7th November 2024 | Alps Tour Golf

 The Quest for a 2025 Alps Tour playing category is underway. 

Italy, November 7th, 2024– A total of 200 players are competing on three distinct golf courses throughout Italy for 81 spots that will earn them access to next week’s 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Finals.

During next week’s event, players can capture a playing status on the Alps Tour for the 2025 season. The Final Stage of the 2024 Qualifying School will occur at Golf Nazionale and Terre dei Consolia Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 13th-15th, 2024.

The Alps Tour would like to thank Golf Club Le FontiGolf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club for allowing us to host our events at their venue and for the magnificent preparation they did to their course ahead of this week’s tournaments.

Players compete at Golf Club Le Fonti, Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club this week. At the first venue, Golf Club Le Fonti, there are 69 players in the field and 28 spots available, at Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, there are 65 players in the field and 26 spots available to qualify, and at Conero Golf Club 66 players are competing with 27 spots to be promoted into the Qualifying School Finals.

Stage 1 Qualifier at Golf Club Le FontiAfter the 1st round of the 2024 Stage 1 Qualifier currently held at Golf Club Le Fonti, Italy’s Alessandro Nodari is in the lead with a 5 under.par, 65. In 2nd place, only 1 stroke back at 4 under-par, his fellow countryman Alessio Battista(am). There is a 6-way tie for 3rd place at 2 under-par with, Italian amateurs: Francesco TinelliRiccardo Cavina and Lorenzo Casartelli, French amateur Martin EngelElisey Antropenko and Adrian Soriano from the United States of America.

Round 1 had to be suspended at 8:47 a.m. local time due to fog. Play was resumed at 10:00 a.m. after 1 hour and 16 minutes delay. At the end of tomorrow’s round, which will begin at 8:00 a.m. local time, the top 28 players will earn their spot in next week’s Alps Tour Q-School Final Stage field.

Stage 1 Qualifier at Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca

Spain’s Ignacio Mateo leads with a 5 under-par, 67 after the first round of the Stage 1 Qualifier being held at Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca. France’s Tom Colombel, Spanish amateur Esteban Vazquez Martin, and Gregori Baumann from Switzerland are in a 3-way tie for 2nd place with a score of 4 under-par, 68. In 5th place at 3 under-par, Italian amateur Tommaso Ajolfi.

At the end of tomorrow’s round, the top 26 players will earn a spot in next week’s event. The final round will begin at 8:00 a.m. local time.

Stage 1 Qualifier at Conero Golf Club

After the opening round of the 2024 Alps Tour Stage 1 Qualifier played at Conero Golf Club, France’s Mathieu Francois-Mir and Italy’s Jacopo Albertoni share the lead with a. 3 under-par, 68. In a 2-way tie for 3rd place at 2 under-par: France’s Ugo Ottogalli and Italian amateur Carlo Maria Asti. A 5-way tie for 5th place at 1 under-par includes: England’s Luca Houlgate, Ireland’s Brandon St John, France’s Dorian Fournier (am), and Victor Veyret and Spain’s Thomas Artigas.

Once tomorrow’s final round is concluded, the top 27 players will earn a spot in the field of next week’s 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage, where they will try and earn their playing status for the 2025 season.

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5th November 2024 | Alps Tour Golf

Thursday marks the beginning of the 2024 Qualifying School Stage 1 tournaments.

November 5th 2024- The 20th edition of the Alps Tour Qualifying School will take place in Italy, just like the past four seasons. The 1st Stage events will be played on November 7th and 8th at three distinct golf clubs: Golf Club Le FontiGolf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club. The Final Stage of the 2024 Qualifying School will take place at Golf Nazionale and Terre dei Consoli Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 13th – 15th.

In the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School fields, there are 138 amateur players and 37 players under 20 years old. A total of 35 different nations, including: Argentina, Bulgaria, Brazil, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Lebanon, New Zealand, Poland, and the United States of America, will be represented throughout the 2024 Qualifying School.

For the second year in a row, we received nearly 300 applications from players who wanted to participate in the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School. Applications were open to any male professional golfer who belongs to a recognized PGA or Golf Federation, as well as male amateur players with a handicap of 2.0 or better.

In the three 1st Stage events, there will be 203 players competing over the three different venues. The tournaments will be played over 36 holes with no cut, and the top-ranked players will gain access to the Final Stage event, where the top-ranked players will earn a full Alps Tour card for the 2025 season.

There will be 156 players in the field at the Final Stage of the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School, where 75 players have already been exempt.

The exempt players from the 1st stage and automatically eligible to participate in the Final Stage are: all players ranked in the 2024 Alps Tour Order of Merit after the 2024 Croara Alps Open who weren’t in the field at the 2024 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by DEPOT – The Male Tools & Co., all of the past winners of the Alps Tour Order of Meritfrom 2012 to 2021, the winners of the Alps Tour Qualifying School in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the leading 10 European Amateur Players in the World Amateur Golf Rankings as of October 14th 2024, players who competed at the 2023 World Amateur Team Championship and/or the 2024 European Boys/Men Team Championships and/or the 2023 Walker Cup and players being members of the European Tour for the 2024 season until category 20 and members of the Challenge Tour for the 2024 season until category 16.

