Alps Tour Qualifying School 2017 La Cala Resort - Asia and America Courses (Malaga, Spain) December 14 to 16

South Africa's Albert Venter wins the Final Stage

South Africa’s Albert Venter wrote his name on the Alps Tour Qualifying School book. He won back to back the first and final stages. This is the first time a player recorded this result. He signed for final round 68, -3 for -12 total. Federico Zucchetti of Italy and France’s Paul Bariteau shared second place 3 shots further. Zucchetti fired best score of the day tie, 65 and Bariteau recorded a 68 card. The weather was fresh and windy on La Cala golf course and only players from Scotland wore short sleeves!

The overnight leader, Venter did not start the best way his hunt to glory. He dropped one shot on the first hole but he erased his mistake with a 68 meter wedge shot holed on the next hole for eagle. His playing partners did chase him all day long and he admitted he had it was a hard day. » There are 37 players who got their full category to play on Alps Tour next year. From England there are 11 players and from GB and Ireland all together 15. Then the second nations are Spain and France with 6 players qualified. New countries will start on Alps Tour, one player from Israel, Colombia, South Africa and 2 from Sweden. The season will be launched mid-february with traditional Egypt swing.      ALL THE FINAL TOTALS     1 203 -12 Albert VENTER (SOUTH AFRICA) 65 70 68 800.00 »» 2 206 -9 Federico ZUCCHETTI (ITA) 69 72 65 475.00 »» 3 206 -9 Paul BARITEAU (FRA) 70 67 69 475.00 »» 4 208 -7 Clarke LUTTON (SCO) Category 6 69 70 69 250.00 »» 5 208 -7 Jack SINGH BRAR (ENG) 70 67 71 250.00 »» 6 209 -6 Guillaume CAMBIS (FRA) 69 75 65 150.00 »» 7 209 -6 Ivan CANTERO GUTIERREZ (ESP) 68 71 70 150.00 »» 8 211 -4 Hugues Jr JOANNES (BEL) 71 73 67 150.00 »» 9 211 -4 Joel GIRBAU (ESP) (a) 73 69 69 Amateur »» 10 212 -3 Luke GROVES (ENG) 70 72 70 100.00 »» 11 212 -3 Javier SAINZ (ESP) 74 67 71 100.00 »» 12 212 -3 Justin BRINK (IRL) 70 71 71 100.00 »» 13 213 -2 Stephen GRANT (IRL) 70 74 69 0.00 »» 14 213 -2 Bernard NEUMAYER (AUT) 72 68 73 0.00 »» 15 214 -1 Alexander JACOBSSON (SWE) 77 69 68 0.00 »» 16 214 -1 Michael DALLAT (IRL) (a) 69 72 73 Amateur »» 17 215 Par Sebastian PETERSEN (SWE) 71 72 72 0.00 »» 18 215 Par Mario LOPEZ (ESP) 72 68 75 0.00 »» 19 216 +1 Daniel OSORIO (ESP) 74 73 69 0.00 »» 20 216 +1 Piers BERRINGTON (ENG) 74 69 73 0.00 »» 21 216 +1 Andrew SCRIMSHAW (ENG) 72 71 73 0.00 »» 22 217 +2 Paul NESSLING (ENG) 79 68 70 0.00 »» 23 217 +2 Alvaro ARIZABALETA (COL) 74 73 70 0.00 »» 24 217 +2 Michael LUDWIG (AUT) 74 73 70 0.00 »» 25 217 +2 Tom COULSON (ENG) 76 69 72 