Alps Tour Golf | Ben Schmidt

30th September 2022 | Alps Tour Golf

Ben Schmidt wins the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open.

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Pos.	Name	Score
1	Ben Schmidt (England)	-15 (201)
2	Vince Van Veen (Netherlands)	-14 (202)
3	Gary Hurley (Ireland)	-13 (203)
T4	Sam Robinson (England)	-12 (204)
	Tom Vaillant-am (France)	-12 (204)
	Edoardo R Lipparelli	-12 (204)

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Agrate Conturbia, September 30^th 2022- Ben Schmidt wins with an unbelievable birdie-birdie finish his 1^st professional event at the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open with a score of 15 under-par. Vince Van Veen, winner at the 2022 Fred Olsen Alps de La Gomera concluded the tournament just one stroke back 14 under-par. In third place, another of this season previous winner Ireland’s Gary Hurley at 13 under-par. There was a 3-way tie for 4^th place at 12 under-par with: Sam Robinson, Tom Vaillant (am) and Edoardo R Lipparelli.

The final round tee times of the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open were delayed 1 hour due to heavy overnight rain that caused unplayable greens. Thanks to the unbelievable work performed by the Golf Club Castelconturbia superintendents the final round began at 9:00am with the overnight leaders teeing off at 10:20am. Players competing in today’s final round had to face a cold and rainy day with softer course conditions compared to the last few days.

Final Round Player Quotes-

Ben Schmidt won his first professional event here at the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open by just one stroke. He concluded the tournament at 15 under-par with a 5 under-par final round. During today’s final round, Ben made 6 birdies and 1 bogey. After he finished his round, his first reactions were, “My game was very good today, it’s been very solid all week. I made a small mistake on 16 with a bogey today but it was a nice finish with 2 good birdies on 17 and 18. So I was very happy with that. He also added that: “I’ve enjoyed this course, it’s a thinkers course, you have to put it in play off the tee and if you don’t then it will be hard to hit good shots into the greens. The greens are tricky but very rewarding at the same time. I’ve really enjoyed playing this course.” With this being his first professional win, he added: “this is my first professional win so I would like to try and take everything that I’ve learned from this week into my next events.”

Vince Van Veen from Netherlands, shot a final round of 7 under-par for a three-day total of 14 under-par to conclude his tournament in 2^nd place just one stroke from the lead. After he concluded his final round under some difficult conditions, Vince was very pleased: “I’ve worked really hard on my putting and this week more pieces were coming together and it’s exactly what I wanted heading into the final next week. I was playing very well. I made a few mistakes but was able to recover and made pars. Making 7 birdies with no bogeys is always good before the finals.” He now has a few days off before the finals next week and Vince plans on “resting a lot the next few days before the finals.” When asked what his plan is for the finals, Vince commented: “Next week I want to maintain focus on the process goals that is what makes me perform well and stay present day by day.”

The Alps Tour Order of Merit rank heading into next week’s 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final has Italy’s Gregorio De Leo leading and France’s Tom Vaillant (am) and Julien Sale to close out the top three spots. In 4^th place, Ireland’s Gary Hurley and in 5^th place Netherland’s Vince Van Veen.

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Ben Schmidt winner of the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open, earned 6,525 Order of Merit points and the winning check of €5,800.

Next week the top 50 players in the official Order of Merit rank, will compete at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final which will be played at Modena Golf & Country Club from October 6^th– October 8^th. The tournament prize fund is set at € 50,000 and 5 Challenge Tour cards will be given out to the top 5 players in the order of merit at the conclusion of the event.

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Like the majority of the Alps Tour events played in Italy, this event is organized by the Italian Pro Tour, which is a branch of the Italian Golf Federation. They promote a great part of professional golf events that are played in Italy. The main sponsors that support the Italian Pro Tour include DS Automobiles, Fideuram, Kappa, Rinascente and Poste Assicura. In addition, their media partners are the following three Italian newspapers: Corriere dello Sport, Tuttosportand Il Giornale. The Italian Pro Tour featured social partner is Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus and with an official advisor, Infront.

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29th September 2022 | Alps Tour Golf

A two-way tie for the lead after 36-holes at the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open.

