After more than a month's hiatus, the Alps Tour resumes with the second edition of the Longwy Alps Open, taking place from September 4th to 6th at UGolf Longwy International, in the French city from which the club takes its name. With four events remaining, the race for the five berths in the 2026 HotelPlanner Tour, which will be awarded to the top players, is intensifying. This is a positive development for the field, which includes 18 players in the top 20, including the top ten, including eight of the nine season winners.
Alps Tour, results
Spain's Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela (No. 3) and Andrea Romano (No. 8) have an extra chance. Having secured two wins each, a third win will allow them to immediately move up to the major tourno easy feat with such competition. The Spaniard is currently qualified, as are his compatriots Javier Barcos (No. 1) and Javier Calles Roman (No. 5), Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (No. 2), who also scored, and Frenchman Quentin Debove (No. 4), who has no title and is very consistent. In addition to Romano himself, are other winners: Spaniards Asier Aguirre Izcue (No. 7) and Jorge Maicas (No. 9), and Dutchman Jerry Ji (No. 10). However, Ireland's Ronan Mullarney (No. 6) is just outside the top five, having performed well without reaching the top step of the podium. Swiss Luca Galliano (No. 13) also had a victory, but at this point he appears to be quite far from the top spot and needs at least one more success to get back into the race.
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Three other Italians have a chance, but they're tied to a victory: Filippo Bergamaschi (No. 14), Luca Memeo (No. 16), and Manfredi Manica (No. 17). Mattia Comotti, Marco Florioli, Giovanni Manzoni, and Gianmaria Rean Trinchero are expected to perform well.
123 players (25 Italians) will compete, representing 17 nations, including Brazil and Argentina. The 54-hole course features a prize pool of 47,500 and a first-place prize of 6,900.
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