3rd March 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
Edoardo R Lipparelli wins the 2024 New Giza Open!
Cairo, March 3rd, 2024- Italy’s Edoardo R Lipparelli wins the 2024 New Giza Open with a total score of 17 under-par. France’s Aymeric Laussot and England’s Harry Goddard conclude the tournament in a two-way tie for 2nd place only 1 stroke back. In a two-way tie for 4th place at 15 under-par Spain’s Mario Galiano Aguilar and France’s Benjamin Kedochim.
Alps Tour President and Chairman of The Board of Directors, Mr. Marco Durante, traveled to Egypt to be on-site during the final tournament of the 2024 Winter Series. Ahead of today’s final round, he commented: “The Egyptian Winter Series offers a chance for our players to start the season early in ideal weather conditions. I wanted to see the quality of the golf courses and facilities firsthand. Based on the players’ comments and my own personal experience, I consider them excellent. This is mainly thanks to the active and valuable cooperation with Mr. Ali Mohamed, director of New Giza and Sokhna Golf Club.”
From Left: Mr. Ali Mohamed- Sokhna Golf Club Director; Mr. Marco Durante- Alps Tour President and Chairman of The Board of Directors, Ms. Estelle Richard- Chief Executive & Operations Director and Mr. Alessandro Pia- Deputy Director of Tour Operations and Tournament Director
Final Round Player Quotes
Italy’s Edoardo R Lipparelli, 27, wins his second Alps Tour title at the 2024 New Giza Open. He was in a tie for 4thplace after yesterday’s round 2 and today he shot a fabulous bogey-free 9 under-par, 63 to conclude the tournament with a three-day total of 17 under-par. He is a past winner on the Alps Tour, won the 2018 Alps Tour Order of Merit and has collected a number of top 3 finishes over the years. After his win, Lipparelli proudly commented: “I’m very pleased, I played well today. Obviously when you put together a bogey-free round it’s always special but today my game was very solid. I always try to focus on hitting shot by shot and not focus on the overall result. I began my round making 4 birdies in the first 5 holes and even after doing that, I tried to focus on one shot at a time.” He added that this is a special win to him as: “it shows that the hard work I did this off-season is paying off. It’s good to be back in the winner’s circle after these past few years. My goal remains the same which I think is the same as most of us players have, which is to conclude the season in the top 5 spots to earn one of the Challenge Tour cards.” Lipparelli also mentioned how “I found that the level of golf the players competing on the Alps Tour are playing has grown tremendously over the years. It showed even today with the scores that were made. There will be some exciting battles this season.”
The winner of the season-opening event, the 2024 Ein Bay Open, France’s Aymeric Laussot, 23, concludes the tournament in a two-way tie for 2nd place only 1 stroke back at 16 under-par, alongside England’s Harry Goddard. He made 5 birdies on his opening front nine and then made 4 more birdies and 1 bogey on the back nine to conclude his day with a 8 under-par, 64. After his fabulous final round, Laussot commented: “8 under-par on the final round giving yourself a chance to win is all you can really do. Hats off to Edoardo to shot 9 under-par. We played together and to be honest it was a great golf show, hole after hole. He kept hitting it slightly closer than me, but my putter was hot today, and I made a lot of important putts. I’m really pleased with the way I played overall and I have a lot to take away from this Winter Series. I tried to put some pressure on him, but he’s been playing great the past few tournaments and he was extremely solid today.”
Harry Goddard, 24, from England is the second player who concluded the 2024 New Giza Open in the two-way tie for 2ndplace at 16 under-par. After his 8 under-par, 64 round, Goddard commented: “The round went very well today. It was a bogey-free round which is always nice but honestly today I really hit the ball lovely which makes it even more rewarding.” When asked what he takes away from the beginning of the season, he added: “it’s been good to get out and play some competitive golf and to be able to finish the trip off with a T2nd place is good.”
After the first three events of the 2024 season, the Alps Tour Order of Merit rank has Edoardo R Lipparelli leading with 13,005.00 points. Aymeric Laussot and Jose Antonio Sintes Navarro (am) close out the top three spots. In 4thplace, Harry Goddard with 4,716.00 points and Eduard Rousaud is in 5th place with 4,606.18 points.
Final Round
Edoardo R Lipparelli winner of the 2024 New Giza Open, earned the winner’s check of €5,800 and 6,525 Order of Merit points.
Now the Alps Tour players will have a few weeks off before the next scheduled event of the 2024 season.
