The tenth anniversary edition of the Czech Open has come to an end at the Royal Beroun Golf Club. Slovak golfers contributed to its success with excellent performances. Jakub Hrinda fought his way to an excellent second place in his professional debut, losing only to local player Filip Mrůzek (-32). Jakub benefited from consistent performances (64-65-65-65) and finished 7 strokes behind the winner (-25).
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At the 83rd International German Amateur Championships, the new Slovak champion Jakub Hrinda continued his excellent performances. The German Championships were held at GC München Valley from June 27 to 30, 2023. Jakub did not get lost in the strong international competition, as all golfers had to contend not only with a challenging course, but also with strong winds and rain that accompanied the championship. Jakub achieved an excellent result, finishing in the top ten in a tie for 9th place with a score of -6 (72-72-65-73). In the third round, Jakub played 7 strokes under par (65), which was the lowest score of the round (Bence Bertenyi played similarly), with only the winner, local player Dobrunz Nils, scoring lower with -9/63 in the second round.
We congratulate Jakub on his great result and thank him for representing Slovak golf.
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Among the men, Jakub Hrinda, Andrej Chochol, and Jack Maxey fought a fierce battle. Jakub Hrinda (-6/210) won thanks to a slight lead from the second round, beating Andrej Chochol (-5/211) by a single stroke. England’s Jack Maxey (-4/212) held on to third place.
The national winners took home the Slovakian championship challenge trophies. The winners of the international categories received beautiful and valuable works of art from Gordan Glass.
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Slovak representative Jakub Hrinda also played under par (-3) in the final round of the European Amateur Championships and moved up 15 places to finish in a tie for 21st place. Jakub got off to a great start, playing 4 birdies and par on the first five holes, adding two bogeys and birdies, and after rounds of 68-71-66-69, he recorded a final score of -14. Congratulations Jakub and thank you for representing us so well.
The winner of the European Amateur Championship at Pärnu Bay Golf Links in Estonia was Spain’s José Luis Ballester Barrio with a score of -21, who started the fourth round with an eagle and finished with a bogey.
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Slovak golfer Jakub Hrinda achieved an excellent result at the fourth tournament of the current 2022 university golf season. At the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational tournament at the Stockton Golf and Country Club in California, he finished in first place among 93 golfers with a score of -14/199 after rounds of 70-62-67. Jakub was particularly impressive in the second round, achieving the lowest score of his university career. He led his George Washington University team to fourth place.
In the first tournament of the season, the VCU Shootout at the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond, Jakub finished in second place, also shooting -14.
This year’s Turkish Amateur Open was held at the Gloria golf course, the venue for the Challenge Tour, which attracted several dozen stronger players this year. There were 83 men in the field, with 40 players making the cut. More than half of the participating players had a positive handicap. Jakub played on the championship course (par 72) with scores of 70, 77, 67, and 71, and won in a playoff. With his victory in the tournament, Jakub won an invitation to the Challenge Tour Championship in Turkey in the spring of 2019 and a business class ticket around the world sponsored by Turkish Airlines. The winner in the women’s category was Natália Guseva from Russia.
Promising Slovak golfer Jakub Hrinda added to his collection of international sporting achievements when he became South Africa’s junior vice-champion last week. The 2016 South African International Junior Championships were held at the Durbanville Golf Club in Cape Town.
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Among Jakub Hrinda’s successes, we can mention his placement at the professional MENA TOUR tournament in the United Arab Emirates, where he tied for 46th place (out of 109 players) and took 6th place among amateurs. From April 17 to 21, 2014, the Golf du Medoc golf course in France hosted the French Boys U18 Carlhian Trophy, the highest-ranked tournament for boys under 18 in continental Europe. The tournament was played by 132 boys, 120 of whom had a handicap of 0 or +. Only 32 players could make the cut. Jakub made the cut as the youngest of the participants. The Asian final of the Faldo Series was held in March at Mission Hills near Hong Kong, with 81 finalists from 19 countries, including European and US players who were winners of the Grand Final at Greenbrier in the US in October 2013. Europe was represented by three boys, including Jakub Hrinda, who finished second in his category at Greenbrier. His overall score of +5 after three days earned him 4th place in the boys’ under-16 category, just behind the Chinese players, and an excellent overall T12 place among all the finalists. In June 2014, he participated in the German Junior Open. Among his successes on domestic Slovak courses, we can mention Jakub’s 2nd place in the SKGA tour played on our course as well as 2nd place in the Slovak Junior Championships.
