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Darius van Driel	35,860	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Josh Loughrey	34,280	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
3	Damien Perrier	28,099	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4	Harry Casey	23,302
5	Jurrian van der Vaart	21,873
6	Matthieu Pavon	21,869	Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
7	Andrea Maestroni	21,297	Promoted to Challenge Tour
8	Toni Ferrer	21,014
9	Tom Shadbolt	20,927
10	Gerard Piris	20,621

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.