From May 6 to 8, the Golf National will host the Linxea Open ffgolf on the course of the Albatross, host of the Ryder Cup 2018 and future site of the Olympic tournament of the Paris 2024 Games.

Linxea Open ffgolf - Le Golf National: the tricolor golf gratin challenges the Albatross

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Following the postponement of the French Open initially scheduled for May 6 to 9, the French Golf Federation, with the support of Linxea, has decided to add a new event to its national circuit to allow French players to keep up. competition while offering them a real sporting challenge.

Mixing men and women, the tournament brings together 99 of the best golfers in France with 60 professionals among them, including on the players side, Agathe Sauzon, Emma Grechi, Lucie Andrée, Lara Plachetka and Mathilda Cappeliez… We will also find the French number 2 Antoine Rozner, members of the France team as well as amateur talents in the making.

Played over three rounds and 54 holes in a stroke play format, the Linxea Open ffgolf - Le Golf National will offer the field of players an endowment of 40 euros but above all a high level challenge on the demanding and renowned course of the Albatros. Following health restrictions, the event will be held behind closed doors.

Antoine Delon, president of Linxea: “We are very proud to participate in this tournament which brings together the best amateurs and professional players. It's an incredible chance to compete in a tournament on the Albatross course at the Golf National, the future host of the World Amateur Team Championships in 2022. "

Pascal Grizot, President of the French Golf Federation: “In the current health context, it is important that we support our best professional players as well as our best amateurs in their preparation for the future international events that await them. A vision shared with Linxea that I thank for its support. The course of the Albatross, in competition format, is the ideal playground to perform and become more experienced. "

See the entry list

To know more : https://www.ffgolf.org/