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Complete Results

Ireland beat North Portugal 4-1

Catalonia beat Galicia 4.5 - 0.5

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Netherlands beat France 3-2

Andorra beat Switzerland 4.5 - 0.5

Complete Results

9th Great Britain

10th Basque

11th Norway

12th Chile

13th Australia

14th Germany

Norway 2 Germany 0

Great Britain 1 Basque 1

Chile 1 Australia 1

Norway 1.5 Chile 0.5

Great Britain 2 Australia 0

Basque 2 Germany 0

Norway 2 Australia 0

Great Britain 2 Germany 0

Basque 2 Chile 0

Norway 1.5 Basque 0.5  

Great Britain 2 Chile 0

Australia 2 Germany 0

Great Britain 2 Norway 0

Basque 2 Australia 0

Chile 2 Germany 0

Complete Results

Ireland 4 Galicia 1

North Portugal 3 Catalonia  2

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Netherlands 3.5 Andorra 1.5

France 5 Switzerland 0

Ireland 4 Switzerland 1

North Portugal 3  Netherlands 2

Catalonia 4 Andorra 1

Galicia 2.5 France 2.5 (Galicia won in sudden death play-off)

 

2024 Pitch & Putt World Cup Schedule

Thursday, October 10
8:30 AM to 6:00 PM Official practice sessions
7:00 PM Opening ceremony and Strokeplay tee-off draw

Friday, October 11
8:30 AM 1st Round Strokeplay
11:30 AM 2nd Round Strokeplay
3:45 PM Quarterfinals and matches for 9th to 14th position (Foursome pairs and individual)

Saturday, October 12
8:30 AM Continuation of quarterfinals and matches for 9th to 14th position (Individuals)
11:30 AM Semifinals and matches for 5th to 14th position (Foursome pairs and individual)
3:45 PM Semifinals and matches for 5th to 14th position (Individuals)

Sunday, October 13
8:30 AM Final and matches for 3rd to 14th position (Foursome pairs and individual)
11:30 AM Matches for 3rd to 14th position (Individuals)
12:00 PM Final (Individuals)
3:00 PM Closing ceremony and prize giving.

 

 

Calendario Copa del Mundo 2024 de Pitch & Putt

Jueves 10 de octubre
8:30h a 18h Entrenamientos oficiales
19:00h Ceremonia inaugural y Sorteo de las salidas Strokeplay

Viernes 11 de octubre
8:30h 1ª Ronda Strokeplay
11:30h 2ª Ronda Strokeplay
15:45h Cuartos de final y partidos por la 9ª a la 14ª posición (Pareja Foursome e individual)

Sábado 12 de octubre
8:30h Continuación cuartos de final y partidos por la 9ª a la 14ª posición (Individuales)
11:30h Semifinales y partidos por la 5ª a la 14ª posición (Pareja Foursome e individual)
15:45h Semifinales y partidos por la 5ª a la 14ª posición (Individuales)

Domingo 13 de octubre
8:30h Final y partidos por la 3ª a la 14ª posición (Pareja Foursome e individual)
11:30h Partidos por la 3ª a la 14ª posición (Individuales)
12:00h Final (Individuales)
15:00h Ceremonia de clausura y entrega de premios.

 

 

 

Calendari Copa del Món 2024 de Pitch & Putt

 

Dijous 10 d’octubre

8:30h fins les 18h Entrenaments oficials

19:00h Cerimònia inaugural i Sorteig de les sortides Strokeplay

 

Divendres 11 d’octubre

8:30h 1a Volta Strokeplay

11:30h 2a Volta Strokeplay

15:45h Quarts de final i partits per la 9a a la 14a posició (Parella Foursome i individual)

 

Dissabte 12 d’octubre

8:30h Continuació quarts de final i partits per la 9a a la 14a posició (Individuals)

11:30h Semifinals i partits per la 5a a la a la 14a posició (Parella Foursome i individual)

15:45h Semifinals i partits per la 5a a la a la 14a posició (Individuals)

 

Diumenge 13 d’octubre

8:30h Final i partits per la 3a a la a la 14a posició (Parella Foursome i individual)

11:30h Partits per la 3a a la a la 14a posició (Individuals)

12:00h Final (Individuals)

15:00h Cerimònia de Cloenda i entrega de guardons.

