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 [...]

At an historic first Board meeting in Le Robinie, Italy, on May 16, IPPA became a signatory to the Declaration of Panathlon International on Ethics in Youth Sport.
With organisations such as the IOC also being signatories to the Declaration, this occasion was seen as a moment of significant recognition for IPPA on the international stage.

The [...]

Madrid player, Carlos Gonzalez, blasted a final round 50 to easily win this years Spanish National Pitch and Putt championships held at Pazo de Touza over the weekend of the 18th and 19th of April. Gonzalez won by 9 strokes.
Final results are listed below…

2009 Spain Pitch and Putt Championship – Men
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Gonzalez, Carlos
Villa de [...]

Cristina Martin blazed home with a final round score of 53 to comfortably win her first Spanish Womens title on the weekend.
Played at the El Cortijo Green Paddock course in Madrid, Martin became the 5th winner of the Spanish title in as many years when she held off former titleholders Maria Castillo and Lucia Cortezo.
A [...]

International Pitch and Put took a new leap forward when on the 2nd of April, 2009 representatives from the Pitch and Putt communities in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, San Marino and Denmark agreed to create the new international body.
With a Board led by France’s John Hudson, the new group is expected to move the sport [...]