5th October 2022 | Alps Tour Golf
Vince Van Veen and his team win the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final Pro-Am presented by BPER Banca
Modena, October 5th 2022- It was a beautiful start to the week here at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final with today’s 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final Pro-Am presented by BPER Banca. There were 29 teams competing on the Bernhard Langer designed Modena Golf & Country Club, host of this week’s event.
Vince Van Veen won today’s pro-am alongside amateurs Adriano Belluti, Andrea Gatti and Rocco Larocca with an amazing total score of 47 under-par. In 2nd place Stefano Mazzoli’s team a total score of 43 under-par and in 3rd place Tomas Guimaraes Bessa with a total score 41 under-par.
The Alps Tour would like to thank Modena Golf & Country Club, its President Alberto Caselli, all of the staff and all of their members for the warm welcome received as well as to all of the sponsors who made today possible.
Today’s pro-am also had the support of numerous sponsor suppliers such as: Costa Crociere, Jaguar Land Rover, Sky Sport, Golf 2.0, Hygien Fee and Tweentee. As well as numerous partners like: Geo Group, Farmacia Costa, Consultants, Nanoprom, Costruzioni Generali due, Spin Automazioni, Golf’us, Ecoricerche, Gruppo Fiori, GSM, Slurp, Blondi Gioielli, Termoidraulica Venturelli/Ferretti Costruzioni, ITAS Assicurazione Agenzia Bevilacqua, Marano Lamiere, Poligolf Modena, Modula, Voiello and Parmigiano Reggiano.
The first round of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final begins tomorrow morning at 8:30 am. There will be 45 players competing for one of the five coveted 2023 Challenge Tour, that will be assigned to the top 5 ranked players in the Order of Merit at the end of this week’s event as well as the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final trophy and their 2023 Alps Tour Categories.
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4th October 2022 | Alps Tour Golf
It’s time for the season ending 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final!
Modena, October 4th 2022– Welcome to the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final! After a 17-week long season played in 6 different countries, it’s time for the season ending event. To participate in the sought-after final players, whether professional or amateur, must have participated in at least 5 events in 3 different countries. The first 50 professional players along with ranked amateurs in the ‘Top 50’ are eligible to compete. To compete, besides being placed in the ‘Top 50’, the ranked amateurs must be Alps Tour members. The top 5 players in the Order of Merit rank at the end of this week’s event will earn a Challenge Tour card for the 2023 season.
Gregorio De Leo, current Order of Merit leader has already secured himself one the of five Challenge Tourcards that is up for grabs at this week’s event. Tom Vaillant (am) is 2nd with 30,340.19 points and Julien Sale who will be playing his second event as a professional is in 3rd place with 30,197.50 points.
The 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final will be played at Modena Golf and Country Club in Modena, Italy from October 6th until October 8th. On Wednesday October 5th, the traditional best ball aggregate to par pro-am will take place with approximately 26 teams.
The Field-
It’s the last event of the season and the best ranked players will be competing for the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final trophy as well as attempt to earn one of the five coveted 2023 Challenge Tour, category 12 cards that will be assigned to the top 5 ranked players in the Order of Merit at the end of this week’s event.
All of this season’s previous winners except for Markus Brier, winner of the 30th Gösser Open and Ben Schmidt, winner of last week’s 2022 Castelconturbia Alps Open will be competing.
This week the players are competing for a prize fund of €50,000 and 60,000 points. The winner of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final will earn € 10,000 and 9,500 Order of Merit points.
The format of the tournament is a 54 holes stroke play, 18 holes a day with no cut. In case of a tie for 1st place at the conclusion of the 54 holes, there will be a sudden-death play-off to determine the winner of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final.
The tournament defending champion is Spain’s Victor Garcia Broto who won the event in 2021 with a three-day score of 13 under-par.
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The Course-
Modena Golf & Country Club, host of this week’s event, is a 6423 par 72 course. It was designed by German professional golfer and 2-times Masters Champion, Bernhard Langer alongside American architect, Jim Engh. Modena Golf & Country Club has hosted prestigious national and international junior events. It has also hosted the 2021 Alps Tour Grand Final as well as the Italian Open in 1993 that was won by Australian golfer Greg Turner with a score of -21.
Modena Golf & Country Club is home to 27 holes of golf, an 18 holes course as well as a 9 holes par three course. The 18 holes championship course has numerous water hazards, relatively large greens and some fairway slopes all within the relatively flat Modenese terrain. The course is outlined among oak and maple trees as well as evergreen shrubs.
According to Peugeot Golf Guide, the 18th hole “daring may be rewarded or simply ruin your card.” It will be interesting to see which strategy will be rewarded on both the par 5, 568 meters 13th hole as well as the par 5, 18th hole.
