The 2016 Alps Tour was the 16th season of the

Alps Tour The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men's gol ...

, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the

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. It was the first Alps Tour season in which all events received

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points, as OWGR points were introduced midway through the 2015 season.

Schedule

The season consisted of 17 events in seven countries.

Graduates

The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned

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cards for 2017. Since the second-place finisher earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth-place finisher received the fifth card.

References

{{Alps Tour seasons