Tournament Promoter
The 2024 New Giza Open can count on the support of: New Giza Company as the main sponsor of the tournament, as well as TPC- Touristic Promotion Company and Coca-Cola Egypt.
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2nd March 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
Benjamin Kedochim extends his lead at the 2024 New Giza Open.
It was another beautiful day with mostly sunny skies that welcomed the players at New Giza Golf Club in Cairo, Egypt for the 2nd round of the 2024 New Giza Golf Club. Play began at 7:00 am local time from the 1st and 10th hole. The first time the Alps Tour played at New Giza Golf Club was in 2019 and Italy’s Lorenzo Scalise, who now plays regularly on the DP World Tour, won the event. Players are competing with good scoring conditions this week, even if they faced more wind today compared to yesterday’s first round.
France’s Benjamin Kedochim, 29, maintains his lead after two rounds of the 2024 New Giza Open. He shot a second round of 5 under-par,67 with 1 eagle, 4 birdies, and 1 bogey for a two-day total of 11 under-par. Kedochim has earned numerous top 5 finishes in his career but is still looking to earn his 1st title as he has never won an Alps Tour event. After his round, he was delighted and happily commented: “Even if we teed off in the morning today, it was significantly windier than yesterday. It was already really windy at 5:30 this morning when I left the hotel. The course is wide, so I feel like you can allow yourself to miss some shots off the tees, they don’t need to be perfect, however your iron shots and your putting need to be spot on. I feel like I managed well today in these conditions and the only bogey I made was a stupid one but then I almost made an albatross on 14 so it was a good comeback.” He added that this week, “I’m not thinking at all about the results, I’m just trying to stay in the present and hit the shot that’s ahead of me and I also do the same with my putting. I try to hit the putt on the line I see without thinking about the consequences or having to tell myself I need to make it.” Kedochim plans to “do a little practice this afternoon just to go over the fundamentals I’ve been working on and allow my body to memorize well my swing which seems to be working well and some rest as that is always very important ahead of tomorrow’s final round.”
Manfredi Manica, 28, from Italy, winner of the 2023 Aravell Golf Open by Creand, is 2 strokes off the lead after the 2nd round of the 2024 New Giza Open. He was tied for 2nd place at 5 under-par after the 1st round of the tournament and remains in a 2-way tie for 2nd place with a two-day total of 9 under-par. He made 6 birdies and 1 double bogey during round 2, for a 4 under-par, 68. At the conclusion of his round, he commented on how, “today was a good day, yesterday wasn’t bad either but today the only negative part was the double bogey on the last hole which was unfortunate. However, it’s done now, and I can only look forward to tomorrow and try my best. I don’t want to do what I did at the season-opening event, where I had a rough start to the round, and then all I can do is to try and recover. Yes, it was the first event of the season, so my game was a bit rusty but tomorrow I plan to play like I did today and having played a few rounds, I’m a bit more confident overall in my game.” Manica added that, “it would mean a lot to me to win tomorrow. That would mean adding another title next to my name, but most importantly, it would allow me to have some margin for the rest of the season, which would determine my chances of being in the top 5 of the order of merit rank. That said, I will stay present and focused on my round and what I can control and see if it will be enough at the end of the round.”
England’s Harry Ellis, 28, who was tied for 17th place after yesterday’s 1st round, now finds himself in a 2-way tie for 2ndplace with a two-day total of 9 under-par. He shot a bogey-free 6 under-par, 66 in today’s round 2 where he made 5 birdies in a row to begin his day. Ellis’s best finish this season was a 10th place at the season-opening, 2024 Ein Bay Open. After he concluded his bogey-free round, Ellis commented: “it was a quick start to the round which put me in a good place for the rest of the day. To have a bogey-free round, on a tricky day feels very rewarding.” He added that he plans to: “just go out and play another round of golf. I feel like I have some good momentum and I am just looking forward to being out on the course again tomorrow.”
In a 7-way tie for 4th place at 8 under-par you can find: Spain’s Jorge Maicas and Mario Galiano Aguilar, England’s Harry Goddard and Arron Edwards-Hill, Italy’s Edoardo R Lipparelli and Enrico Di Nitto and France’s Aymeric Laussot.
Final Round
The final round of the 2024 New Giza Open will begin at 8:00 am local time from the 1st and 10th hole. The leaders will tee off at 9:17 am local time from the 1st hole.
