NGFGolf, the leading golf operator in France and a subsidiary of the Financière Duval Group, wants to take up a challenge: that of putting all French people into golf!

Photo: DR

Photo: DR

“It is a vast operation to conquer the French which will be carried out in each of our clubs in France. Our 50 golf courses spread all over the territory will mobilize and open their doors in order to break the preconceived ideas and prejudices on this sport. It is also a question of remedying a French abnormality; golf is the first individual sport practiced in the world and there is still a long way to go to achieve the same result in our country " announces Pauline Duval, Strategy Director of Groupe Financière Duval, the leading French family real estate group of which NGFGolf is a subsidiary. With over 35 years of know-how in the fields of golf course development and management, NGFGolf designs, builds and operates golf courses for all audiences. Under three strong and complementary brands (Exclusiv Golf, Garden Golf and Daily Golf), NGFGolf runs a network of 50 golf courses, 33 of which are managed on behalf of communities or individuals, and 17 constitute a network of accompanied golf courses. Driven by the desire to promote this sport, enhance the natural heritage and make this development sustainable, the 600 NGFGolf employees are constantly reinventing their professions in order to offer their customers high-performance and quality products, and ever more innovative services. Thus, at a time when other outdoor sports are convincing on arguments of well-being, NGFGolf takes the opposite view of the stereotypes widespread on golf so that the French discover this friendly and ultimately accessible sport. Its objective: to get all French people to play golf.

Five thousand new golfers per year

To do this, the leading golf operator in France has many advantages. In its offer, the structure guarantees accessible grounds, a few minutes from town centers with free parking, especially on Daily Golf, these urban structures highlighted by the Plan 100 small structures of the FFGolf (100 clubs accessible from here 2018). In order to prioritize relaxation and leisure, NGFGolf has set up a set of fun activities to quickly have fun with family or friends. The company offers two free hours of golf to start as well as the equipment offered to start equipped. Always committed to the preservation and enhancement of the natural heritage linked to the golf courses it operates, NGFGolf has developed an environmental management charter applied to all of its sites (Ecodurable Golf), on the courses and around them. built area. With more than 5000 new golfers per year, the group asserts itself as the number 1 in the creation of licenses in France and thus actively participates in the emergence and training of future champions. In this perspective, NGFGolf is organizing the Junior Tour, the largest inter-school golf competition in France, and has also created two schools (Toulouse and Paris), training for the national golf teacher diploma (BPJEPS). “In April and May, three months before the discipline returns to the Olympic Games in Rio, we want to be the player in accessible golf in France in all our clubs! Our ultimate ambition is indeed to put every Frenchman in golf ” explains Pierre-André Uhlen, CEO of NGFGolf. Case to follow!

To know more : www.ngf-golf.com