With the support of Pascal Grizot, its next president, the French Golf Federation deploys a new training center dedicated to high performance, National Golf of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines.
An Olympic discipline, French golf is projected onto the Paris Games. Indeed, six years after the prestigious Ryder Cup 2018, the famous Albatros, the 18-hole golf course of the National Golf will see the best players in the world swinging in 2024, on the fairways of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines (78). An appointment that federal officials would like to address through a champion or an emblematic champion, although this profile is slow to assert itself, four years from the deadline ...
An innovative and ambitious program for French golf
A centralization effort
Formerly scattered within seven training centers spread across the country, the young hopefuls of French golf will now be brought together in the coming years within two centers of excellence which meet the requirements of high-level training. A first in the south of the country, already operational, at the academy of Terre Blanche golf course nearly Fayence Yes, a second at National Golf of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, which will be fully ready in September 2021, after a period of major works that has already started. “The total investment of € 4,5 million is made by the FFG and its partners, specifies Christophe Muniesa, Managing Director. The region Ile-de-France first, then the department of Yvelines and Saint-Quentin, and finally the Ministry of Sports. We are at 65% subsidy rate. ”
Directed by Édourad Bréchignac
Cornerstone of this program: the high performance center of National GolfLed by Edouard Brechignac, aims to install a unity of place for the champions of tomorrow. At the end of the construction of the building which will be able to accommodate 24 people (girls and boys, staff) at the next school year - the work of which begins at the end of October and ends next summer -, this training center will concentrate the structure of 'accommodation, the training stadium and school teaching premises (private college and high school, out of contract). “As a trainer,” notes the site manager, “it is a tool that we have dreamed of for a long time for our young golfers. "
A work area for golf that is unique in Europe
Symbol of the step forward in terms of training: the new training stadium dedicated to the game, this exercise which for professionals and amateurs alike allows to score and make the difference. “A work area like this is unique in Europe,” said Pascal Grizot at his inauguration, in the presence of Valérie Pécresse, president of the Ile-de-France region. An investment of € 1,3 million for almost six months of work. "Building a good green or a bad green can cost the same price", smiles Grizot, when he talks about the choice of the architect. Martin hawtree, to imagine and supervise this project "which François Illouz had thought of and which we carried out"
A budget of 4,5 million euros
This area covers 5 ha of right-of-way, 18 m² of remodeled parts, and has five greens, eight bunkers, six artificial line starts, four artificial circular starts, three natural starts and a driving platform. To the delight of its young beneficiaries, such as Mila, Justine, Deborah and Laura, four golfers aged 000 to 12 who crossed paths on the day of the inauguration, and who were training on the premises for the third time already. “It's incredible, it's the best ground we can have,” one of them rejoiced. “We can play in all positions, we have plenty of possibilities for the fairway, it's perfect. […] It is very well maintained. It's impressive, ”replies another.
The entire Performance Center project represents a budget of 4,5 million euros, supported over 60% by grants from the Region, the Department, SQY, the Ministry of Sports and the National Sports Agency, the rest being financed from the Federation's own funds. A project "unique in Europe", assures Pascal Grizot.
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