The winner of the 2024 New Giza Open, will earn the winning check of €5,800 and 6,525 Order of Merit points.
Tournament Promoter
The 2024 New Giza Open can count on the support of: New Giza Company as the main sponsor of the tournament, as well as TPC- Touristic Promotion Company and Coca-Cola Egypt.
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28th February 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
The 2024 Winter Series moves to Cairo for the 2024 New Giza Open.
Cairo, February 29th, 2024 – The Alps Tour players continue their journey in Egypt this week as they move to Egypt’s capital, Cairo, to compete in the third and final event of the 2024 Winter Series, the 2024 New Giza Open. The tournament will be played at the beautiful New Giza Golf Club in Cairo from March 1st to March 3rd, 2024.
The Alps Tour debuted at New Giza Golf Club in March 2019, and the inaugural event was won by Italy’s Lorenzo Scalise, now a regular on the DP World Tour.
The Field
Both of this season past winners will be headlining the field of the 2024 New Giza Open: Aymeric Laussot, winner of the 2024 Ein Bay Open, and Jose A. Sintes Navarro (am), winner of the 2024 Red Sea Little Venice Open.
Jose Manuel Pardo Benitez, Manfredi Manica, Gianmaria Rean Trinchero, and Augustin Holé, who are all winners on the Alps Tour during the 2023 season, will also be in the field during the final event of the 2024 Winter Series.
In addition, all players currently in the top 10 of the Order of Merit rank except for Lukas Lipold, 4th place will be competing this week.
Among the 120 players scheduled to compete at the final tournament of the 2024 Winter Series, there will be approximately 23 worldwide countries represented, among which: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cameroun, Egypt, England, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Swiss, Tunisia and Venezuela. The field will consist of 100 professional players and 20 amateur players.
As for the first two events of the 2024 Winter Series, at the 2024 New Giza Open, there will be approximately 120 players competing for an overall prize fund of €40,000 and 45,000 Order of Merit Points. The 2024 New Giza Open winner will earn €5,800 and 6,525 Order of Merit points.
The event will be played as a 54 holes stroke play tournament where a cut will be made after 36 holes.
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The Course
The final event of the 2024 Winter Series, the 2024 New Giza Open will be hosted at the beautiful New Giza Golf Club in Cairo, Egypt, located about 200km northwest of Sokhna Golf Club.
It is located on 200 acres of land and was built by Thomson, Perrett & Lobb, featuring some amazing views of the world-famous Pyramids of Giza. The course seamlessly melds the natural terrains, creating an inspiring environment for all players. It meanders through an old quarry, offering the players some suggestive views. It has some strategically placed bunkers, changes in elevation, scenic lakes, and an impressive desert landscape cutting into the huge undulating greens, which altogether complete the experience at New Giza Golf Club.
The players competing this week will play the course set up as a 6711 meters, Par 72.
Tournament Promoter
The 2024 New Giza Open can count on the support of: New Giza Company as the main sponsor of the tournament, as well as TPC- Touristic Promotion Company and Coca-Cola Egypt.
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6th March 2020 | Alps Tour Golf
Postponement of the Alps Tour Winter Series
Paris – 6 March 2020. Given the current situation regarding the Covid-19 virus, the Alps Tour Board has taken the decision to postpone the three upcoming events in Egypt.
The Allegria Open, the Dreamland Pyramids Open and the New Giza Open will be rescheduled for September 2020. Exact details will be released in the near future.
At the moment, no other postponement of events is envisaged, although we are closely monitoring the situation and we shall abide by the orders of the relevant authorities.
We will keep you posted soon.
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20th February 2020 | Alps Tour Golf
Keunen Captures the Ein Bay Open Title
Suez (Egypt), February 20, 2020 – The Dutchman, Lars Keunen, continued his week of steady golf to win the Ein Bay Open 2020 here at Sokhna Golf Club with a -12 (204) for the 54 holes.
This is his third season on the Alps Tour but his first win since turning professional. His previous best was second position in March 2019, again in Egypt, at the New Giza Open.
He finished the first round in third place then moved up to second after 36 holes and then took the first place today, four points clear of the nearest contender. Obviously thrilled to finally lift a trophy after a difficult 2019 season:
“I was just saying to some of the other guys that I missed the last six cuts. I started well last season but then went down towards the end. But the last couple of months I’ve been getting better.”
