Thus, the course is maintained after several exceptional editions in prestigious ski resorts. Including that of March 2018 in Val d'Isère, placed under the sign of the Ryder Cup in France and where Pascal Grizot, Thomas Bjørn and Raphaël Jacquelin were among the stars.

Nineteen years, soon two joyful decades, that this inimitable snow golf tournament has existed in Megève… Since the crazy idea of ​​Philippe Guilhem, a jeweler passionate about beautiful stones as well as beautiful golfing and aesthetic projects, memorable editions have been produced. follow at the bottom of the ski slopes of Mont d'Arbois. Created at the beginning of the year 2000, the BMW Megève Winter Golf Cup returns as always to its date of end of January-beginning of February. And lovers of the formula are there. Two weeks before kick-off, the BMW Megève Winter Golf Cup Trophy (Friday 25 to Sunday 27 January) is sold out! But you can still register for the Megève Trophy, an event on the one day of Thursday, January 24. Or, why not head to nearby Switzerland, where the Crans-Montana resort is organizing the Helvetian leg of the Winter Golf Cup from February 1 to 3? The Planet Events team has developed the same long expertise in the preparation of the route.

BMW Megeve Winter Golf Cup 2017

In Megève, it is each time an unreal 9-hole course of beauty that the professionals of the "Winter" imagine. On the contours of the Golf du Domaine du Mont d'Arbois, which winter has wrapped in an all-white coat, the fairways will be created thanks to extraordinary tailor-made grooming carried out by the ski area service of Megève. It is then by hand that the "whites" - white and winter version of the greens - are shaped very meticulously. The holes will be designed a little larger so that the chipping and putting, sometimes devilishly fine on compacted snow, will remain rewarded. Bursts of laughter and sprays of powder are on the program for shots made in the "rough", ie in the deep and ungroomed snow on the edges of the fairways. Unless you accept the penalty stroke going with the water hazard rule applied to it.

BMW Megeve Winter Golf Cup 2018

After Megève, original and permanent site, Philippe Guilhem had made his concept known by declining it in other famous ski resorts: Crans-Montana in Switzerland, as mentioned above, Aspen in Colorado, but also Val d'Isère la Savoyard. Last winter, for the 6th BMW Val d'Isère Winter Golf Cup, the “Winter” hosted an exceptional distribution, with an event under the sign of the future Ryder Cup 2018 in Saint-Quentin-enYvelines. Pascal Grizot, the president of the Ryder Cup France Committee and Thomas Bjørn, the Danish captain of the European team (who would defeat the American team six months later at the Golf National!), Were there as guest stars. To play golf on snow… but also to ski alongside the 1998 Olympic downhill champion, Jean-Luc Crétier, and multi-medalist Florence Masnada.

Thomas Bjørn, Captain of the European Ryder Cup team, participating in the BMW Val d'Isère Winter Golf Cup 2018

On the pro golfers side, Raphaël Jacquelin, a great fan of the tournament, ensured the beautiful game. The same excellence of the gesture on snow as on grass… And in fabulous weather, whereas a year earlier, in March 2017 with his friends Nicolas Colsaerts, Alexander Levy, Romain Langasque and Grégory Havret, “Raf” must have been swinging in a damn beautiful snowstorm! Simpler exercise because much sunnier for the participants of this edition of March 2018 in “Val”. Among which we found the actor and humorist Fred Testot, a team of CNN journalists headed by Shane O'Donoghue, or the navigator Loïck Peyron, who came to get some fresh air before preparing for the Route du Rhum on his famous little yellow trimaran. (4th in its category in November 2018).

BMW Val d'Isère Winter Golf Cup 2018

For the 19th edition of the BMW Megève Winter Golf Cup, Philippe Guilhem and Maria Verchenova will focus all their passionate energy on fans of the tournament. And welcoming new and superb partners:

Bogner (the famous German brand of ski and golf clothing), AAllard (creator of the spindle and cult boutique in Megève), Størvatt (manufacturer of saunas, Nordic baths and wooden spas based in Megève) and Yon-ka (the pioneer French phyto-aromatic care). These brands of excellence join the friends and historical supporters of the Winter Golf Cup: BMW, Megève, Ski area of ​​Megève, Guilhem Joaillerie, Chalets Grosset-Janin, Edmond de Rothschild Heritage-Domaine du Mont d'Arbois, Taylor Made, Perrier -Jouët, Les 2 Marmottes, Le M de Megève, L'Arboisie, Angel des Montagnes, Polaris, Mont d'Arbois Sports, Le Delicium, Les Jumeaux-Un Jour in Peyrassol. On the program, golf, gastronomy, relaxation and friendship. By dreaming of the 20th anniversary which should create the event in 2020!

Nathalie Vion, for the Winter Golf Cup / Planet Events

Official poster

Pratical information

• Megève Trophy : Thursday January 24 (Places still available)
• BMW Megève Winter Golf Cup Trophy : Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 January (Full).

To read the program: click here

Information and Registration: laurielle@wintergolfcup.com
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