Albane Valenzuela in 15th place in Florida

With a flawless final round of 64 strokes (6 under par), Albane Valenzuela ranked 15th at the Pelican Women's Championship in Florida. The 23-year-old thus moved into the top 80 in the LPGA Tour's annual ranking.

The Swiss PGA Apprentices' Autumn Week - a highlight of the association's education programme

The last meeting of the Swiss PGA apprentices and the education programme's supervisors took place last week at GolfPark Holzhäusern. It was the annual Autumn Week, one of the highlights of the Swiss PGA apprentices' calendar.

Kim Métraux qualified for Final Series of LPGA-Q-School

With four strong rounds in Florida and a total score of 7 under par, Kim Métraux has also made it through Stage 2 of the Q-School for the LPGA Tour 2022.

Benjamin Rusch in Top 30 in Girona

The second tournament on the Empordà Links in Girona was not quite as successful as the first one from a Swiss point of view: Only Benjamin Rusch made it into the prize money at the Challenge Costa Brava.

Challenge Tour - Jeremy Freiburghaus third in Spain

At the Emporadà Challenge in Girona, three Swiss professionals finish in the prize money. Jeremy Freiburghaus from Graubünden achieves his best result on the Challenge Tour so far with third place.

Swiss PGA Apprentices' Championship 2021

The Swiss PGA apprentice professionals met at Migros GolfPark Waldkirch this week to contest their annual championship for the national title. Local first-year apprentice, Adone Hepburn, took the Swiss PGA title at his first attempt.

Swiss PGA Apprentices' Championship Pro-Am

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Swiss PGA Apprentices' Championship Pro-Am, Migros GolfPark Waldkirch

The Swiss PGA Championship 2021

In the lead at the end of the first and second rounds, Jean-Luc Burnier was able to remain solid despite the comeback of the title holder Joel Girrbach to finally take the victory with a one stroke lead. Steve Rey won the Senior championship.

Robert Foley and Marco Iten move up to Challenge Tour

With a 2nd place finish in the last Pro Golf Tour tournament of the season, the neo-professional Robert Foley also secured 2nd place in the season standings and promotion to the 2022 Challenge Tour. Marco Iten finishes 6th of the annual standings.

Swiss PGA Member Tipp

MARCUS KNIGHT, HEAD PROFESSIONAL IN GOLF & COUNTRY SCHÖNENBERG

Der Frühling lockt – eine gute Gelegenheit, „einfach“ wieder mit Golfen zu beginnen. Tipp von unserem Mitglied Marcus Knight: Reduzieren Sie die „Bedienungsanleitung“ auf ein Minimum!

RESEARCH ON DRIVING DISTANCE IN GOLF

THE R&A AND THE USGA'S REVIEW OF DRIVING DISTANCE

The R&A and the USGA have published their annual review of driving distance, a research document that reports important findings on driving distance in golf. Introduced last year, the review examines driving distance data from seven of the major professional golf tours, based on approximately 285,000 drives per year. Data from studies of male and female amateur golfers has also been included for the first time.