Ski & Golf in July
Ski & Golf in July
Published : 27-Jun-2023 07:52
Italian ski resort Cervinia will stage a combined ski and golf competition on July 8 and 9th.
The event, which has now been running each summer for 30 years, is a doubles competition that combines summer skiing (or snowboarding) and golf.
The skiing takes place on the Plateau Rosa glacier with a golf competition on the highest green in Italy at 2,050m in the Breuil basin, located 1,500 metres below.
"The white of the snow and green of the golf course are dominated by the unmistakable rocky pyramid of the Matterhorn creating a unique event in the world: the combined Snow & Golf," a resort spokesperson said.
The competition runs over two consecutive days and begins on the morning of Saturday 8 July with the giant slalom, open to skiers and snowboarders, on Piste Number 9 on the slopes of Plateau Rosa (3,500 metres). In the afternoon contestants move down to try the spectacular Cervinia golf course at 2,050 metres altitude. It's a PAR 69 course of 5,300 meters set in a stunning landscape with the competition enjoying the patronage of the Italian Golf Federation.
A second golf competition, will be the staged on the course on the Sunday using the 18-hole Stableford formula golf competition , "Four balls the best", the results of which will define the final places.
The competition rules require that at least one of the two members of each team takes part in the giant slalom, while the presence of both athletes on the green is mandatory.
The golf competition has no handicap limit and is open to members of the Italian Golf Federation or of a foreign federation.
Cervinia recently re-opened its lift connection to the year-round Matterhorn Glacier Paradise ski area shared with its Swiss neighbour Zermatt and the final stage of a series of gondolas and cable-cars connecting the two resorts over the Swiss border, the Alpine Crossing, is due to open on July 1st.
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