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The 1st stage trophy En route pour 2018 took place on Sunday April 3 on the magnificent golf course of La Grande Bastide and brought together 86 players for this qualifying round for the Final organized on October 22 and 23 at the Golf National in Paris .

The players benefited from good conditions with cloudy weather but no rain and with pleasant temperatures; 4 precision contests and 2 drive contests adorned this competition played in 4BMB and appreciated by all.

Congratulations to the winning teams in particular, the team of Claude and Laurence Choukroun who won the 1st Net prize with a score of 43 points from Stableford and the team of Gérard Kempf and Lionel Auzou who won the 1st Gross prize with 35 points.

As for the team qualified for the Final, namely the 1st team to accumulate the Gross and Net scores, it is with the score of 75 points, 33 in Gross and 42 in Net, that Patrick Dabin's team (index 10,1) and Antonio Furciniti (index 11,3) won their place in the final organized at the Golf National alongside Christian Cevaer.

The awards ceremony took place on the terrace of the club house in the presence of Richard Stanislas, the director of golf, Florent Honoré, responsible for events, Jérome Pappalo, caddy master - sports management 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 partners: Nuxe, Henriot, Decayeux, Garmin, Air France, 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 7th.

And it was in a very good atmosphere around the glass of friendship that this superb day of sport and conviviality ended.

The precision competitions:

• Hole n ° 3 Garmin: Virginie Lesca with 0,62 m
• Hole n ° 5 Decayeux: Christian Cardinaud with 3,02 m
• Hole n ° 13 Air France: Marie Cordier with 0,80 m
• Hole n ° 16 Henriot: Jean Marc Bassetti with 2,48 m

The Drive Contests:

• Dame Gras Savoye Berger Simon competition: Virginie Lesca
• Gentlemen Gras Savoye Berger Simon Competition: René Guancioli

The draws:

• A 2-night stay at the Moulin de Vernègues **** with 2 green fees at the Pont Royal and Servanes golf courses: Gérard Kempf
• A 2-night stay at Adam Park Marrakech ***** with 2 green fees at Montgomerie Marrakech golf course: Thierry Perrot
• 1 1-year subscription to the Club du Figaro formula: Per Julius Nystrom
• 6 month subscription to Golf Magazine: Véronique Bolimowski

Next steps: April 10 at Ormesson golf course (94) and April 17 at Moliets golf course (40).

To know more : opengolfclub.com