E European News urope Round-up Final returns to Catalunya


will culminate in a visit to PGA Catalunya Resort near Girona, northern Spain, which will host the final stage from December 10-15. The resort’s two courses, the


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Tour and the Stadium, will again host the six-round event, which will see the top 30 and ties earn


Schaeffer wins Raiffeisenbank Prague Masters


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rance’s Jade Schaeffer earned her second Ladies


European Tour title at the recent inaugural Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters in the Czech Republic. The 25-year-old from Paris,


who last won two years ago in Germany, shot a final round 70 to win by two shots at Albatross Golf Resort. Fellow Frenchwoman, Julie


Greciet was second on 11 under with Sweden’s Linda Wessberg one stroke further back in third. England’s Kym Larratt,


Scotland’s Kylie Walker and Becky Brewerton of Wales finished tied for fourth on nine under, with Czech rookie, Klára Spilková, two strokes behind in a tie for ninth place. Schaeffer now has two wins on the LET, but she also won twice on the LET Access Series, the official feeder tour, last year.


European Tour Properties invest in Linna Golf


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he Complete Golf School has officially opened its state of


the art teaching academy at the Country Club Königsfeld, 250km West of Frankfurt, Germany. The Complete Golf School was created in November 2001 by PGA pro, Florian Rump, and is the second Complete Golf School to be opened; the first one is located in Austria. Complete Golf is a golf school


encompassing a complete team of experts representing the


Höchstkarätigen of Golf Teachers, a group that brings together coaches, physiotherapists and fitness trainers under an umbrella of a ‘total teaching concept’. The new studio deploys


FlightScope and V1 PRO technologies installed by technology solution provider, MIA Sports Technology. The show piece is the FlightScope X2 which offers full wireless capability allowing direct connection to a PC, smart phone or mobile device.


or the fourth successive season the European Tour Qualifying School


their playing privileges for the 2012 European Tour International Schedule. One year after opening in June


1999 the Stadium Course, which has maintained its World Top 100 status following this month’s release of the Golf World rankings for 2011, hosted the Open de España. Miguel Girbes, golf manager at PGA Catalunya Resort, said:


“We expect our new 5,000 square metre approach play practice zone to be open, complete with three greens and five bunkers, each with different types of grass and sand to replicate the finest courses in the world.” Competitors will again play the


Stadium and Tour courses twice each over the first four days, with the Stadium Course being used by the remaining 70 and ties for the final two rounds. The Qualifying School


has produced a number of noteworthy winners in recent years, not least England’s Simon Khan who, six months after winning the final Stage in 2009, captured the 2010 BMW PGA Championship title.


Fisher captures maiden Tour win at Czech Open


victory at the Czech Open. Six years after becoming the


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youngest Walker Cup player in history, Fisher is reported to have showed a great deal of maturity and a hot Method putter sinking six crucial birdies en route to his 13 under par win. According to Nike, the


22-year-old from Essex has worked incredibly hard to turn around an indifferent 2011 season and started the ball rolling with good finishes in the previous two events going into the Czech Open. He now moves to just inside


the top 70 in the Race to Dubai rankings and aims to build on his success in the Czech Republic. Fisher has been a Nike Golf


Tour staff athlete since he turned professional in 2006. Highlighting his bag of Nike Golf equipment is the new Nike 20XI-X golf ball. Also a feature in his bag,


Oliver played Nike’s new VR Pro Ltd driver that will be available at retail in November.


ike athlete, Oliver Fisher, captured his maiden Tour


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