Tournament Promoter-
The 2022 Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final is promoted directly by the Alps Tour. The event can count on the support of Regione Emilia- Romagna, Modena Golf & Country Club and Federazione Italiana Golf. The tournament also has the support of numerous sponsor suppliers such as: BPER Banca, Costa Crociere, Jaguar Land Rover, Sky Sport, Golf 2.0, Hygien Fee and Tweentee. The event also has numerous partners such as: Geo Group, Farmacia Costa, Consultants, Nanoprom, Costruzioni Generali due, Spin Automazioni, Golf’us, Ecoricerche, Gruppo Fiori, GSM, Slurp, Blondi Gioielli, Termoidraulica Venturelli/Ferretti Costruzioni, ITAS Assicurazione Agenzia Bevilacqua, Marano Lamiere, Poligolf Modena, Modula, Voiello and Parmigiano Reggiano.
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Dates: October 6th -8th 2022
Where: Modena, Italy
Course: Modena Golf and Country Club
Defending Champion: Victor Garcia Broto
Purse/ Winner’s Share: €50,000 / € 10,000
Format: 54 holes stroke play, 18 holes a day with no cut
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11th October 2021 | Alps Tour Golf
Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final Closes the 2021 Season
October 11th, 2021, Modena – Just three days to go before the final tournament of the 20th anniversary year of the Alps Tour here at the Modena Golf & Country Club. The qualifying players are signed up and the final result on Saturday will determine those players who receive a Challenge Tour card for 2022.
The top five players on the Order of Merit receive a full category 13 card. At last weekend’s Golf Nazionale Alps Open, the victor, Jacopo Vecchi Fossa earned himself one of the cards as he is now invincible with 26,744 points and thus overall winner of this year’s OofM.
In second and third place are Ryan Lumsden on 23,503 points and Angel Hidalgo Portillo on 21,899 points respectively. As they are absent from the final, this opens up the board for the players in pursuit of the four remaining full cards and the five category 20 cards.
With 9500 points for the winner and 6000 for the runner-up, all the players will be determined to either maintain their positions or nudge a fellow player down the list to grab a card.
Paul Elissalde in fourth position on 15,507 points after his win at the Gösser Open will want a result to consolidate his position but three of his French compatriots, Franck Medale, winner of the Mirabelle d’Or, Edgar Catherine victor at the Alps de Andalucia and Pierre Pineau are right behind him. The French amateur, Paul Margolis, is sitting fifth at the moment, and whilst not eligible for a card, a good result would reaffirm his decision to turn pro next year after his win at the MIRA Live the Soul Open earlier in the season.
Among the Italian contenders, the recently turned-pro, Gregorio De Leo, would love to cap his rookie season with a win whilst Stefano Mazzoli winner of this year’s Antognolla Alps Open and Luca Cianchetti victor at the Red Sea Little Venice Open, cannot be ruled out. Not to mention Vitor Londot Lopes from Portugal and that is just the top twelve on the list. Nothing is certain until the last putt is holed. The format for the final is 54-hole stroke play over three days with no cut. In the event of a tie for first place after the 54 holes, the winner will be decided in a hole-by-hole play-off.
The course will also be decisive as it was designed by Bernhard Langer for an “attacking game”. This leads to players having to make a choice on certain holes, play cautiously or attack the greens and take a risk by sending the ball over large expanses of water. Notably the par three 6th and 11th greens which are surrounded by water and the formidable par 18th fronted by a lake where daring may make or ruin a card. The signature hole is the 13th: a 568m par 5 which on paper looks straight forward but in fact has water off to the right of the narrow fairway, dense trees to the left and culminates with several mounds in front of the double green defended by bunkers. It will be interesting to see which strategy the players opt for.
The Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final 2021 is promoted by the Alps Tour with the fundamental support of the Italian Golf Federation, Modena Golf & Country Club, and the Emilia Romagna Region.
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9th October 2021 | Alps Tour Golf
Jacopo Vecchi Fossa Wins Golf Nazionale Alps Open
October 9th, 2021, Rome – The Italian player Jacopo Vecchi Fossa held off the other contenders to win the Golf Nazionale Alps Open by one stroke on -9 (207). A repeat performance of last year when he also won here at the Golf Nazionale course and his second win this season after the Abruzzo Alps Open in April.
His result not only puts him at the top of the Order of Merit heading into the Grand Final next week but makes him this year’s winner. The second and third place players, Ryan Lumsden and Angel Hidalgo Portillo will not play the Grand Final and no other player can overtake him even if they win next week in Modena. Thus, Jacopo Vecchi Fossa is guaranteed one of the five full category places on the Challenge Tour next year. Bravo!
It was an exciting final round today as Jacopo Vecchi Fossa teeing off from the 1st, four strokes behind the leader, Mathias Eggenberger, carded four birdies and zero bogeys to be sitting -8 at the turn. In the flight behind him, Eggenberger was on -9.
The Italian continued to play solidly until the 13th when a bogey put him back a stroke to -7, rapidly recovered by birdie on the 14th to sit -8 with four holes to go. At the rear of him, Eggenberger double bogeyed the 14th to see a reversal of roles with the Swiss player now lagging behind the leader by a stroke.
