Italy, November 9^th 2023– A total of 193 players are competing on three distinct golf courses throughout Italy for 77 spots that will earn them access into next week’s 2023 Alps Tour Qualifying School Finals. At next week’s event, players can earn playing status on the Alps Tour for the 2024 season. The Final Stage of the 2023 Qualifying School will take place at Golf Nazionale and Olgiata Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 15^th-17^th.

Players are competing at Golf Club Le Fonti, Miglianico Golf & Country Club, and Terre dei Consoli Golf Club. All the players will play the Stage 1 qualifier final round tomorrow. At G.C. Le Fonti, there are 70 players in the field and 28 spots available, at Miglianico G.&C.C., there are 52 players in the field and 21 spots available to qualify, and at Terre dei Consoli G.C., 71 players are competing with 28 spots to be promoted into the Alps Tour Qualifying School Finals.

Stage 1 Qualifier at Golf Club Le Fonti

After the 1^st round of the 2023 Stage 1 Qualifier currently held at Golf Club Le Fonti, Italian amateur Lorenzo Casartelli is in the lead after a 3 under-par, 68. He made 2 bogeys, 1 double bogey and 7 birdies in his opening round. There is a 4-way tie for 2^nd place, only 1 stroke back at 2 under-par: Italy’s Gabriele Bravin (am), France’s Antoine Pellissier (am), Monaco’s Sandro Piaget and Italian amateur Filippo Grossi.  In 6^th place at 1 under-par, Spain’s Anton Vazquez Muinos.

These are the only 6 players who were under-par at the conclusion of today’s first round. At the end of tomorrow’s round, which will begin at 8 am local time, the top 28 players will earn their spot into next week’s Alps Tour Q-School Final Stage field.

Stage 1 Qualifier at Miglianico Golf & Country Club

England’s Ian Clark leads with a 5 under-par, 65 after the first round of the Stage 1 Qualifier, which is being played at Miglianico Golf & Country Club. Spain’s Ramon Clavell Vallejo is in a 4-way tie for 2^nd place with a score of 2 under-par, 68, alongside England’s Reis Suart and Robert Holden (am) and Spain’s Agusti Quinquilla. Only 1 stroke back from the four-way tie, there is a 5-way tie at 1 under-par with Netherland’s Thom Hoetmer (am), Erik Shukhart, and Ignacio Fons Pelufo from Spain, Italy’s Stefano Pitoni, and French amateur Anguerrand Voisin.

At the end of tomorrow’s round, the top 21 players will earn a spot in next week’s event. The final round will begin at 8 am local time.

Stage 1 Qualifier at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club

After round 1 of the 2023 Alps Tour Stage 1 Qualifier played at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club, Scotland’s John Paterson leads with a 5 under-par, 67. Only 1 stroke back in 2^nd place, English amateur Mason Essam with a first-round score of 68. In 3^rd place France’s Romain Lanteri who shot a 3 under-par, 69. There is a 3-way tie for 4^th place only 1 stroke back at 2 under-par with: Spain’s Mario Garcia Garoz and Ruben Pardo Rodriguez and Ireland’s Simon Bryan.

Once tomorrow’s final round is concluded, the top 28 players will earn a spot in the field of the 2023 Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage, where they will try and earn their playing status for the 2024 season.

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