Rolf Kwant

Several times winner of:

National strokeplay

National matchplay

Dutch Open

International Gelder’s Open

Winner of 2017 International pairs at Lleida (with Rinus Huberts)

Winner of 2022 European Senior strokeplay championship at HCP1 

World Cup record P24 W16 H1 L7 (Foursomes: P6 W4 H0 L2; Singles: P18 W12 H1 L5); Strokeplay: 2004: 116; 2006: 109; 2008: 101; 2012: 103.

 

Mischa Effern

Started playing in August 2018 after a clinic in the holidays and was directly sold on the game of Pitch and Putt

Clubs: Taylor made Milled Grind 3, 52 and 60 degrees. Putter: Odyssey DFX. Ball, Prov 1.

Winner of 2020 club Match play at Heerde.

Winner of 2021Spielehof Open at Boekelo

2022:

  • Overall PPBN Ranking winner 
  • Winner National Ranking Tournament at Orvelte
  • Winner of Club Matchplay at Bussloo
  • Runner up in National Strokeplay tournament
  • Runner up in International Gelder’s Open at Doetichem

2023:

  • Overall PPBN Ranking winner 
  • Winner of National Ranking Tournament at Oirschot
  • Winner of National Ranking Tournament at t’Lohr
  • Winner of National Matchplay at Strand Horst.

2024:

  • Runner-up in International Gelder’s open at Strand Horst
  • 16th place in Worls Strokeplay at Vigo
  • Winner Ees masters
  • Winner of Club Matchplay at Bussloo

 

Remon de Groot

Started playing in August 2010 after a clinic in the holidays and was directly sold on the game of Pitch en Putt

Clubs: Titleist Vokey SM9, 56 and 60 degrees. Putter: Odyssey Stroke Lab Turtle. Ball, Prov 1.

                                     2013:

  • First win in National ranking Tournament at Strand Horst

2014:

  • Winner of National Ranking Tournament at Rhoon

2016:

  • 3 National Ranking Tournament wins

                                   2018:

  • Winner of National Ranking tournament at t’Lohr
  • Runner-up in International Gelder’s Open
  • Runner-up in National Strokeplay Championship

                                    2022:

  • Winner of National Ranking tournament at Oostwold

                                    2023:

  • Winner of National Ranking tournament at Leeuwarden
  • Winner of National Ranking tournament at Orvelte
  • Runner-up in National Matchplay
  • National Pairs champion at Bussloo

2024:

  • Overall Ranking winner
  • 3rd place in International Gelder’s Open at Strand Horst
  • 19th place in World Strokeplay at Vigo
  • Winner of National Matchplay at Leidschendam

Undefeated Club Champion in Strokeplay and Matchplay at home course Pitch en Putt Rhoon since 2012!

 

 

 

IAN DILLON

  • Reigning Catalan Open champion
  • Third in 2016 British Open
  • 1997 and 1999 Leinster Mixed Foursomes winner (with Marian Byrne)
  • 2017 and 2018 Leinster Mixed Foursomes winner (with Catherine Dillon)
  • 2020 National Matchplay runner-up
  • Prolific Scratch Cup winner, including Westmeath Classic, Kildare Co. Board, Poulaphouca, Athgarvan, St. Bridget’s
  • 2000 National Inter-County winner with Kildare
  • 2011 Leinster Inter-County winner with Kildare
  • 2004 and 2007 Leinster Inter-County runner-up with Kildare
  • Leinster Matchplay champion 2022
  • Leinster Strokeplay runner-up 2024
  • Leinster Matchplay semi-finalist 2024
  • Represented Leinster in the 2023 Interprovincial match
  • Leinster Intermediate Strokeplay runner-up 1995
  • Played for Ireland against Catalonia at Lloret in 2014. International Record FS W0 L1 H0; FB W1 L0 H0 S W0 L1 H0
  • National Mixed Team event winner with St. Bridgets’s 2002, 2008. Runner-up 2009
  • 2021 National Matchplay semi-finalist
  • 3rd WPPT Irish Master 2023
  • 3rd with Kildare in 1993 National Juvenile Inter-County
  • Leinster Inter Club winner 2002

