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Last Sunday, on the magnificent golf course of Nimes Vacquerolles, the 6th stage of the En route pour 2018 trophy took place, bringing together 72 competitors; this trophy, organized by Open Golf Club, took place under a well-established mistral with, sometimes, peaks of more than 100 km / hour and with winter temperatures felt but this did not discourage the participants because, force is to note that there were no last minute cancellations! So again congratulations to all these valiant participants who came to play with the hope of qualifying for the Final organized on October 22 and 23 at the Golf National on the course of the Albatross.

This trophy organized in 4BMB is decorated with 4 precision competitions sponsored by Air France, Garmin, Decayeux and Henriot and 2 drive competitions sponsored by Gras Savoye Berger Simon.

Congratulations to the winning teams in particular, the team of Michel Mourgues and Ronald Semler-Collery who won the 1 st Net prize with the score of 48 stableford points and the team of Alexandre and Alain Pantel who won the 1^er Gross price with 33 points.

As for the team qualified for the Final, it is the team of Michel Mourgues (index 16,1) and Ronald Semler Collery (index 18,8) which wins with a total score of 75, 27 in Brut and 48 in Net; well done to them!

The awards ceremony took place inside the club house in the presence of Benjamin Chave, the director of golf and Hervé Decléty, representative of Open Golf Club. And a large audience was present to know the results and hope to win the many gifts offered by Open Golf Club and its prestigious partners: Nuxe, Henriot, Decayeux, Garmin, Air France, Gras Savoye Berger Simon, Figaro, Journal du Golf and Golf Magazine .

As a reminder, all those who participate in one of the 16 On the Road to 2018 trophies will have the chance to win one of the 4 2018 Ryder Cup invitations that Open Golf Club is offering to the draw on October 7, as well as 2 medium-haul Air France tickets.

And it was in a very good atmosphere around an excellent cocktail prepared by the friendly and talented Olivier Couderc that this superb day of sport and conviviality ended.

Precision competitions

• Air France hole 5: Alexandre Pantel
• Hole n ° 7 Garmin: Laurent Barthez
• Hole n ° 13 Henriot: Philippe Calatayud
• Hole n ° 15: Christophe Renard

The Concours de Drive on hole n ° 9

• Dames Gras Savoye Berger Simon Competition: Sandrine Leroux
• Gentlemen Gras Savoye Berger Simon Competition: Philippe Calatayud

The draws

• A 2-night stay at the Mercure Barbaroux Golf et Spa **** with 2 green fees: Ronald Semler-Collery
• A 2-night stay at Adam Park Marrakech ***** with 2 green fees at Montgomerie Marrakech golf course: Daniel Boulnois
• 1 1-year subscription to the Club du Figaro formula: Nicole Renard
• 6 months subscription to Golf Magazine: Jean Pierre Diot and Gildas Le Roux.

Next steps : May 14 at Montgomerie Marrakech (Morocco), May 22 at Alsace Golf Links (68), June 5 at Marseille La Salette golf course (13), June 11 at Biarritz le Phare golf course (64) and June 19 at the Pont Royal golf course (13).

To know more : opengolfclub.com