0.00 »» 26 217 +2 Arthur GABELLA (SWI) 75 70 72 0.00 »» 27 217 +2 Simon FERNOUX (FRA) 73 72 72 0.00 »» 28 217 +2 Asaf COHEN (ISR) 76 68 73 0.00 »» 29 217 +2 Sam CUTTING (ENG) 70 73 74 0.00 »» 30 217 +2 Jeremy VOISARD (FRA) (a) 75 67 75 Amateur »» 31 218 +3 Jaime BENITO (ESP) 73 74 71 0.00 »» 32 218 +3 Louis COHEN BOYER (FRA) 73 72 73 0.00 »» 33 218 +3 Steve JONES (ENG) 74 70 74 0.00 »» 34 219 +4 Mikiel TCHOBANIAN (ENG) 72 74 73 0.00 »» 35 219 +4 Teremoana BEAUCOUSIN (FRA) (a) 74 71 74 Amateur »» 36 219 +4 Ashley MASON (ENG) 74 71 74 0.00 »» 37 219 +4 Tom HAYWARD (ENG) 73 70 76 0.00 »» 38 220 +5 David CAREY (IRL) 75 73 72 0.00 »» 39 220 +5 Carlo CASALEGNO (ITA) 75 73 72 0.00 »» 40 220 +5 Ruben VAN UDEN (NED) 74 73 73 0.00 »» 41 220 +5 Inigo LOPEZ PIZARRO (ESP) 74 73 73 0.00 »» 42 220 +5 Ryan FRICKER (ENG) 71 75 74 0.00 »» 43 220 +5 Daniel BERNA (ESP) 72 74 74 0.00 »» 44 220 +5 Juan Carlos OSORIO (ESP) 73 73 74 0.00 »» 45 220 +5 Matyas BALDAUF (HUN) 74 72 74 0.00 »» 46 220 +5 Ewen FERGUSON (SCO) Category 8 70 75 75 0.00 »» 47 220 +5 Paul ELISSALDE (FRA) 74 70 76 0.00 »» 48 221 +6 Miguel A. JIMENEZ (ESP) 77 70 74 0.00 »» 49 221 +6 Davey PORSIUS (NED) 76 71 74 0.00 »» 50 221 +6 Clement HAUCHARD (FRA) 75 72 74 0.00 »» 51 221 +6 Henry SIMPSON (FRA) (a) 76 71 74 Amateur »» 52 221 +6 Sebastien GANDON (FRA) 73 73 75 0.00 »» 53 222 +7 Martin FARFAL (FRA) (a) 75 73 74 Amateur »» 54 222 +7 Andreas TANCRED (SWE) 76 72 74 0.00 »» 55 222 +7 Sam TESTELIN (FRA) 76 71 75 0.00 »» 56 222 +7 Craig ROSS (SCO) Category 8 70 76 76 0.00 »» 57 222 +7 Jake AYRES (ENG) 76 65 81 0.00 »» 58 222 +7 Alex HOLMES (ENG) 70 71 81 0.00 »» 59 223 +8 Phillip KELLY (ENG) 73 75 75 0.00 »» 60 223 +8 Andrea CAVALLARO (ITA) 72 76 75 0.00 »» 61 223 +8 Jeremy MAURIO (FRA) 76 72 75 0.00 »» 62 223 +8 Michele ORTOLANI (ITA) 76 71 76 0.00 »» 63 223 +8 Harrison WOAN (ENG) 75 72 76 0.00 »» 64 223 +8 Hari CHANG (USA) 76 68 79 0.00 »» 65 223 +8 Conor O'ROURKE (IRL) 71 72 80 0.00 »» 66 224 +9 Lars KEUNEN (NED) 72 72 80 0.00 »» 67 225 +10 Leonardo SBARIGIA (ITA) 78 70 77 0.00 »» 68 225 +10 Roberto FRANCIONI (SWI) 77 70 78 0.00 »» 69 226 +11 Marc DOBIAS (SWI) 78 70 78 0.00 »» 70 226 +11 Florian REY (SWI) (a) 76 72 78 Amateur »» 71 226 +11 Jean RODRIGUEZ (FRA) 72 75 79 0.00 »» 72 227 +12 Grant NEAL (ENG) 74 71 82 0.00 »» 73 229 +14 Samuel LAMOTTE (FRA) (a) 77 71 81 Amateur »» 74 229 +14 Marc RODRIGUEZ CALASSOU (FRA) 74 73 82 0.00 »» 75 233 +18 Pierre Olivier POCHAT (FRA) (a) 76 70 87 Amateur »» MISSED THE CUT 76= 149 +6 James MYNOTT (ENG) 77 72     »» Victor MARCHISET (FRA) (a) 77 72   Amateur »» Aaron LEITMANNSTETTER (GER) 75 74     »» Alberto FISCO (ITA) 79 70   »» Mervin