The Duval Group, founded by Éric Duval and already owner of Ugolf, is expanding its golf activity with the acquisition of the company BlueGreen, one of the major players in French golf.

Golf Bluegreen de l'Ailette, new partner of Groupe Duval and UGOLF

Ailette Bluegreen Golf Course

Founded by Eric Duval, co-directed with his daughter Pauline Duval, Groupe Duval is a French family real estate player. It employs more than 4500 people for a turnover of more than 720 million euros. By acquiring the Bluegreen network, the Duval Group extends the scope of its sports activities, thus opening the way to one of the largest French golf networks for French players. The two networks UGOLF and Bluegreen being geographically complementary. With this acquisition, the Duval Group becomes the sixth largest operator in the world.

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Bluegreen is simply 47 ideally located golf courses that allow golfers to play all year round near major cities, but also in the most beautiful tourist regions on exceptional golf courses. With more than 30 years of expertise in golf, teaching, shopping or even catering and the organization of seminars, the group's ambition is to combine nature, innovation, service and sport.

In 2021 Bluegreen is 58,4 million euros in turnover.

UGOLF

UGOLF, a subsidiary of the Duval Group, has a clear vision and mission: to get all French people into golf. The ambition of UGOLF is not only to address all golfers (subscribers, players in green fees or lessons), but beyond that, to address the golfers of tomorrow: to seduce, interest and attract new players.

UGOLF manages 59 golf courses and achieved a turnover of 55 million euros in 2021.

Pauline Duval, General Manager of the Duval Group declares: “We are happy to integrate the Bluegreen teams into our family group. We will offer them the means to pursue their development, while remaining faithful to the human values ​​that we share and to the entrepreneurial spirit that drives us. Our ambition ? Continue to open golf to a wide audience in France and internationally. »

“Having Bluegreen by our side will lead us to create and train more and more new golfers from an early age to the highest level. says Pierre-André Uhlen, Managing Director of UGOLF.

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