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Busy Leaderboard in Guadeloupe

Busy leaderboard after opening round at Open de Saint François – Région Guadeloupe. Frenchmen Mathieu Bey (pict), Sébastien Gros and Thomas Linard shot 67, 4 under par alongside Italy’s experimented Alessio Bruschi.  The later is the only one to have a win – the Gösser Open in 2004. It’s been a while since Alps Tour […]

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Open de Saint-Francois Region Guadeloupe – ProAm Day

The 78 players from eight nationalities are arrived on the island to compete in the third edition of the Open de Saint-François – Region Guadeloupe. Ten Caribean players will defend the colors of Guadeloupe and Martinique Islands. Before the beginning of the competition on Thursday, a Pro-Am is held today. It will be an opportunity […]

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Palmer overhauls Marguery for emotional Grado win

Jason Palmer dedicated his two-shot Friuli Venezia Giulia Open victory to his late father after the Englishman carded a superb final-round six-under-par 66 to overhaul France’s Raphael Marguery on Saturday. Palmer’s three birdies in his final six holes and mistake-free last round in contrast to overnight leader Marguery (70), whose two-shot advantage starting the day […]

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Marguery stretches Grado Open lead over English duo

Raphael Marguery posted a solid four-under-par 68 in the second round of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Open on Friday to move two strokes clear of England’s Jason Palmer and Ben Evans as the Frenchman seeks a first Alps Tour victory. Marguery’s 36-hole total of 11-under put him clear of Palmer, who had the round of […]

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Magnificent Marguery flys into Grado Open lead

Frenchman Raphael Marguery defied back pain and the menacing Italian skies to post a seven-under-par first-round 65 in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Open on Thursday for a two-shot lead. Marguery was in the fourth group out on another gloomy summer’s day and despite back soreness which hampered his play at last week’s Umbria Open he […]

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First European Golf Elites' Symposium to take place at Golf National.

The Alps Tour and the French Golf Federation organized on the 27th and the 28th of May the First European Golf Elites’ Symposium. During two days, international consultants presented their expertises about how to help young amateurs players to reach the elites golf and to succeed once they turned pro. The schedule : Turning pro, by […]

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Legarrea bags maiden victory in Umbria

  Jeasus Legarrea (c) Claudio Scaccini Spain’s Jesus Legarrea stormed to his first Alps Tour win with a nine-shot victory in the weather-affected Umbria Open on Sunday thanks to a final round of six-under-par 65. After rain on all three days had wreaked havoc with the Perugia Golf Club layout and the event was shortened […]

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