PADRAIC SARSFIELD

  • Club President at MacBride
  • 3rd with Louth in 2024 Leinster Inter-County
  • National Inter-County runner-up with Louth in 2015, 2016 and 2019
  • 2016 Leinster Inter-County winner with Louth
  • 2014 and 2018 Leinster Inter-County runner-up with Louth
  • 2023 National Mixed Foursomes winner at Royal Meath (with Audrey Donnelly)
  • Fourth in 2017 Irish Open at Seapoint
  • Runner-up (with Audrey Donnelly) in 2016 Leinster Mixed Foursomes at Lucan
  • 3rd in 2023 Meath Masters at Stackallen
  • National Matchplay quarter-finalist in 2022 at Douglas
  • Louth Senior Matchplay champion in 2018 and in 2022
  • Runner-up in 2022 Castletown Masters
  • Leinster Matchplay finalist in 2019
  • 3rd in 2019 Laytown Scratch Cup
  • Regular qualifier for the final round of the National Strokeplay championship
  • Makes his international debut.

KIERAN EARLS

  • Reigning National Strokeplay champion
  • 2020 National Matchplay champion
  • the 17th player in history to win the National Gents Matchplay and National Gents Strokeplay titles
  • Runner-up in 2024 World Strokeplay championship
  • 2022 Munster Matchplay champion
  • 2018 Munster Strokeplay champion
  • 2022 Munster Strokeplay runner-up
  • 2013 Munster Matchplay runner-up
  • Two Munster Inter-County wins (2008 and 2018) with Limerick
  • Five-times Munster Inter-County runner-up (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2023)
  • Winner of the 2016 International Pairs tournament in Catalonia (with Tommy Hanley), runner-up (again with Tommy) in 2018
  • Bronze medallist in 2019 National Inter-County with Limerick
  • 2023 WPPT Catalan Master winner
  • Catalan Open runner-up 2014, 2015
  • Irish Open runner-up 2024
  • Andorra Open runner-up 2013
  • 3rd in 2022 Irish Open
  • Munster Foursomes and National Foursomes Best Gross winner 2023 (with Tommy Hanley)
  • Represented Munster in the 2023 Interprovincial match
  • Prolific Scratch Cup winner including Ardnacrusha, Bruff, Mellows
  • Multiple County champion
  • Runner-up in 2008 National Intermediate Strokeplay championship
  • Runner-up in the 2017 World Pairs championship (with Tommy Hanley)
  • Makes his individual international debut.

DAMIEN FLEMING

  • Four-time National individual champion (three Matchplay, 2011, 2019, 2021 and one Strokeplay, 2018)
  • 2014 National Matchplay runner-up
  • Three-times National Strokeplay runner-up and twice third
  • Munster Strokeplay champion in 2019
  • Munster Matchplay runner-up in 2024 having previously been runner-up in 2008
  • 2018 Munster Strokeplay runner-up
  • Two Munster Inter-County (2001 and 2010) wins with Kerry
  • Twice National Inter-County runner-up (2010 and 2022) with Kerry
  • Twice Munster Inter-County runner-up (2018 and 2024) with Kerry
  • Three-time Irish Open champion (2009, 2011 and 2018)
  • 2016 Irish Open runner-up
  • 3rd in 2012, 2013 and 2014 Dutch Open
  • Former NEC Officer, Club Chairman and Chairman of Kerry County Board
  • Prolific Scratch Cup winner including Enable Ireland, Rocklodge, Deerpark
  • Multiple County champion
  • Four times Ireland’s No. 1 ranked player

 

