16th October 2023 | Alps Tour Golf
Welcome to the 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting
Cavaso del Tomba, October 16th 2023 – After a 13-week season, it’s time for the season-ending event, the 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting. To be eligible to participate in the sought-after final, professional or amateur players must have participated in at least 5 events in 3 different countries. The first 50 professional players and ranked amateurs inside the ‘Top 50’ are eligible to compete. To compete in the final, besides being inside the ‘Top 50’ each player must be an Alps Tour member.
At the end of this week’s event, the top 5 players in the Alps Tour Order of Merit rank will earn a Challenge Tour category 12b card for the 2024 season.
Current Order of Merit Leader and a 2-times winner this season, Ireland’s Ronan Mullarney has already secured himself one of the five coveted Challenge Tour cards that are up for grabs this week. Alongside him, Netherland’s Kiet Van der Weele, who captured 3 wins his season, automatically earned himself a category 12a Challenge Tour card for the 2023 and the 2024 season.
The 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting will occur in Northeaster Italy, at Asolo Golf Club in Cavaso del Tomba from October 18th– 20th 2023. This is the 1st time that Asolo Golf Club will host the Alps Tour Grand Final and 9 years since it last hosted an Alps Tour regular tournament.
On Tuesday 17th October, with a shot-gun start at 11:00 am local time, the traditional best ball aggregate to Par Pro-Am will occur with approximately 20 teams participating.
The Field
Being the last event of the season, the best-ranked players will be competing for the 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting title, but more importantly, they will attempt to earn one of the 5 eagerly desired 2024 Challenge Tour cards that will be assigned to the top 5 ranked players in the Order of Merit at the end of this week’s event.
In the field this week, all of this season’s winners will be present, which include: Jack Floydd winner of the season opener, Quim Vidal, a three-times winner this season Kiet Van der Weele, a two-times winner and the most recent winner Ronan Mullarney, Luca Cianchetti, Jose Manuel Pardo Benitez, Lars Keunen, Manfredi Manica, Gianmaria Rean Trincheroand Oihan Guillamoundeguy.
The 49 players in the field this week are competing for a prize fund of €50,000 and 60,000 points. The winner of the 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting will earn € 10,000 and 9,500 Order of Merit points.
The tournament format is a 54 holes stroke play, 18 holes a day with no cut. In case of a tie for 1st place at the conclusion of the 54 holes, there will be a sudden-death playoff to determine the winner of the 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting.
The most recent winner of the tournament is Ireland’s Jonathan Yates, who won the event in 2022, held at Modena Golf & Country Club.
For the most up-to-date entry list, click here.
The Course
Asolo Golf Club is home to 27 holes of golf (red, green, and yellow courses) and the Asolo Golf Academy for players of all levels. The 27 holes at Asolo Golf Club, were developed by European Golf Design. It was founded in 1995 by a group of entrepreneurs, including Gilberto Benetton, and the current President of the Golf Club is Christian Benetton.
The 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting, will be played on Asolo Golf Club‘s Red and Green course, which is what is usually selected for tournament play. The course will be set up as a 6283 meters, Par 72. The red course allows players to make a few mistakes despite having vast, undulating greens and deep bunkers. On the other hand, the green course is shorter and more technical, with narrow fairways, many water obstacles, and a challenging final 3 holes.
Asolo Golf Club, host of this week’s tournament. Photo Credit: Asolo Golf Club
Beyond the golf, Asolo Golf Club offers a well-equipped fitness center with a sauna, massage room, and relaxation area, a soccer field, a children’s playground, and tennis courts. During the summertime, there is also a swimming pool surrounded by greenery. Asolo Golf Club also has a guesthouse and a large conference room.
Tournament Promoter
The 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by AURALIS Limitless Lighting is promoted directly by the Alps Tour.
For this event, we are grateful to have AURALIS Limitless Lighting as the tournament presenting sponsor. Auralis is the first integrated industrial hub in the lighting field. A unique, vertical, and comprehensive group of excellence that defines a new era in the lighting sector through a strong drive for technological innovation, the pursuit of beauty, and a clear mission aimed at promoting the culture of light as a tool to improve the quality of people’s lives.
The tournament also has numerous sponsors and partners such as: Ricoh, GAS Milano 1984, Battistella Golf, Extreme Factory, Imball Veneta, Golf 2.0 Megastore, Twïntee, Federazione Italiana Golf, Fédération Française de Golf, Real Federación Española de Golf and Österreichischer Golf-Verband.
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8th October 2022 | Alps Tour Golf
Jonathan Yates wins the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final!
