2003 Alps Tour
| Duration | 18 March 2003 – 24 October 2003 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 19 |
| Most wins |  Emanuele Lattanzi (3) |
| Order of Merit | Emmanuele Lattanzi |
← 2002 2004 → | |
The 2003 Alps Tour was the third season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar | Packaging Open | Morocco | 45,000 |  Benoît Teilleria (2)
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| 19 Apr | Open de la Commission Professionnelle | France | 40,000 | Grégory Bourdy (1)
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| 4 May | Gösser Open | Austria | 30,000 |  Gordon Manson (3)
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| 18 May | Open de Marcilly | France | 45,000 | Jean-Louis Guépy (1)
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| 23 May | Open Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze | Italy | 30,000 | Marco Bernardini (1)
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| 1 Jun | Open de Bordeaux | France | 40,000 | Grégory Bourdy (2)
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| 13 Jun | Intersport EYBL NÖ Open | Austria | 27,000 |  Alexandre Chopard (1)
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| 17 Jun | Waldviertel Open | Austria | 27,000 |  Felipe Aguilar (1)
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| 22 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | 35,000 | Felipe Aguilar (2)
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| 28 Jun | Citibank Open | Italy | 30,000 | Emanuele Lattanzi (1)
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| 5 Jul | Open de Neuchâtel | Switzerland | 30,000 | Alexandre Balicki (2)
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| 11 Jul | Memorial Antonio Roncoroni | Italy | 35,000 | Emanuele Lattanzi (2)
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| 31 Jul | Brianza Open | Italy | 27,000 | Emanuele Lattanzi (3)
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| 19 Aug | Intercontinental Open | Austria | 30,000 | Andrea Zanini (3)
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| 13 Sep | Steigenberger Open | Austria | 30,000 | Elvis Galéra (1)
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| 19 Sep | Asolo Open | Italy | 30,000 | Alexandre Chopard (2)
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| 12 Oct | Open de Poitiers | France | 40,000 | Raphaël Pellicioli (2)
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| 19 Oct | Masters 13 | France | 50,000 | Jean-François Remésy (1)
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| 24 Oct | Montecatini International Open | Italy | 30,000 | Jean-Marc de Polo (1)
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Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in euros.[2] The top four players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2004 Challenge Tour.[3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (€) | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmanuele Lattanzi |
25,857 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | Alexandre Chopard |
20,074 | |
| 3 | Jean-Marc de Polo |
18,595 | |
| 4 | Philippe Lima |
18,179 | |
| 5 | Grégory Bourdy |
17,461 | |
| 6 | Sarel Son-Houi |
17,408 | |
| 7 | Elvis Galéra |
15,398 | |
| 8 | Mickaël Dieu |
12,479 | |
| 9 | Jean-Nicolas Billot |
11,935 | |
| 10 | Bruno-Teva Lecuona |
11,215 |
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.
- ^ "2003 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Players in Top 5 Order of Merit qualified for the Challenge Tour 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.