Team EUGC placed a very respectable net 11th place at the 2026 edition of the Michel Blondel trophy played on 28 and 29 March. Hosted at the Wimereux golf Club in glorious sunshine on the cote d'Opale teams compete from France, Belgium and the UK. Congratulations to all the participants. Participation in this event is earned by performance in the EUGC asterix competitions. Results are here. More photos are found here.

On 21 & 22 March the EUGC kicked off the 2026 golf season in Le Touquet. Participants walked the fabulous courses “La Forêt” and “La Mer” in bright sunshine. The players least distracted by the fine weather were the overall winners Paul Reiderman and Marie Tilburck. More photos found here.

You are the President of the club. Tell us a bit about your golfing career and the tasks a President must assume. My golfing career started decades ago – on television. That was the time when CNBS broadcasted summaries of PGA tournaments late in the evening. I found it fascinating: the beautiful courses and the apparent simplicity of the game. I should be able to play golf, I thought. Only later I found out that Winston Churchill had a better insight into golf than I when he wrote: “Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose!” Still, I keep on trying! As President and as member of the committee your main task is to offer your members playing opportunities. That requires to listen to members wishes, looking for compromises and squaring circles. If you are successful, complaints and compliments should be in balance, and on a fine day you are a happy camper. Our main challenges these days are a weake

Dear Members, The winter cup has concluded with 7 out of 8 competitions played and only one lost to the weather. Congratulations to all the participants who braved the winter conditions and who were rewarded with glorious spring-like sunshine last weekend. Here are the final standings. Well done to all the winners. Dominic EUGC Captain

Personal information: Peter Baader, 68 years old, German and Belgian, retired EU official, Handicap 24,0 Peter, you won the 2025 Match play competition, which is organised in a 'KO'-modus. What distinguishes a match play from an ordinary stroke play or Stableford competition? For me, match play is quintessential golf, its purest form. Look at the Ryder and Solheim Cups that are both battled out in match play formats. Captivating, thrilling! In a stroke play or Stableford competition, bad scores will usually ruin your card, but not necessarily in match play. There, one plays hole by hole, and even several holes lost or tied will not mean that one loses the entire match. Therefore, the approach to a match is different from that in stroke play - both mentally and strategically. In addition, there is a set of specific rules that sets match play apart from stroke play: One may oversee an opponent’s breach of a rule, one may concede a hole or the next stroke (even the entire match!), the ge

Dear members, I would like to remind you of our traditional season-opening weekend in Le Touquet, which will take place from 20th to 22nd March 2026. The price for the golf week-end is EUR 386. The supplement for the “privilege” room is EUR 33 per person per night. If you require a single room, you will have to pay an extra EUR 75 per night. The price covers accommodation, breakfast, a round of golf per day and the dinner on Saturday night (3-course meal, drinks not included). If you intend to play one of the courses on Friday, please enquire about the conditions. The daily stay tax is 2.60 EUR per person per night. Please register by reserving a room in the hotel before the 15th December 2025. Be aware that 12 rooms have been pre-booked. Once you have received the booking confirmation, please inform me (eugolf15.chntl@gmail.com). Tee-times have been booked for a maximum of 20 players Saturday 21/03/2026 on the « La Forêt-course » as of 9h42 Sunday 22/03/2026 on the « La Mer-course »