Leaderboard-
| Pos. | Name | Score |
| 1 | Jonathan Yates (IRL) | -14 (202) |
| 2 | Stefano Mazzoli (ITA) | -12 (204) |
| 3 | Julien Sale (FRA) | -11 (205) |
| T4 | Tom Vaillant-am (FRA) | -10 (206) |
| Lukas Lipold (AUT) | -10 (206) |
Quick Links-
Modena, October 8th 2022- Jonathan Yates wins the 2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit with a three-day score of 14 under-par. In second place, Italy’s Stefano Mazzoli who concluded the event at 12 under-par after a final round of 68. France’s Julien Sale who turned pro only a few weeks ago, concluded his tournament in 3rd place with a final round 68 and moved into 2nd place of the Order of Merit rank.
Gregorio De Leo is the 2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit winner and secures himself a 2023 Challenge Tour card.
The final round of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final began at 7:50 am this morning with a brisk temperature and slightly overcast skies but soon after that when the final pairing teed off at 9:30 am from the 1st hole, the sun peaked through for another beautiful fall sunny day at Modena Golf & Country Club.
The winner’s trophy that was handed to Jonathan Yates was designed and created by artist-designer Roberta Verteramo. Gregorio De Leo wins the 2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit rank and earns one of the coveted 2023 Challenge Tour cards that was up for grabs.
Final Round-
Jonathan Yates wins the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final with a three-day score of 14 under-par. He earned 9,500 Order of Merit points and the winning check of €10,000. He followed his opening round of 5 under-par, with a 6 under-par in the second round and a final round of 3 under-par to end the tournament at 14 under-par. After Jonathan’s victory, he was very satisfied: “Today was the best of the week. My game was very very solid. Stefano got off to a really quick start and put up to me early but I’m very happy I responded really well to him. It was a great day and a great week.” When asked to explain his experience on the tour this year he said: “The Alps Tour is fantastic, there is not better 3rd year tour, the tournaments and the golf courses are fantastic. The level of golf this year was phenomenal. I’m going to go 2nd stage of q-school next and then I will re-evaluate my schedule after this week’s result.”
Gregorio De Leo wins the 2022 Alps Tour Order of Merit rank and earns one of the coveted 2023 Challenge Tour cards that was up for grabs. Throughout the season he won two events in Italy and one in After Gregorio secured his title as this year’s order of merit rank he commented: “I was nervous at the start, I knew the other players had to win for me not to qualify. I had a slow start but then luckily turned things around to end a good round. I made silly mistakes on the first few holes which cost me some bogeys but luckily, I turned things around. On the back nine, I started off on the 10th hole with an eagle. Gregorio wins the Order of Merit following Jacopo Vecchi Fossa last year making himself the second Italian to win the order of merit in back-to-back years. When asked to comment on what it meant to him to win the Order of Merit rank, Gregorio explained: “It’s a great honor to win the ranking after Jacopo last year, I didn’t expect it. It was never a goal of mine to win the rankings, I definitely wanted to earn one of the Challenge Tour cards but I’m glad I was able to achieve both.” He wants to dedicate this win to his coach, Alain and then his entire family for their continuous support. Gregorio went on to add that, “the Alps Tour is an amazing experience if you’re an amateur or pro. The courses are great and it gives you tremendous experience especially if your ultimate goal is to reach the highest ranked tours.”
The top 5 players in the OoM that earned themself a 2023 Challenge Tour card (from right to left): Gregorio De Leo, Julien Sale, Tom Vaillant (am), Stefano Mazzoli and Gary Hurley.
The 5 sought after 2023 Challenge Tour cards, category 12 were earned by Italy’s Gregorio De Leo, France’s Julien Sale, France’s Tom Vaillant (am), Italy’s Stefano Mazzoli and Ireland’s Gary Hurley. France’s Tom Vaillant is expected to turn professional within the next few weeks. Gregorio De Leo won with a 6,078.50 points advantage over the second ranked player that was Julien Sale.
The Alps Tour will be back in action in mid-February 2023 in Egypt.
Tournament Promoter-
The 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final is promoted directly by the Alps Tour. The event can count on the support of Regione Emilia- Romagna, Modena Golf & Country Club and Federazione Italiana Golf. The tournament also has the support of numerous sponsor suppliers such as: BPER Banca, Costa Crociere, Jaguar Land Rover, Sky Sport, Golf 2.0, Hygien Fee and Tweentee. The event also has numerous partners such as: Geo Group, Farmacia Costa, Consultants, Nanoprom, Costruzioni Generali due, Spin Automazioni, Golf’us, Ecoricerche, Gruppo Fiori, GSM, Slurp, Blondi Gioielli, Termoidraulica Venturelli/Ferretti Costruzioni, ITAS Assicurazione Agenzia Bevilacqua, Marano Lamiere, Poligolf Modena, Modula, Voiello and Parmigiano Reggiano.