MICHAEL VAUGHAN

  • 2018 Leinster Intermediate Strokeplay champion
  • Twice National Intermediate Strokeplay championship runner-up (at Tullamore in 2016 and at Glenville two years later when he contested a play-off for the title)
  • Third in the same championship at Stackallen in 2014
  • Leinster Competitions Co-ordinator
  • National Competitions Co-ordinator
  • Has served Louth Down Monaghan Regional Board as Competitions Secretary
  • Qualified Pitch and Putt referee

Toni Armengol Naudi

  • 2017 Andorra Open winner
  • 2018 and 2019 Andorra Open runner-up
  • World Cup Record: P18 W8 H2 L8; Foursomes: P6 W4 H0 L2; Singles: P12 W4 H2 L6; Strokeplay: 2006: 113; 2008: 102; 2016: 111.

Gonzalo Mendoza Rodríguez

  • 2020 Andorra Open runner-up
  • 2018, 2019 and 2020 Andorra International Pairs winners
  • Has represented Andorra in the Five Nations tournament 

Moises Pernía Moreno

  • Represented Andorra in the 2018 Quadrangular tournament 
  • Helped Casa Vella Aparthotels to II Iberia Teams Cup in 2018
  • Third in 2018 Andorra International Pairs with Joan Valls

Non Playing Captain: Jose Manuel Veloso Domonte

  • Captain of the Andorra team at 2021 Quadrangular International and Vice Captain in 2024
  • Played for Andorra in 2022 and 2023 Quadrangular International matches.

Non Playing Captain: Xavier Feliubadaló Moles.

  • Organiser of Andorra Open and Andorra Pairs tournament
  • Captained Andorra 2023 Quadrangular International matches.

Guillermo Arancibia

  • World Cup record: P12 W2 H1 L9 (Foursomes: P6 W0 H0 L6; Singles: P6 W2 H1 L3); Strokeplay: 2006: 118; 2008: 116.

Gabriel Monje

  • Winner Chile Copa Los Gatos 2023

Felipe Gatica

  • Won the internal World Cup qualifier at his club, Club Caleuche, and then finished 3rd in the final National Qualifiers played on July 20th to make the team
Non-playing captain: Pablo Caviedes
  • World Cup record: P10 W1 H1 L8 (Foursomes: P4 W0 H0 L4; Singles: P6 W1 H1 L4); Strokeplay: 2012: 137; 2016: 121.

Manuel Amor

  • Reigning World Strokeplay champion
  • Winner Catalan Millor Jugador 2018
  • Represented Europe in the Fernando Morgado Trophy against South America

Lluis Cucurull

  • Represented Catalonia in the 2024 Five Nations tournament
  • Won 2021 Catalan International Pairs with Joel Girbau

David Solé

  • World Cup record P6 W5 H0 L1 (Foursomes: P3 W3 H0 L0; Singles: P3 W2 H0 L1); Strokeplay: 2006: 101.
  • Represented Catalonia in the 2024 Five Nations tournament

Non playing captain: Xavier Ponsdemenech 

  • Coach to the Catalan teams that won the 2004 and 2006 World Cups and 2010 European Team championship
  • Won 2022 Catalan International Pairs with Daniel Gimenez 
  • 2013 Catalan Open runner-up

Jorge R. Sarmiento

  • Reigning Basque Open champion
  • Helped Galicia to their first-ever win in the Five Nations tournament (2022)

Daniel Fuentes

  • Has represented Galicia in the Five Nations tournament 
  • Fifth in 2023 Basque Open
  • Third in 2023 Galicia Open

Teodoro Fernández

  • Helped Galicia to their first-ever win in the Five Nations tournament (2022)

Non-playing captain: Juan Carlos Iglesias Surribas.