A masterful birdie on the 18th saw Jacopo Vecchi Fossa enter the clubhouse with a two-stroke lead which could only be threatened by an eagle from Eggenberger on the last hole. Birdie it was and victory for Jacopo Vecchi Fossa:
“I started the round very well with a birdie and then I said to myself, “Don’t look at the leader board until the 15th hole”, just to concentrate on my round and stay focussed. Then I had a look at the leader board and saw I was leading by one. I played some good shots after that and then a birdie on the 18th to win. It’s not always easy being the defending champion but I’m very happy that next week we will play on my home course so I can celebrate with all the members and people I know there”.
Runner-up was Mathias Eggenberger on -8 (208) and in third place was one of his playing partners today, Alessandro Tadini from Italy on -6 (210). The highest ranked amateur for the tournament, Julien Sale from France came in on -4 (212). He scored par today as did David Carey from Ireland to share joint fourth position.
There was some other movement on the OofM after today’s results besides Jacopo Vecchi Fossa taking the top position and winning for 2021 . Mathias Eggenberger’s second place saw him jump twenty places to number 14, and David Carey moves up six to number 15 whilst Paul Elissalde’s joint seventh place pushes him up two slots to number 4.
It is going to make for an exciting Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final at the Modena Golf & Country Club next week from 14th-16th October especially as the points distributed are 30% higher than in the other competitions which can have a major impact on the OofM positions and the remaining Challenge Tour cards at stake.
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16th September 2021 | Alps Tour Golf
Modena Golf hosts the Final Show to celebrate our 20th Anniversary in style
September 16th, 2021 – The Grand Final of the Alps Tour has a new twist this year as it will be played for the first time on a prestigious venue in Italy under the name of Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final 2021. It is actually a comeback for the Modena Golf & Country Club, former host of the 50th edition of the Italian Open in 1993 and of one of the first stops in the schedule of our new-born Tour back in 1991, when the Alps Tour was moving its very first steps. Therefore, it is a more-than-welcome return in the list of famed Alps Tour venues in the year when the tour celebrates its 20th Anniversary.
Located in Emilia Romagna in the heart of Italy, a world-renowned region for some of the most well-known Italian culinary delights, and just a handful of kilometres from Maranello and the Ferrari supercars factory, the Modena Golf & Country Club was designed by the German champion Bernhard Langer and inaugurated in 1990 on a flat extension of over 100 hectares on the slopes of the Modena hills.
Characterized by wide greens and fairways, the Langer course is surrounded by five lakes and numerous bunkers which make it a fun and technical course.
“On behalf of the Members of the Modena Golf & Country Club – a club that is strongly committed to promoting the game of golf in our region at the best European levels, as well as to enhancing all its young athletes – I would like to thank the Alps Tour for choosing our Club as a venue for the Grand Final 2021, this year an even more important event having reached its twentieth edition”, says Alberto Caselli, President of Modena Golf. “I am sure that the players having the honour of participating in the event will be able to put on a show on the appealing course, venue for the 50th edition of the Italian Open and designed by a great champion, Bernhard Langer, assisted by the American architect Jim Eng.
“A deserved thanks, in addition to all the sponsors, goes to the Emilia Romagna Region for supporting the event and pursuing its tradition of particular attention to high-level competitive events, as well as to the promotion of the excellences of our territory – and there are so many. I am sure that the 20th Grand Final will honour Modena, just as I am certain of the commitment of the Modena Golf & Country Club for the success in the organization of this event”.
“Modena Golf & Country Club was one of the very first venues for an Alps Tour event, back in year 2001”, says Marco Durante, President of the Alps Tour Golf Association. “After twenty years of continuous service to the raising of young golf stars, we are very happy to return to Modena for the very special celebration of the Grand Final – 20th anniversary. We are very thankful to the Italian Golf Federation and to Modena Golf & Country Club for their faithful support“.
The top 50 professional players in the Alps Tour Order of Merit and those amateurs ranked within the top 50, will compete against each other on the Bernhard Langer designed course in the week of October 14-16 to determine the overall winner of the 2021 season.
On top of being in the top 50 following the last tournament of the regular season (the Golf Nazionale Alps Open, Oct. 7-9), players must also have played in at least 5 tournaments in 3 different countries this season to be able to take part in the Grand Final.
The format for the final is 54-hole stroke play over three days with no cut. In the event of a tie for first place after the 54 holes, the winner will be decided in a hole-by-hole play-off.
However, even more interestingly, the points distribution in the Grand Final can have a major impact on the OoM ranking. The prize money has been upgraded to €50,000 with a cheque of €7,000 for the winner, and the points earned have been increased by 30% compared to the other competitions. In total there are 60,000 points to be distributed, with the winner receiving 9,500 points and the runner-up 6,000 points.
What’s at stake? A full Challenge Tour category (cat. 13) for the 2022 season goes to the top five players on the OoM at the end of the Alps Tour 2021 Grand Final, while the following five will get a category 20.
The Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final 2021 is promoted by the Alps Tour with the fundamental support of the Italian Golf Federation, Modena Golf & Country Club, and the Emilia Romagna Region.
The entry deadline for the Emilia Romagna Alps Tour Grand Final 2021 is September 30th.
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