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7th October 2022 | Alps Tour Golf
Jonathan Yates takes the 36 holes lead at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final
Leaderboard-
| Pos. | Name | Score |
| 1 | Jonathan Yates | -11 (133) |
| 2 | Stefano Mazzoli | -8 (136) |
| T3 | Julien Sale | -7 (137) |
| Carlo Casalegno | -7 (137) | |
| Gary Hurley | -7 (137) | |
| Lukas Lipold | -7 (137) |
Quick Links-
Modena, October 7th 2022– Ireland’s Jonathan Yates takes the 36 holes lead with a two-day score of 11 under-par at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final. In 2nd place only 3 shots back off the lead with a two-day score of 8 under-par, Italy’s Stefano Mazzoli. There is a 4-way tie for 3rd place at 7 under-par that includes: Julien Sale, Carlo Casalegno, Gary Hurley and Lukas Lipold.
Today was another beautiful fall day with sunny skies and a comfortable temperature at Modena Golf & Country Club, host of this week’s 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final. It was a day where players could take advantage of good scoring opportunities and try to make a move on the leaderboard ahead of tomorrow’s very important final round. At the end of tomorrow’s final round, 5 Challenge Tour, category 12 cards will be assigned to the top 5 players in the final Order of Merit rank. Play began this morning at 8:30 am from the 1st hole for all competitors and the first-round leaders teed off at 12:00pm.
Round 1 Player Quotes-
Ireland’s Jonathan Yates who was in a tie for 2nd place at the conclusion of yesterday’s 1st round, finds himself in the lead after today’s round. He followed his opening round of 5 under-par, with a 6 under-par in the second round for a two-day total of 11 under-par. For the second day in a row, Jonathan had a strong finish with a birdie on 17 and 18 to conclude his round. When asked to comment on his strong finish again today, he said: “I hit it stiff on 17 again today with a great shot to about 2 ft. On 18 I played it as a 3 shot hole and hit a wedge shot stiff. I’m very happy again.” Jonathan commented today’s round with the following: “Today was different than yesterday, my game wasn’t as good, it wasn’t as solid but my iron play was fantastic. Today was a fun day. I believe playing later in the day, the ball goes a lot further than earlier in the morning so maybe it plays slightly shorter but it definitely gets firm and fast. The greens are really good and rolling well as well.”
Italy’s Stefano Mazzoli, winner of the first event of the season at the 2022 Ein Bay Open shot an incredible 9 under-par round today for a two-day total of 8 under-par and be in 2nd place only 3 strokes off the lead entering tomorrow’s final round. He made 5 birdies and 1 eagle on the front nine and 1 bogey and 3 birdies on the back nine. At the end of his round, Stefano commented: “Today I wanted to come out and have a good round especially after yesterday’s round where I struggled a lot. Today I holed a lot of putts right away and get off to a good start and then I was able to stay calm on the back nine. I made 29 on the front nine making two very good birdies on 8 and 9 which gave me good momentum.”
In the 4-way tie for 3rd place at 7 under-par and 4 shots off the lead there is: France’s Julien Sale, Italy’s Carlo Casalegno, Ireland’s Gary Hurley and Austria’s Lukas Lipold. There are 4 players at 6 under-par in a tie for 7th place.
Final Round-
The final round of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final will begin at 7:50 am from hole 1 and 10 with the final group teeing off from the 1st hole at 9:30 am.
Tournament Promoter-
The 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final is promoted directly by the Alps Tour. The event can count on the support of Regione Emilia- Romagna, Modena Golf & Country Club and Federazione Italiana Golf. The tournament also has the support of numerous sponsor suppliers such as: BPER Banca, Costa Crociere, Jaguar Land Rover, Sky Sport, Golf 2.0, Hygien Fee and Tweentee. The event also has numerous partners such as: Geo Group, Farmacia Costa, Consultants, Nanoprom, Costruzioni Generali due, Spin Automazioni, Golf’us, Ecoricerche, Gruppo Fiori, GSM, Slurp, Blondi Gioielli, Termoidraulica Venturelli/Ferretti Costruzioni, ITAS Assicurazione Agenzia Bevilacqua, Marano Lamiere, Poligolf Modena, Modula, Voiello and Parmigiano Reggiano.
