There's not a more breathtaking venue on any golf tour than Evian Les Bains. On the southern shore of Lake Geneva, its verdant landscape is backed the towering snow capped French Alps.
There's a tree-lined lakeside promenade, lined with trees and elegant gardens, and there are numerous chateaus and spas. I spent a week in Evian almost 10 years ago when I lived in Paris, and was charmed by the fairytale scenery and alpine architecture. Unfortunately, this was before I'd ever picked up a golf club so I didn't even visit the Evian Masters Golf Club. It's a beautiful woodland course situated between the lake shore and the mountains and host to the Evian Masters tournament, that begins this week.
The Evian Masters is a major on the European Tour and one of the most universally loved stops. Ai Miyiazato is the defending champion and Americans Natalie Gulbis, Paula Creamer and Julie Inkster have won in recent years.
Television Coverage in the US is not what it could be, and there have been a number of complaints about that:
Jul 22 6:30-8:30 PM ET GC ~ ~ Jul 23 6:30-8:30 PM ET GC
Jul 24 1:00-4:00 PM ET GC ~ ~ Jul 25 1:00-4:00 PM ET GC
The tournament however, does a number of awesome things to share the action with fans and viewers... like live segments on their website, and continually updated photo galleries... as well as interactive guestbooks were you can leave messages for favorite players. You can follow the Evian Masters on Twitter and facebook too. And this year there's a new iPhone app especially for the Evian Masters that brings yet another kind of coverage.There'll be activities going on all week too. In fact, the EMJC 2010 junior tournament took place over the past couple of days, and today Michelle Wie presented a trophy to the 2010 winning team: Team France. How perfect is that?
you can also add a more recent link to follow the Evian Masters on Facebook, which is http://www.facebook.com/evianmasters, the group "I Love Evian Masters" is an older one, but still active for sure :)
ReplyDeleteWe're still waiting on the year when you to announce that you'll be AT the Evian doing live coverage. :-)
ReplyDeleteo man that video was so nice.
ReplyDeletehow great.
loved it.
It looks so pure and beautiful. Golf in the Alps is definitely on my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteNatalie and Paula have won here I'm hoping for Cristie this year.
ReplyDeleteI love the pink sky in the video!
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ReplyDeleteyes, i've been to the lake and surrounding area, notibly zugspitz, and it is beautiful, but i dont think i'm slighting anyone to say that if you cannot get to france, or the alps, may i suggest mount treblanc north of montreal in the laurention mountains, in late-august through mid-september (end of summer but before ski season)
although if the euro craters, go to france ! - bon voyage !
anyway be well
frankD
ft lauderdale
Geneva is one of the most elegant and beautiful cities I've ever been to. I hope the players and their families are able to spend some time there.
ReplyDeleteAnother nice photo collection. Solid!i
ReplyDeleteAnother place I too have been but never golfed. :o(
ReplyDeleteMust plan new trips!