6th May 2022 | Alps Tour Golf
Koen Kouwenaar wins the inaugural 2022 Molinetto Alps Open
Milan, May 6th, 2022 – A long day ahead for the players competing in the inaugural 2022 Molinetto Alps Open at Molinetto Country Club near Milan, Italy. At 7:30 under a consistent rain, play for round 2 resumed. Once, round 2 was completed, a total of 50 players, which included 46 pros and 4 amateurs made the cut that was set at 138, 4 under-par.
The Final Round of the 2022 Molinetto Alps Open began at 9:20 from hole 1 and 10. The final group that included, Round 2 leader Alessandro Tadini at 11 under-par, his fellow countryman Gregorio De Leo just 1 stroke back at 10 under- par and Netherland’s Koen Kouwenaar at 9 under-par teed off at 10:48. After a long battle especially on the last couple of holes between Alessandro Tadini and Koen Kouwenaar, Kouwenaar wins on the 18th hole by just one stroke at 14 under-par.
Molinetto Country Club is a course that has never previously hosted an Alps Tour event before this week but proved to be a good test for the players especially in the conditions they had to face the last two rounds.
Player Quotes-
After his win today, Koen Kouwenaar, has become the new Order of Merit Leader after the 7th event. Koen who turned professional at the end of 2020 but is playing his first season on the Alps Tour as he was unable to play last year due to a wrist surgery. His final round, included 1 double bogey and 3 birdies on the front nine and 4 birdies on the back. After his round, Koen was very pleased with his day, “My game was good, I was satisfied with my game especially with my long irons and I had my putter which was hot and obviously that helps and I’m very happy.” Koen complimented his playing partners especially Italy’s Alessandro Tadini, “I didn’t know Alessandro but you can see in his experience and especially the way he handled his game while being in contention.” Koen dedicated this win to himself, especially the hard work, long hours and dedication he had to put in his game since his surgery. Now, Koen looks ahead and is excited for the rest of the season as he has reached one of his goal and now looks towards gaining his Challenge Tour card especially being the new Order of Merit Leader.
Alessandro Tadini of Italy, who was in tied contention with Koen Kouwenaar up until the 18th green, shot a 2 under-par final round which included 6 birdies and 4 bogeys. He had a consistent game throughout the final round but slightly blames his nerves for not being able to capture the win. “I needed to be a bit less nervous on the last 4/5 holes and probably I would have been more in contention. I came on 18 after a few holes of mishitting my tee shots and wasn’t at ease on the 18th hole. I am very happy about this week and I putted very well so I gave myself a chance to return to victory but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be this week.”
The four amateurs that made the cut, concluded their tournament at 8-under-par.
Final Round-
The winner of the inaugural 2022 Molinetto Alps Open, will earn €5,800 and 6,525 Order of Merit points.
For the Final Round leaderboard click here or on the official Alps Tour Golf app
The next stop on the Alps Tour schedule moves to Graz, Austria for the 30th Goesser Open. The event is scheduled from May 12th– May 14th at Golf Club Erzherzog Johann, Maria Lankowitz.
Tournament Promoter-
Like the majority professional golf events that are played in Italy, the inaugural 2022 Molinetto Alps Open is organized by the Italian Pro Tour. The main sponsors that support the Italian Pro Tour include DS Automobiles, Fideuram, Kappa and Eureco. In addition, their media partners are the following three Italian newspapers: Corriere dello Sport, Tuttosport and Il Giornale. The Italian Pro Tour featured social partner is Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus with official advisor, Infront.
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2nd May 2022 | Alps Tour Golf
The Tour heads to Milan for the 7th event of the season.
Milan, May 2nd 2022– After a two-week break, the tour returns this week for the 7th event of the season, the 2022 Molinetto Alps Open. The event will be played at Molinetto Golf and Country Club in Milan, Italy from Wednesday May 4th until Friday May 6th. On Tuesday May 3rd, the day prior to the start of the tournament, a shot gun pro-am will take place.
The Field-
All of this season previous winners except Oihan Guillamoundeguy will be competing for the inaugural 2022 Molinetto Alps Open. Manuel Morugan winner of the last Alps Tour tournament in Abruzzo and currently 13th in the Order of Merit will also be in the field this week. In addition, Stefano Mazzoli who is currently the highest-ranked player in the Order of Merit will also in the field this week. Mazzoli currently has a 1,092 points advantage over Portugal’s Tomas Bessa Guimaraes and both players have played all of this season’s previous events.
There will also be three current Challenge Tour players who are taking advantage of an off week to compete at the inaugural event. The three players are: Italy’s Enrico Di Nitto and Federico Maccario and Germany’s Dominic Foos.
There are 16 different nationalities represented among the 144 players competing this week. Throughout the 144 players the majority are representing Italy, Spain and France. The players will be competing for a prize fund of €40.000 and 45,000 Order of Merit points. The tournament winner will earn €5,800 and 6,525 Order of Merit points.
The Course-
Molinetto Golf and Country Club is a 5914 meters par 71 course. The course was built in the early 80s and was named after an old mill that was on the property when the course construction began. It was then redesigned in the early 90s by architect Luigi Rota Caremoli. Caremoli focused both the remodel of the tees and greens throughout the course, as well as the addition of new lakes and bunkers. A characteristic that remains true to Molinetto Golf and Country Club is its remarkable maintenance of its narrow fairways which require precision from each player.
Even though Molinetto Golf & Country Club has never previously hosted an Alps Tour event, the course gained recognition for hosting the 42* Italian Open in 1985. The event, held during the exact same dates, May 2nd through May 5th, 1985 saw Spain’s Manuel Piñero Sánchez triumphant with a total score of 276, only one shot away from Sam Torrance, close second. This tournament also saw Seve Ballesteros in close contention, closing in 5th place.
Being a new event on the schedule, it is sure to be an intriguing week where players will be subject to a new course, and its subsequent conditions. At the end of the event, we will have an inaugural winner of this Alps Tour stop with a new tournament score record for this course.
Tournament Promoter-
Like the rest 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 who promotes all professional golf events. The main sponsors that support the Italian Pro Tour include DS Automobiles, Fideuram, Kappa and Eureco. In addition, their media partners are the following three Italian newspapers: Corriere dello Sport, Tuttosport and Il Giornale. The Italian Pro Tour featured social partner is Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus with official advisor, Infront.
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