A member of LGK Professional, a talented player who started playing at the age of 5. He achieved several successes in the first year of his professional career. He participated in 6 tournaments of the Gecko Tour 2016, placing in the TOP 10 four times, and will play another 12 tournaments of the Gecko Tour 2017 next year. His performance this season has earned him 5th place in the current GECKO Order of Merit rankings. The finals will be played by the top 30 golfers according to the final Order of Merit rankings in early March 2017 at the Finca Cortesin course in Spain (50,000 € prize money). Janko had an average score of 71.54 strokes over the last 12 rounds! At the beginning of this season, he signed a cooperation agreement with the professional golf team RELMOST. Under this contract, if he meets the performance parameters, he is guaranteed a start in the Challenge Tour events and the European Tour Czech Masters tournament, where he can gain experience, watch top professional players in action and compete against them in direct matches. It is a great motivation for Janko to know that his performances are being monitored and regularly published on www.golfextra.cz. If you want to follow Janko’s golf online, you can do so on this website. “Of course, my participation in the GECKO Tour so far has been a great motivation for me. Since arriving in Spain, I have participated in five tournaments and achieved four TOP10 finishes (T4, T6, T6, T8). Of course, that meant a few euros in my account, but I’m mainly happy that my average score per round from the last four tournaments is in the red, i.e. under par. And my worst score per hole is a buggy.”
From August 18 to 21, 2016, Ján Friesz Jr., a member of the Lomnický Golf Club, PGA SLOVENSKO, and a member of the RELMOST professional golf team, participated in the EUROPEAN TOUR – D+D REAL, the highest European professional tour, Czech Masters 2016, which took place at the Albatross Golf Resort. Ján finished in a tie for 102nd place out of 156 players with a score of +4 (77, 71).
LGK member Ján Friesz Jr. has been a professional player since November 1, 2015. He finished in an excellent tied sixth place at the winter GECKO TOUR at Mijas Golf Club in Spain. Read about his successes at the winter GECKO Tour.
October 22-24, 2015 – At the European Club Team Championships, held October 22-24, 2015, at the Minthis Hills Golf Resort in Cyprus, the LGK team consisting of Ján Friesz Jr., Dávid Turlík, Adam Puchmelter, and non-playing team captain Ján Friesz Sr. took 13th place among 25 teams from across Europe! We would like to thank KPMG for their support.
September 4-6, 2015 – The LGK team consisting of Ján Friesz Jr., Adam Puchmelter, and Dávid Turlík took 1st place at the Slovak Club Team Championships at the Hrubá Borša golf resort. The boys represented not only LGK, but also Slovakia at the EUROPEAN MEN’S CLUB TROPHY tournament at the Minithis Hills Golf Club in Paphos, Cyprus, from October 22 to 24, 2015.
April 1-12, 2015 – Ján Friesz Jr. was the surprise of the Czech PGA Tour tournament at the Konopiště golf course, where he placed an amazing 4th.
Ján Friesz Jr. became not only the “Player of the Year under 18,” but also the overall “Player of the Year” in Slovakia. The award was accepted on Janek’s behalf by his father, Ján Friesz, at the ceremony announcing the winners of the individual age categories of the 2014 Golfer of the Year competition on Saturday, March 11, 2015, in Bratislava. Jakub Hrinda became Player of the Year Under 14. At the end of 2014, our players Jakub Hrinda, Ján Friesz Jr. and Adam Puchmelter were ranked in the top three places in the current Slovak golf rankings. This also testifies to the systematic approach to the education and training of young top players at LGK.