ROCCHI (FRA) 75 74   »» Sean TOWNDROW (ENG) 73 76   »» Cesare TURCHI (ITA) 75 74   »» Arthur AMEIL-PLANCHIN (SWI) 76 73   »» 84= 150 +7 Jean-Michel HALL (ENG) 72 78     »» Edoardo VIZZOTTO (ITA) (a) 77 73   Amateur »» Benjamin KEDOCHIM (FRA) 80 70     »» 87= 151 +8 Alex MESSIQUA (SWI) 75 76     »» Timon BALTL (AUSTRIA) 76 75   »» Benjamin DUCROS (FRA) 76 75   »» Gregoire LUCK (FRA) (a) 76 75   Amateur »» Philip GEERTS (ITA) (a) 77 74   Amateur »» Ben SMITH (ENG) 79 72     »» 93= 152 +9 Linus MANNTZ (SWE) 74 78     »» Romain VALLAEYS (FRA) (a) 77 75   Amateur »» Paul BERKHOUT (NED) 77 75     »» Mafredi MANICA (ITA) (a) 74 78   Amateur »» Geoffrey MEURICE (FRA) 74 78     »» Corrado DE STEFANI (ITA) 79 73   »» Baptiste COURTACHON (FRA) 80 72   »» Nicolas ROCHE (FRA) 78 74   »» Christopher LABADIE (FRA) 74 78   »» 102= 153 +10 Alexandre FRECHE (FRA) (a) 76 77   Amateur »» Filippo BERGAMASCHI (ITA) 76 77     »» Javier HERRANZ DE CRUZ (ESP) 78 75   »» Gabriel NAVEAU (FRA) (a) 81 72   Amateur »» Richard GAI (ITA) (a) 76 77   Amateur »» 107= 154 +11 Oscar SPOLANDER (SWE) 79 75     »» Jaime AGUIAR GONZALEZ (ESP) 81 73   »» Alex ESMATGES (ESP) 77 77   »» Ollie ROBERTS (ENG) 81 73   »» 111= 155 +12 Felix SCHULZ (AUSTRIA) 77 78     »» Matthew RION (FRA) 77 78   »» Javier PARADA (ESP) 76 79   »» Gary BOITOUR-LAUFERON (FRA) (a) 77 78   Amateur »» Bas SLUNGERS (NED) 73 82     »» 116= 156 +13 Louis GAUGHAN (SCO) 83 73     »» Jani HIETANEN (FIN) 78 78   »» Ryan RAWSON (ENG) 81 75   »» Davide GHISALBERTI (ITA) 82 74   »» Kevin ESTEVE (AND) 76 80   »» Raphael GINOUVES (FRA) 82 74   »» Alistair CAMERON (ENG) 78 78   »» Issa NLAREB A AMANG (CMR) 83 73   »» 124 157 +14 Pier Paolo CUOMO (ITA) 74 83     »» 125= 158 +15 Victor BERTRAN CROUS (ESP) 79 79     »» Andrea PICCHIO (ITA) (a) 78 80   Amateur »» Kurt MAYR (AUSTRIA) 80 78     »» Paul CORRADO (FRA) 80 78   »» 129= 159 +16 Alexandre BOIGONTIER (FRA) (a) 76 83   Amateur »» Blane BREHENY (ENG) 81 78     »» Andrea VERCESI (ITA) 82 77   »» 132 160 +17 Guglielmo BRAVETTI (ITA) 85 75     »» 133= 161 +18 Christophe ROCHUS (BEL) 82 79     »» Adrien PINGUET (FRA) 85 76   »» 135= 162 +19 James ASHFIELD (ENG) 84 78     »» Filippo LOTTI (ITA) 82 80   »» Alessandro STUCCHI (ITA) (a) 82 80   Amateur »» 138 164 +21 Sean DENNY (IRL) 84 80     »» 139 166 +23 Lucas LEVY (FRA) (a) 83 83   Amateur »» 140 167 +24 Christian KUEHNEL (BEL) 86 81     »» 141= RTD Henri JOUAN (FRA) * *     »» Emilio PARODI (ARG) 82 *   »» David SALGADO (ESP) 80 *   »» 144 DSQ Simon BRYAN (IRL)   Winner's interviews available on Facebook Exemption list for 2018 Season

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