The Golf Courses

The three First Stages of this year’s Qualifying School will be disputed over three golf courses throughout Italy:  Golf Club Le FontiGolf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club. 

The first venue that has been constant on our schedule as a host for the Stage 1 Qualifying School event is in Northern Italy, approximately 30km southeast of Bologna. The tournament will unfold at Golf Club Le Fonti in Castel San Pietro Terme. The course is home to 18 holes of golf and will be set as a par 71, 6411 meters. Rolling hills and a typical Emilia-Romagna landscape surround Golf Club Le Fonti. It has previously hosted Alps Tour events, Ladies European Tour events, and Qualifying Schools. The players will face multiple water hazards, making it a tough challenge.

Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca is the second course hosting Stage 1 events this year. It is a 6078-meter par 72 course in the Province of Parma, about 100km from Bologna and just 10 minutes from Parma in the Emilia-Romagna Region. It was founded in 1985 on the edge of the Boschi di Carrega nature park. The parkland golf course unfolds amongst oak and acacia forests, beautiful ponds, and slightly hilly terrain with unforgettable views.

This year, Conero Golf Club is the third golf course hosting Stage 1 Qualifying School. It opened in 1992 and was developed within Conero Park. It is a 5868-meter par 71 course set in almost seventy hectares, with gorse, arbutus, oak, tamarisk, and cherry trees envelop the golf course.  The terrain is slightly soft and offers a wide variety of situations and landscapes: on the first nine holes, play will be influenced by the presence of a lake, which comes into play. On the back nine, the terrain changes its characteristics, and beautiful views of the rural surrounding landscapes will be the backdrop of the course. Conero Golf Club is also home to an executive 5 holes course in the middle of the complex.

The entire Alps Tour family would like to wish the best of luck to all the participants competing at the three different venues, and we are eager to follow the next rising golf stars #risinggolfstars!

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31st October 2022 | Alps Tour Golf

It’s time for the 2023 Qualifying School Stage 1 tournaments!

October 31st 2022- In continuation with the past two seasons, the 18th edition of the Alps Tour Qualifying School will take place in Italy. The 1st Stage events will be played between November 2nd and November 4th in three distinct golf clubs: Acaya Golf Club, Golf Club Le Fonti and Miglianico Golf & Country Club. The Final Stage of the 2023 Q-School will occur at Golf Nazionale and Olgiata Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 9th to 11th.

This year more than 300 applications were submitted to take part in the 2023 Alps Tour Qualifying School. Applications were open to any male professional player that belong to a recognized PGA or Golf Federation, as well as male amateurs with a handicap below 2.0. An approximate 183 players from 22 different nations, such as the United States, Turkey, Armenia, Germany and South Africa, will compete in the three Stage 1 events.

The 1st Stage Events will be played over 36 holes with no cut and the top ranked players will gain access to Final Stagetournament. The top ranked players at the end of Final Stage will earn a full Alps Tour card for the 2023 season. There will be 156 players in the field at the Final Stage of 2023 Alps Tour Qualifying School where currently 93 players have already been exempt into the field. The players that are exempt are: Alps Tour members ranked in 2022 Order of Merit that weren’t in the field at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final, players who participated in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship as well as players who competed at the 2022 European Boys and Men Team Championships.

The Golf Courses-

November 2nd-3rd host, Acaya Golf Resort & Spa is located in the Puglia regions of south Italy. It is a 6,192 meters par 71 course, designed by the famous American studio Hurdzan & Fry. Acaya Golf Club has hosted numerous events in the past including several Alps Tour events. The course is set in a green landscape among ancient olive trees, Mediterranean vegetation and some breath-taking elements, which include a waterfall between hole 11 and 12. Acaya GC is one of the most intriguing golf courses in Italy.

The second golf club that will host the following Stage 1 events between November 3rd-4th is located in Northern Italy near Bologna. The event will take place at Golf Club Le Fonti, in Castel San Pietro Terme. The course is home to 18 holes of golf and will be set as a par 71, 6411 meters. Golf Club Le Fonti is surrounded by rolling hills and a typical Emilia-Romagna landscape. It has previously hosted Alps Tour events, Ladies European Tour events and qualifying schools. This is the longest of the three courses that will host Stage 1 events. The players will have to face multiple water hazards making it a tough challenge.

Miglianico Golf and Country Club is the third course hosting Stage 1 events on the same days as GC Le Fonti, November 3rd-4th. Miglianico is a 5875 meters par 72 course. It was designed by well-known American golf architect, Ronald Kirby. Miglianico G&CC has hosted for seven years the Abruzzo Alps Tour Open as well as the 2021 1ststage Alps Tour Qualifying School and the 2009 Games of the Mediterranean. The course is surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, bunkers, and artificial lakes making it a pleasant but challenging course.

Eager to follow along during this highly anticipated moment, we’d like to wish all 183 players good luck!

 

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