The most notable achievement is winning the so-called double, when Ján managed to win the title of Slovak Champion by strokes on the course in Skalica and defend the title of Slovak Champion by holes from 2013. In particular, the defense of the Slovak Champion by holes title was fully under Ján’s direction, as he did not pull the short end of the stick during the entire tournament. In September 2014, Ján Friesz Jr. represented the Slovak Republic at the World Championship in Japan. As the only member of the team, his result was counted every day and with a result of +1 in 4 days, he took a nice 96th place out of 209 amateur golfers in the world. Slovakia as a team finished with a result under par for the first time in history, namely -2. In July 2014, he represented Slovakia at the European Amateur Championship in St. Andrews. After an excellently played 1st round, when he was in 18th place, he finally placed in the second half of the results list. From foreign tournaments we can also mention participation in the Portugal Amateur Open, Spanish Amateur Open, German Junior Open, French Boys. Successes in foreign tournaments include passing the cutoff at the Slovenia Amateur Open and especially 30th place at the Swiss Amateur Open where he passed the cutoff and finally took a nice 30th place. In June 2014 Ján Friesz Jr. also experienced the atmosphere of a major professional tournament when he participated on the basis of a wild card in the Challenge Profi Tour D+D Real, which was held in Penati. Other domestic successes include two championships, second and third place on the SKGA Tour. In October 2014 he participated in the final round of the Faldo Series, which was held on the course in Greenbier in the USA. Ján Friesz Jr. is a member of the Slovak men’s national team. (On March 11, 2015, Ján Friesz Jr. will be declared Golfer of the Year 2014 at the SKGA ceremonial meeting in Bratislava.) Lomnica Golf Club Winner of the SKGA President’s Cup 2014 The new winner of the SKGA President’s Cup for club teams of students was the Lomnica Golf Club on Friday, September 26, 2014. The tournament took place on an 18-hole course in Hrubá Borša (format per hole – two singles and one foursome) and was played by 9 teams from the clubs GC Pegas, GK Agama, GK Hrubá Borša, Lomnický GK, GC Welten, GCC Piešťany, Penati GC and GC Skalica. The juniors from Lomnica did not find a winner in any match, thus earning the full 3 points. The winning team from Lomnica, consisting of Vinnaiová Sára, Čičová Táňa, Drábik Matej and Halagovec Flávius, won the SKGA President’s Travelling Cup 2014 for their club. Congratulations and thank you for the successful representation!
Lomnický GK finally finished in 12th place at the 2021 European Women’s Club Team Championship in Golf de Fontainebleau with a score of +37/469 (15-154-157), 4 shots away from 10th place. Antónia Zacharovská was also the best of our team on the final day, she played +5/77 and her overall result was enough for a joint 12th place in the individual ranking. Linda Ilavská improved on the third day as well, today +8/80 and after rounds 83-81-80) she is in joint 33rd place (+28/244). Emma Višňovská did a little less well and after rounds 84-86-87 she finished in 47th place (+41/257).
The Golf Resort hosted the Slovak Club Team Championship from Friday, August 30, 2019. This year was marked by a strong and numerous participation of 25 teams from all over Slovakia. After three days and 54 holes, Táňa Čičová and Tonka Zacharovská took a wonderful 3rd place with a total score of 458. The men’s team (Matúš Maďar, Flávius Halagovec and Brudňák Marek) finished in a nice 9th place with 493 shots out of 18 participating men’s teams. Congratulations!
Laila Hrindová finished in 34th place in the European Women’s Team Championship qualification in Murhof, Austria, on July 12-14, 2018, with a score of -1 under Par (70, 73), tied for 34th in the European women’s top individual rankings, and in match-play she tied with Spaniard Ainhoa Olarra (15th player in the WAGR world ranking), won 4&2 over Swiss Gioia Carpinelli (WAGR 447) and narrowly lost by 1 hole to Scot Connie Jaffrey (WAGR 123). The Slovak women’s team (Laila, Sára Zrníková, Lea Klimentová, Natália Hečková, Anika Bolčíková and Rebecca Hnidková, Laila is on the bottom left in the photo) in match-play, finishing 14th out of 19 teams, achieving their highest ever ranking. The championship was won by the Swedish team.
Our boys returned home under the leadership of Adam Puchmelter, the team captain, full of impressions and especially experience from the international tournament. We offer you the view of Matúš Maďar: “I am very happy that I could be part of such a team, such a group of people as we went to Bordeaux, I appreciate it. For me personally, it was the biggest and best organized tournament I have ever played in. I am sorry that my achieved results did not help the team to a better position, because I think that I did not play bad golf especially in the first two days, but the disastrous putting ruined my chance for a better result. It was a great week for me, I hope that next year with the same composition we will have a chance to win a better position, I am sure that we have what it takes.” “The weather was great, the tournament was well organized. I had no stress or fear and the problem with my game was purely a matter of swing. It could definitely have been played better, the course was not very difficult,” said Miro Gordan. “I played well, only my putting and green play were very bad. I am very happy to have experienced such a tournament,” adds David Turlík.
At the Moneta Czech PGA Tour – Ropice Golf Trophy 2017 tournament, Adam Puchmelter placed in a nice 12th place in the PRO category. Janko Friesz, Jr. also did well, finishing in 24th place. Congratulations to the boys!
