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Hugues Joannes King of Belgium

They have dreamed of it and Hugues Joannes did it. Young player from Golf de la Tournette holed 3 meters to win by one the 20th Flory Van Donck trophy. Ireland’s Brendan Mc Carroll and Italy’s Joon Kim complete podium one stroke back. After first nine, the leaderboard was still in the hand of Belgian […]

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Joannes leads hope on home soil

Belgian Hugues Joannes kept narrow advantage after penultimate round. England’s rookie Steven Brown shown strong character by shooting 68 to came in contention one stroke back tied with France’s Sébastien Gros. Former 2012 GB&I Walker Cup team player, Steven Brown finally found his place as promising young gun. “It took me some time to find […]

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Belgian Hugues Joannes one stroke clear

Belgium’s Hugues Joannes leads the 20th Flory Van Donck trophy. He fired 3 under today for minus 7 total. His closest challenger, France’s Sébastien Gros, is 2 strokes behind. Northern Ireland’s Gareth Shaw is third by his own one shot back. Gros won his maiden trophy 2 weeks ago and Shaw got defeated by fellow […]

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Sébastien Gros leads late complete first round

France’s Sébastien Gros finished his first round this morning after play was suspended the overnight due to dangerous situation. He holed 2 birdies early in the morning as play resumed at 7:00 and scored 66, minus 5. Gros captured his maiden win 2 weeks ago in France and confidence is a new skill in his […]

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Play suspended in Belgium, 4 co-leaders at club house

Different place, same story. As last week in France, play has been suspended at Flory Van Donck Trophy at 17h45 and will not resume before tomorrow 7h00. A group of 4 players are leaders at the club house with a score of 69. Weather is driving officials crazy this season. Summer has not arrived yet […]

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Open de la Mirabelle d'Or 2012, Final day

Playoff Final Round, Xavier Poncelet wins after one extra hole

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Xavier Poncelet defeats Jaime Carmago after first extra hole

France’s Xavier Poncelet, 26 years old, fired 64 and waited one hour and half to get into a play off as Spain’s Jaime Camargo dropped one shot on 18th hole. Poncelet only needed one extra hole to defeat his opponent. Xavier Poncelet is playing on Challenge Tour this season after getting graduated from Alps Tour […]

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