He also stated that he had changed a lot of things in his game:
“I’ve never hit a fade in my life but now I hit them all the time. I’m also practicing better and believe that if I practice well then, the results will come by themselves. “
And indeed, they did today. With a bogey-free round and four birdies he shot a 68 (-4) for the day. His play was pretty regular over the three rounds with a first round 66 (-6) without a bogey on the horizon and a second round 70 (-2) where he counter-balanced his 3 bogeys with four birdies and an eagle.
The English player, Sam Robinson, roared up the score board today moving to joint second place from fifteenth. With 5 birdies, an eagle on the par 5 15th and just one bogey he came into the clubhouse with -8 (208) for the tournament after an excellent 66 (-6) today.
He is joined by Tomas Santos Silva from Portugal, also with -8 (208). Having scored par 72 today, he maintained his position from yesterday.
In fourth place is rookie Jeong Weon Ko. The French player was joint leader after day one and his two succeeding rounds of par 72 saw him finish at –7 (209).
Vitor Londot Lopes from Portugal takes the fifth place with -6 (210) after also shooting a 66 (-6) today which rocketed him up from yesterday’s twenty-third place.
In joint sixth place at -5 (211) are the two Spanish players Victor Pastor Rufian, yesterday’s leader and Angel Hidalgo Portillo.
The players now have just two days before the next tournament, the Red Sea Little Venice Open which starts on 23rd February. This is also taking place here at Sokhna Golf Club but on Courses B & C. They play a little shorter, 6641 yards/6073 metres, than the Ein Bay Open A & B combination, 6963 yards/6367 metres.
With the weather forecast to continue in the same vein, warm and sunny, the second tournament of the season looks set to be off to a great start.
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1st April 2019 | Alps Tour Golf
Rookie Scalise is the Master of New Giza
It took only four tournaments to Italian rookie Lorenzo Scalise to catch his first win as a pro in the first edition of New Giza Open, on the spectacular New Giza course in Cairo (Egypt), with a total of -12 and one stroke advantage, the same he had after the second round. It was not an easy path for Scalise, though, because Dutch Lars Keunen had no intention of giving up at any time, after he signed a 65 yesterday, and so they went head-to-head scoring both 70 (-2) on the last round ; Spaniard Xavi Puig Giner popped up from behind – he was tied 9th at -4 after 36 holes – matching the course record 65 and joining the two leaders for a short time, and then settling for second place tied with Keunen.
Scalise, 23, turned pro at the end of last year and gained access to the Alps Tour at the Qualifying School last December with a category 6 which gave him right to play all the tournaments in the 2019 schedule, and now he has jumped to category 1 – those of winners. « If it had been the first round, I must say I wouldn’t be too happy about my game because it was kind of crappy at times – said Scalise – I hit two balls in the water on 11 and 14, but in the end I won the tournament! So I’m really happy and it was a good fight until the end, when the birdie on 17 gave me the advantage I needed to win. It is such a nice feeling, last time I won it was back in 2017 as an amateur, a college tournament in the U.S.A., so being able to be solid at the beginning of my pro career makes me very happy ».
Keunen, 21, is on his second season as a pro, and last year had two top 5 out of 12 tournaments played : « Today it was a really close fight between Lorenzo and me, and when on 13th we saw that another player had reached us on -11 I told myself ‘come on, we’re going to catch that guy !’. In the end Lorenzo finished one stroke better than us, a well deserved win for him. It was a very good tournament in all, on a great course with probably the best conditions we’ve ever had on Alps Tour lately ».
Xavier Puig Giner, 30, from Barcelona (Spain), scored a bogeyfree round : « I knew there were many players in contention, and that with a lot of wind anything could happen, so the chip in at the first hole gave me a lot of confidence. I really played well the whole round, always on the fairway with my drives and on the greens in regulations, I’ve also made a very long putt from 15 metres ; it was one of those days when all goes well. I worked especially on the mental side of the game, sometimes you need to forget about the result and concentrate shot by shot, and I’m happy because I was able to do that and finish with a birdie on 18 » – so to tie the course record 65 (-7) signed yesterday by Keunen.
Scalise’s cheque is worth 5,800 euros, and the young Italian is now leading the Order of Merit with 9,295.38 euros and a very small margin over Austrian Lukas Nemecz.
Alps Tour schedule will resume in just three days for the last of the Winter Series tournaments, Katameya Dunes Open (4-6 April), on another great venue in Cairo and for the same prize money, 40,000 euros.
