September 25th – 26th : everything’s ready for the 9th Italian International Open at Virginia Country Golf Club.
See enclosure with all information and registration details.We are looking forward to seing you there!

We are pleased to announce that two new members have joined IPPA.
The newly founded organizations English Pitch and Putt and Association Suisse de Pitch and Putt are looking for growth and development in their respective countries.

For the 10th edition of the “Challenge International”, (the 1st under the IPPA flag), FPP decided to celebrate by offering prizes over 750€ in total value. The competitors were unanimous in their appreciation of what turned out to be a highly successful competition. The organisers were especially relieved as the preparations had been troubled [...]

The 1st IPPA Invitational World Team Championship has been held in Valencia with Spain winning narrowly from France in often windy conditions on a very high standard course.

Spain were represented by J.C. Iglesias and C. González.

The final results were…

Fball
Fsome
Copa Canadá

J.1
J.2
J.3 (1)
J.3 (2)
TOTAL

SPAIN – J.C. Iglesias – C. González
48
54
54
57
213

FRANCE – J.C. Richard – P. [...]

The Executive Committee of IPPA held a two day meeting in Madrid, 20 and 21 November, 2009.
The meeting began with a Pitch and Putt competition for the Executive Committee members, Committee members from Competition and Communication as well as Juan Redondo from Madrid Golf Federation Pitch and Putt committee. Juan Redondo was the winner on [...]

Golf to Join Olympic Programme in 2016
The sport of golf has been voted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session for inclusion in the programme of the 2016 Olympic Games.
After a pause of 105 years golf is again an Olympic sport. Last time golf was played was at the Games in 1900 in Paris and [...]

The Municipal Golf Academy of Cantanhede is the first public golf infrastructure to open in Portugal and includes integrated teaching, training, competition areas, as well as a clubhouse.
The Academy was inaugurated on 5th September, at Cantanhede, a city situated about 20 kms off the strategic triangle built by the old Coimbra university city, the beach [...]

The 1st Danish Open of Pitch and Putt was a great success not only for the organisers but also for local players with Nivaa’s Soren Schultze Pettersson and Anne Seiero winning the mens and womens divisions respectively.
The competition was played in very tough conditions, especially on the Saturday with strong winds and rain.
Full final results [...]

The next International Open on the IPPA agenda is the 1st Danish Open to be held at the Nivaa course on the weekend of the 29th and 30th of August.
The latest entry details can be found on the attached poster for the event.
REQUIREMENTS:The tournament is open to all players who hold a National Federation Licence
FORMAT:54 [...]

National Championship Mid-Amateur Pitch & Putt
Mário Filipe wins convincingly
Mário Filipe was the winner of the National Mid-Amateur Championship of Pitch & Putt, held last weekend in Quinta das Lágrimas in Coimbra. With a total of 11 under par, he defeated runner up, Arnaldo Paredes, by seven shots.
Mário Filipe won in the [...]