Luca Galliano in 4th place in Starnberg

With a final round of 65 (6 under par), Luca Galliano moves up to fourth place at the Starnberg Open in Upper Bavaria. An "ice-cold" putter on the first two days prevented a podium finish. Robert Foley also comes into the prize money in 13th place.

Joël Girrbach places 10th in Denmark

With a strong card of 69 on day three, Joel Girrbach moved into the top-10 at the Made in Esbjerg Challenge. With a solid final round, the 28-year-old defended this position and finished this first of two tournaments in Denmark in 10th place.

Rominger second in Sweden

Caroline Rominger makes it to the final of the Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship. The player from Graubünden was defeated in the final and finished second in the LETAS event.

Eggenberger's first victory as a professional

Two solid rounds in the "red" gave Mathias Eggenberger an undisputed victory at the two-day Swiss PGA Tour tournament in Leuk. His first as a professional.

Kim Métraux to go to the Olympics

In the end, two Swiss women will take part in the Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo 2020. Kim Métraux was informed on 22 July that she has been included in the field of sixty players selected. Albane Valenzuela has also qualified.

Alps Tour & LETAS - Eggenberger and Schmid in Top-26

Two rounds in the "black numbers" allowed Mathias Eggenberger to approach the final round of the Roma Alps Letas Open with confidence. He finished in 26th place, ex-aequo with the young proette Priscilla Schmid.

A shortened but successful first stop of the Swiss PGA Tour

The Swiss PGA Tour visited the Markgräflerland Golf Club again this year for its first event. Gregori Baumann and Franco Li Puma won the tournament in the men's and senior categories respectively.

LET - Hole-in-One by Kim Métraux

On the second day of the Aramco Team Series in London, the Lausanne native hit the shot of the day with a hole-in-one on hole 17, holing her ball with a 9 iron from 116 metres.

Albane Valenzuela on road to Tokyo

The Geneva native will represent Switzerland for the second time at the Olympic Games.

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.