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31st March 2019 | Alps Tour Golf
Italian rookie Scalise leads by one at New Giza
Weather conditions were milder today in Egypt at New Giza Golf for the second round of the New Giza Open, although still not what you would expect in this part of the world, with the wind blowing at peaks of 30 km/h and temperatures fluctuating between 13° and 18°.
Whatever the weather, it was another perfect day for Italian rookie Lorenzo Scalise, who added a 66 (7 birdies and one single bogey) to the 68 he signed yesterday and is now one stroke clear of Dutch Lars Keunen. With eight birdies and one bogey Keunen, 21, at his second year on Alps Tour, climbed five positions on the leaderboard – yesterday he was tied 7th with a 70 (-2) – and is now owner of the new course record, 65 (-7).
Alone in third position at -7, is rookie Frenchman Pierre Pineau (71-66), 19, also successful at the Qualifying School last December as Scalise and Parisian Frederic Lacroix, who sits in fourth position at -6 (72-66) tied with first-round leader Julien Foret. Lacroix, winner of the first tournament of the season at Sokhna, the Ein Bay Open, today climbed 19 steps in the rankings (he was tied 25th yesterday) ; his same second-round score 66 was posted by Argentinian Martin Contini (9th place, at -4) and Spaniard Angel Hidalgo Portillo (15th place, at -3).
« I’ve played even better than yesterday – said Scalise, 23 – the quality of my shots was certainly higher and I hit my drives well, this was one of the goals I had for the day ; I’ve also made some more putts, which always helps. The first holes were the key, I’ve started strong – I was minus 3 after 6 although it was cold and quite windy, and then in the front nine (my back nine actually, since I’ve started from hole 10) from hole 2 to 5 I could save pars and take advantage of two more birdies. Now I’m exactly where I wanted to be, on top, and if I can keep this rythm it will certainly be an interesting and amusing day ».
Fifty players made the cut on level par, among them only the 4 amateurs will not share the 40,000 euros prize money at stake.
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30th March 2019 | Alps Tour Golf
New Giza proves to be an excellent test with Frenchman Foret leading at -5
Although the first round could not be completed due to darkness – a couple of teams will have to finish tomorrow morning – we can already say that the verdict is unanimous : New Giza is a real gem, a spectacular course and a true test of golf.
Players are enthusiastic about the new venue chosen by Alps Tour for the New Giza Open, the second tournament of the March Winter Series, taking place in Cairo, Egypt. Only four months after its inauguration, New Giza Golf is hosting its first pro tournament, and although the severe weather conditions put to the test the players – especially those playing in the morning, with wind (and sand) blowing with gusts of 45 km/h – they all had words of praise for the work of art made by designer Tim Lobb.
While Spaniard Manuel Elvira was the best of the morning draw, at -3, scores improved a bit during the afternoon with the wind calming down, and Frenchman Julien Foret could take advantage of it by posting a spotless 67 (-5) with five birdies, which becomes the first record of the course. « When you score minus 5 in those hard conditions, you are satisfied by all means – said Foret, 36, winner of Open de Fes in 2006. « Everything worked really well for me from tee to green, and in the last five-six holes the wind was less strong; of course I could have done better, but I’m really happy. The course is outstanding, since I first came here I fell in love with it, the first practice day I’ve played 27 holes! Hats off to Alps Tour for choosing such a great venue, and to the designer for the fantastic job he did».
Alone in second position is Italian rookie Lorenzo Scalise, at -4 (one eagle, 5 birdies and 3 bogeys), also playing in the afternoon. « I’ve started solid with a birdie on the first hole, I knew I had to attack on the front nine because the strong wind was actually helping to reach the greens. I made a couple of stupid mistakes from the tee, a lack of concentration maybe, and I’ve hit fairway bunkers – something you really cannot afford to do here, but I’ve also made some 2-3 metres putts, something you cannot take for granted in the wind », conceded Scalise, 23, with a strong amateur career in the Italian team. « On the back nine I’ve played better, even if I left a couple of shots here and there ; I’m very happy with my 68, which would be a good score in the sunny weather and even more so today ». The course? «Fantastic and in great conditions, although it is very young ».
In third position at -3 (69), together with Elvira, are Italian Edoardo Lipparelli, Swiss Arthur Ameil-Planchin and Dutch Lars Van Meijel.
Final results of the first round will be finalised when the six players who had to leave the course due to darkness will play the last couple of holes, tomorrow morning at 7:00.
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