2008 Alps Tour season
Duration19 March 2008 (2008-03-19) – 12 October 2008 (2008-10-12)
Number of official events22
Most winsFrance Dominique Nouailhac (3)
Order of MeritFrance Julien Grillon
2007
2009

The 2008 Alps Tour was the eighth season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
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Winner[lower-alpha 1]
21 MarOpen International de MohammediaMorocco35,000France Cédric Menut (1)
5 AprFeudo d'Asti Golf OpenItaly55,000France Marc Mauret (1)
18 AprCircolo Rapallo Golf OpenItaly50,000France Xavier Lazurowicz (2)
27 AprTessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e BasilicataItaly65,000Switzerland Martin Rominger (2)
4 MayGösser OpenAustria39,000Austria Martin Wiegele (1)
10 MayUniqa FinanceLife OpenAustria45,000France Julien Grillon (1)
17 MayMasters 26 Dijon-BourgogneFrance45,000France Cédric Menut (2)
25 MayOpen de BordeauxFrance45,000France Benoît Teilleria (3)
31 MayLyoness OpenAustria50,000France Anthony Grenier (1)
8 JunOpen du Haut PoitouFrance40,000France Adrien Mörk (3)
15 JunMemorial Olivier BarrasSwitzerland39,000France Alan Bihan (1)
21 JunVolturno International OpenItaly50,000Italy Andrea Signor (1)
28 JunDobro Jutro Slovenia OpenSlovenia45,000France Dominique Nouailhac (1)
5 JulCzech Golf OpenCzech Republic45,000Austria Clemens Prader (3)
13 JulOpen International de NormandieFrance50,000France Dominique Nouailhac (2)
20 JulOmnium of BelgiumBelgium50,000France Jérôme Forestier (2)
31 AugAGF-Allianz Open - Trophee Preven'sFrance60,000France Julien Guerrier (2)
7 SepAGF-Allianz Open - Open de la Mirabelle d'OrFrance45,000France Alexandre Mandonnet (1)
14 SepOpen International Stade Français ParisFrance45,000France Jean-François Remésy (3)
27 SepOpen Golf PadovaItaly40,000France Julien Grillon (2)
4 OctOpen La MargheritaItaly40,000Italy Marco Crespi (1)
12 OctMasters 13France50,000France Dominique Nouailhac (3)

Order of Merit

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 (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2009 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1France Julien Grillon40,530Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
2France Victor Riu35,336Promoted to Challenge Tour
3France Julien Guerrier29,767Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
4France Dominique Nouailhac24,755
5France Cédric Menut24,096Promoted to Challenge Tour
6France Anthony Grenier24,061Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
7France Adrien Mörk23,148Promoted to Challenge Tour
8France Jérôme Forestier21,944
9France Xavier Lazurowicz20,922
10Italy Matteo Delpodio20,806

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.

References

  1. "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. "2008 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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