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Pos.	Name	Score
1	Andrea Saracino (Italy)	66-67 (-11)
	Mario Galiano Aguilar (Spain)	67-66 (-11)
3	Ben Schmidt (England)	70-64 (-10)
	Alexander Kopp (Austria)	67-67 (-10)

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Agrate Conturbia, September 29^th 2022- Italy’s Andrea Saracino and Spain’s Mario Galiano Aguilar are in a two-way tie for the lead at 11 under-par entering the final round of the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open. They hold a one stroke lead over England’s Ben Schmidt and Austria’s Alexander Kopp that are in a tie for 3^rd place at 10 under-par. There is a 5-way tie for 5^th place at 9 under-par that includes two winners of this season: Portugal’s Tomas Guimaraes Bessa and France’s Tom Vaillant (am).

Another typical fall day with overcast skies, chilly temperatures and some light rains towards the end of the day at Golf Club Castelconturbia for the second round of the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open. It was another day with opportunities for good scoring conditions for the players to take advantage ahead of tomorrow’s final round. They are eagerly trying to capture important order of merit points and move up as much as possible in the rankings ahead of next week’s 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final. Play began again at 8:00 am this morning from both the 1st and 10th hole. The expected forecast for tomorrow’s final round remains similar, however there will be a chance of rain.

Round 2 Player Quotes-

Italy’s Andrea Saracino who was in a tie for 4^th place at the conclusion of yesterday’s 1^st round, finds himself in a tie for the lead after today’s round. He followed his opening-round of 6 under-par, with a 5 under-par in the second round for a two-day total of 11 under-par. He turned professional in 2017 and hopes to make a final move in the Alps Tour Order of Merit to try and regain his Challenge Tour card at next week’s event. He has been playing very consistent throughout the season and hopes to breakthrough with a win before the season ends. When Andrea concluded his round, he was very pleased on how he played today: “My long game was very good today, I hit a lot of good shots into the greens for birdies. I putted very well on the front nine holes and then it was steady on the back nine. I’m overall extremely pleased about today’s round and who knows what will happen tomorrow.” He also commented on how “my long game has been solid all season, my putting is what I struggled with the most but the last couple of events it seems like it’s finally coming around.” Andrea went on to add that he wants to “remain focused on these next two events of the season and see what happens before making any plans for the future.”

Spain’s Mario Galiano Aguilar followed his opening round of 5 under-par 67 with a 6 under-par 66 for a two-day total of 11 under-par, which allows him to be in a tie for the lead entering tomorrow’s final round. He made 1 eagle and 3 birdies on the front nine holes and 2 birdies and a single bogey on the back nine. Mario commented after his round that his: “iron play has been very good this week. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about my driving but when I do put the ball in play, I’ve been making a lot of birdies. My putter has been working well good also.” On how he will approach tomorrow, he plans on “trying to do the same tomorrow. Put the ball in the fairways as much as possible and I know I can have a chance to win. Tomorrow will definitely be a day where I can learn a lot and I’m excited to see what will happen.”

England’s Ben Schmidt shot an incredible bogey-free 8 under-par round today for a two-day total of 10 under-par and be in a tie for 3^rd place only 1 stroke off the lead entering tomorrow’s final round. He made 6 birdies on the front nine and 2 birdies on the back. When Ben signed for his 8under-par, he was very satisfied: “today was a great day, I played really solidly all around, played very similar to yesterday just today I holed a few more putts. I holed a few long putts and made some clutch savers. When I missed the green, I got up and down. I had the same game plan and yesterday felt it was good so just stuck to that and I will be doing the same for tomorrow.” He found that the course was “playing very similar to yesterday, greens fairly soft which means could fire at the pins and the ball was stopping.” Ben also told said he feels like he’s been hitting his driver very well over the past 2 days which is important on this course, “on this course if you are straight off the tee then you will always have a chance because the course isn’t so long but if you don’t put it in play then you can struggle.”

Alexander Kopp from Austria is tied for 3^rd place alongside Ben Schmidt at 10 under-par and only 1 stroke off the lead. He shot a second round of 5 under-par 67 with 8 birdies and 3 bogeys. At the conclusion of Alexander’s round, he was very happy with his first two round here at the 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open. “I unfortunately hit some bad drives off the tee today but my short game was very solid. Tomorrow I want to go out there enjoy the round and the wonderful course we are playing on this week.”

The 5-way tie for 5^th place at 9 under-par only 2 strokes from the lead includes: Daniel Hebenstreit, Edoardo R Lipparelli, Daniel Gurtner, Tomas Guimaraes Bessa and Tom Vaillant (am).

Edoardo Giletta from Italy made a hole-in-one on the par 3 4^th hole during today’s second round. Tom Vaillant(am) shot the low round of the day with a 9 under-par 63 today.