11th November 2023 | Alps Tour Golf
The top 28 players from Terre dei Consoli GC are promoted into the 2023 Q-School Finals.
Italy, November 11th 2023– At 8:30 am local time this morning, the 1st Stage Qualifier held at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club was resumed after it was suspended yesterday at 5:20 pm local time due to darkness. A total of 71 players were competing to earn one of the 28 spots that were up for grabs which would allow them to earn a spot in the 2023 Alps Tour Qualifying School Finals.
The Q-School Finals will take place at Golf Nazionale and Olgiata Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 15th-17th. The best-ranked players at the conclusion of next week’s event can earn playing status for the 2024 season on the Alps Tour.
Stage 1 Qualifier at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club
Round 1 leader, Scotland’s John Paterson, alongside Spanish amateur Jaime Jaume Julve concluded the Stage 1 Qualifier played at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club in a two-way tie for 1st place with a two-day total of 6 under-par (138). Only one stroke back, a three-way tie for 3rd place with: England’s Charlie Thornton, France’s Romain Lanteri, and Spain’s Mario Garcia Garoz.
At the conclusion of the final round, the top-ranked 28 players in the overall leaderboard qualified for the 2023 Alps Tour Q-School Finals that will be played in Northern Rome next week.
As there was a tie for the last available spot and the 3 alternates, a playoff occurred to determine who would qualify. After the playoff, Spain’s Manuel Ballesteros earned the last available spot in the 2023 Alps Tour Q-School Finals field. The three alternates are: France’s Gregoire Luck, who is the 1st alternate, Pierre Rabassa from France is the 4th alternate and Netherland’s Charles Weis is the 7th alternate.
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9th November 2023 | Alps Tour Golf
The hunt for a 2024 playing category has begun.
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 1st 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 2nd 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 6th 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 2nd 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 2nd place, English amateur Mason Essam with a first-round score of 68. In 3rd place France’s Romain Lanteri who shot a 3 under-par, 69. There is a 3-way tie for 4th 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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7th November 2023 | Alps Tour Golf
The 2024 Qualifying School Stage 1 tournaments gets underway on Thursday!
November 7th, 2023- Like the past three seasons, the 19th edition of the Alps Tour Qualifying School will unfold in Italy. The 1st Stage events will be played on November 9th and 10th in three distinct golf clubs: Golf Club Le Fonti, Miglianico Golf & Country Club, and Terre dei Consoli Golf Club. The Final Stage of the 2024 Qualifying School will take place at Golf Nazionale and Olgiata Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 15th-17th.
This year, nearly 300 applications were submitted to participate in the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School. Applications were open to any male professional golfer who belongs to a recognized PGA or Golf Federation, as well as male amateurs with a handicap not higher than 2.0. In the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School fields, there are 141 amateur players, 47 players under 20 years old, and 183 players under 25. A total of 27 different nations that including: Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Finland, Luxembourg, Lebanon, South Africa, and the United States of America, will be represented throughout the 2024 Qualifying School.
In the 1st Stage events, there will be approximately 198 players competing in the three different venues. The tournaments will be played over 36 holes with no cut, and the top-ranked players will gain access to the Final Stage event. The top-ranked players at the end of the Final Stage will earn a full Alps Tour card for the 2024 season.
There will be 156 players in the field at the Final Stage of the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School, where 74 players have already been exempt into the field. The exempt players from the 1st stage and automatically eligible to participate in the Final Stage are: all of the players ranked in the 2023 Alps Tour Order of Merit who weren’t in the field at the 2023 Alps Tour Grand Final presented by AURALIS, all of the past winners of the Alps Tour Order of Merit, the winners of the past three editions of the Alps Tour Qualifying School, the leading 10 European Amateur players in the World Amateur Golf Rankingas of October 17th and players who competed at the 2023 World Amateur Team Championship and/or the 2023 European Boys/Men Team Championships and/or the 2023 Walker Cup.
The Golf Courses
There will be three golf courses throughout Italy that will host the First Stages of our Qualifying School this year: Golf Club Le Fonti, Miglianico Golf and Country Club, and Terre dei Consoli Golf Club.
The first venue that will host the Stage 1 Qualifying School event is located in Northern Italy, approximately 30km southeast of Bologna. The tournament will unfold at Golf Club Le Fonti in Castel San Pietro Terme. The course is home to 18 holes of golf and will be set as a par 71, 6411 meters. Rolling hills and a typical Emilia-Romagna landscape surround Golf Club Le Fonti. It has previously hosted Alps Tour events, Ladies European Tour events, and Qualifying Schools. The players will face multiple water hazards, making it a tough challenge.
Miglianico Golf and Country Club is the second course hosting Stage 1 events this year. It is a 5875-meter par 72 course in the Province of Chieti, about 20km south of Pescara in the Abruzzo Region. It was designed by well-known American golf architect, Ronald Kirby. The course is surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, bunkers, and artificial lakes, making Miglianico Golf a pleasant but challenging course to play with strategically placed bunkers and water hazards. It has hosted numerous prestigious events, including the Abruzzo Alps Open nine times, the 2021, 2022, and 2023 1st stage of Alps Tour Qualifying School, and the 2009 Games of the Mediterranean.
Terre dei Consoli Golf Club, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, is the third golf course that will host Stage 1 Qualifying School. It is one of the most recent golf courses in Italy that opened in 2011, located north of the Eternal City of Rome. The Terre dei Consoli Championship Course is a 6885-meter Par 72 course with an out-and-back routing. The course is perfectly integrated into the green valleys that embrace and welcome it. Made-to-fit obstacles raise its spectacular technical characteristics, fascinating all golfers. It has hosted numerous events in the past, including Alps Tour as well as Challenge Tour tournaments.
The Alps Tour wishes the best of luck to all the participants competing at the three different venues, and we are eager to follow the next rising golf stars #risinggolfstars!
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