World Cup record: P12 W4 H1 L7 (Foursomes: P5 W2 H1 L2; Singles: P7 W2 H0 L5); Strokeplay: 2012: 107; 2016: 115

José Ipiña Etxaniz

  • Played for the Basque Country in the 2022 Five Nations tournament

Juan Medina Millan

  • Best home player in the 2023 Basque Open
  • Represented Basques in 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2024 Five Nations tournament

Iosu Casajus Gorostiaga

  • Finished second in 2023 National Qualifying tournament

Hugo Espirito Santo

  • 2023 Galicia Open runner-up
  • 3rd in Basque Open 2024
  • 3rd in Andorra Open 2022

Pedro Ferreira

  • Portugal Open champion

Tomás Ribeiro

  • North Portugal Juvenile champion

Espen Bergmann

  • Represented Norway in 2018 European Team championship at Urduna

Arne Strandenes

  • Represented Norway in 2018 European Team championship at Urduna

Martin Øvestad

  • Winner of NPPF Coca Kai Hansen Open 2023

James Richards

  • Winner of Wagga Wagga Open 2024

Jenny Whittaker

  • Winner of Australian Ladies Open 2022 and 2023

Dylan Lynch

  • Range manager and regular competition prize winner at the Wiradjuri course in Wagga Wagga

Non-playing captain: Daniel Pullen.

  • Australian Pitch and Putt Association President and owner of the Wiradjuri course in Wagga Wagga

John Deeble

  • 2016 British Open champion and runner-up in 2018
  • Long-serving member of Great Britain teams in European Team championship and World Cup
  • World Cup record P24 W10 H2 L12 (Foursomes: P9 W5 H1 L3; Singles: P14 W5 H1 L8); Strokeplay: 2004: 110; 2006: 114; 2008: 99; 2016: 103.
  • Fourth in 2019 European Strokeplay championship
  • Third in 2013 World Strokeplay championship

Jordan Deeble

  • 2016 British Junior Open champion
  • Represented Great Britain in the 2018 European Team championship at Urduna

Phil Martin

  • 2023 British Strokeplay champion
  • Winner of 2018 British Pairs tournament with Darren Dore

Non playing captain: Joe Deeble

  • British Junior Open runner-up 2016, 2018
  • European Junior Strokeplay runner-up 2019

Janik Gattlen

  • 3rd in 2016 Swiss Matchplay championship
  • 3rd in 2023 Swiss Strokeplay championship
  • 2nd in 2024 Swiss Strokeplay championship
  • Represented Switzerland in 2018 European Team Championship at Urduna
  • European championship record:  P6 W2 H1 L3 (Foursomes: P8 W1 H1 L6; Singles: P10 W4 H1 L5); Strokeplay: 2018: 116.

Edy Planzer

  • 2023 Swiss Strokeplay champion
  • World Cup record: P6 W2 H1 L3 (Foursomes: P3 W0 H0 L3; Singles: P3 W2 H1 L0); Strokeplay: 2016: 112.
  • Has also represented Switzerland in the 2018 European Team championships.
  • European championship record:  P18 W5 H2 L11 (Foursomes: P2 W0 H0 L2; Singles: P4 W2 H1 L1); Strokeplay: 2018: 116.

Dieter Heutschi

  • 3rd in 2019 Slovenia Open
  • Swiss Strokeplay champion 2021, 2024

Harry Brinkmeyer

  • World Cup record: P4 W2 H1 L1 (Foursomes: P2 W1 H1 L0; Singles: P2 W1 H0 L1); Strokeplay: 2012 (when he was captain of the German team): 120.
  • Also represented Germany in the 2010 European Team championship
  • Co-Organiser of the annual Gehrder Pitch and Putt tournament in Germany

Oliver Beckman

  • Co-Organiser of the annual Gehrder Pitch and Putt tournament in Germany

Bernd Groneick

  • Owner of the Pitch & Putt Schevenriede course at Ferienhof Groneick

Xavier Garcia

  • Winner of 2019 CPPF La Vallade, Hivernales La Vallade and Tour La Vallade tournaments

Alexandre Templereau

  • Represented France in the 2023 Five Nations tournament at Vallromanes

Damien Ducept

  • Helped France to win the 2017 Five Nations tournament at El Pilar Sarria.
  • Has Also represented France on a number of other occasiosn in the Five Nations tournament
  • France's non-playing captain at the 2016 World Cup
  • 3rd in 2022 Breizh Open
  • Regional President of CPPF
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