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6th October 2022 | Alps Tour Golf
Lukas Lipold leads after Round 1 at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final
Leaderboard-
| Pos. | Name | Score |
| 1 | Lukas Lipold | -6 (66) |
| T2 | Jonathan Yates | -5 (67) |
| Gary Hurley | -5(67) | |
| T4 | Carlo Casalegno | -4 (68) |
| Franck Medale | -4 (68) | |
| Julien Sale | -4 (68) | |
| Gregorio De Leo | -4 (68) |
Quick Links-
Modena, October 6th 2022– Austria’s Lukas Lipold leads with a 6 under-par 66 at the conclusion of the first round. Just one stroke back in a tie for 2nd place an Irish duo, Jonathan Yates with a bogey-free round and Gary Hurley at 5 under-par. There is a 4-way tie for 4th place at 4 under-par that includes the current Order of Merit leader Italy’s Gregorio De Leo. Alongside De Leo in the 4-way tie there is: Italy’s Carlo Casalegno and France’s Franck Medale and Julien Sale.
A beautiful fall day with a comfortable temperature and perfect scoring conditions welcomed the players for the first round of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final. The tournament is being held at Modena Golf and Country Club. Play began this morning at 8:30 am from the 1st hole for all competitors. Forecasts still give another two sunny days with good temperatures that will ease the players competing this week. This is the season ending event where the top 5 players in the Order of Merit rank at the end of this week’s tournament will earn a Challenge Tour, category 12 card for the 2023 season. Gregorio De Leo, current Order of Merit leader has already secured himself one the of five Challenge Tour cards that is up for grabs at this week’s event
Round 1 Player Quotes-
Austria’s Lukas Lipold who turned professional at the end of 2019, shot a 6 under-par to lead after the 1stround of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final. After a steady start, Lukas had a strong finish with 2 birdies on the last two holes. Following today’s round, he happily commented, “I had a pretty nervous start, I hit a few bad shots in the beginning and was able to scramble through it. Just before the turn I was able to catch some speed, felt good with some putts rolling in and it was a fun round.” When asked to comment his strong finish, Lukas said: “I made a mistake a few holes before the end that bothered me so it was good to like finish that heading into tomorrow. I hit a lot of very good tee shots, it’s tough out here there are some very small gaps you must hit into and then I hit a lot of very good shots into the greens.” Lukas turned professional at the end of 2019 and hopes to move up to the Challenge Tour.
Ireland’s Jonathan Yates who had an incredible bogey-free 5-under par round, is in a two-way tie for 2ndplace alongside his compatriot Gary Hurley. He made 3 birdies on the front nine and 2 birdies on the back nine for his bogey-free round. After Jonathan completed the round, he commented: “Today was very enjoyable playing with Manuel, we had a stress-free round with a lot of fairways and a lot of greens. I played better around the turn but unfortunately missed a few putts. However, it was nice to get rewarded towards the end of the round and finish with two birdies. Overall it was a good solid round.” I’m looking forward. I’m just looking to win, I have nothing to lose and nothing to gain so I’m just trying to win.”
Gary Hurley from Ireland, is the other player in the two-way tie for 2nd place at 5 under-par just 1 stroke back of the lead. He had a strong finish to his round making 3 birdies on the last 3 holes to conclude his round. Gary was pleased after his round, “Today was a good round, a nice finish. I played ok, I hit some nice shots, I hit some funny shots. I definitely left a few shots out there today but then it gave me a few shots coming in which was nice. Today was a good day. It definitely was a good start.” He also said he wants to stay in the moment of what he’s doing.
In the 4-way tie for 4th place alongside current Order of Merit Leader Gregorio De Leo at 4-under par and 2 shots back of the lead there is Italy’s Carlo Casalegno, France’s Franck Medal and Julien Sale. In a tied for 8th place at 3 under-par there are 5 players.
The 45 players in the field this week are competing for an overall prize fund of €50,000 and 60,000 Order of Merit points.
Round 2-
The second round of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final will begin again at 8:30 am with the leaders teeing off at 12:00pm from the 1st hole.
Tournament Promoter-
The 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final is promoted directly by the Alps Tour. The event can count on the support of Regione Emilia- Romagna, Modena Golf & Country Club and Federazione Italiana Golf. The tournament also has the support of numerous sponsor suppliers such as: BPER Banca, Costa Crociere, Jaguar Land Rover, Sky Sport, Golf 2.0, Hygien Fee and Tweentee. The event also has numerous partners such as: Geo Group, Farmacia Costa, Consultants, Nanoprom, Costruzioni Generali due, Spin Automazioni, Golf’us, Ecoricerche, Gruppo Fiori, GSM, Slurp, Blondi Gioielli, Termoidraulica Venturelli/Ferretti Costruzioni, ITAS Assicurazione Agenzia Bevilacqua, Marano Lamiere, Poligolf Modena, Modula, Voiello and Parmigiano Reggiano.
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