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PLAYING STREETGOLF IN SOUTHERN FRANCE |
HOW TO PLAY GOLF...ALMOST IN HEAVEN: Thanks to all our AG friends around the world, we've just been sent two clips from the FIRST MEGEVE STREETGOLF OPEN. "Megève http://www.megeve.com is an amazingly beautiful little hamlet nestled in French alps. It's got chalets and cobble stone streets and most likely awesome wine and cheese. (At least better than anything in LA) It's one of the twelve best Alpine ski resorts in France and as you can see, they are very into their outdoor "recreation".
When they contacted us back in May about this event I instantly google mapped them and saw that they lived in streetgolf heaven. More so 'Mountain Golf' heaven. (Note that in France, StreetGolf is pretty much what they call almostGolf or off-course golf. In Germany they tend towards the more more rural Crossgolf or off-golf) Of course the mayor of Megeve and I skyped our hearts out. In the end we sent them some AG balls and lots of 'course design' knowledge straight from our LA almostGolf testing laboritories. I am not sure it really helped, since we live in Condo land and they are pretty much 'the sound of music'.
There are two things about these golf videos to let wash over you. First, they are playing through the cobblestone streets of an amazing town that was most likely created 500 years ago. Now they are turning it into a golf course. Now that is progress. The second is that they live on the side of the alps. And that is not just any mountain. In Europe, they cross purpose their mountains by growing with grass. (Geee, how novel is that?) So in the summer the cows get to chow down to provide everyone all that great French 'fromage'. But what this really means is that Megeve may some day allow us to create the most amazing down hill mountain golf course you've ever seen.
Competition wise the tournament definately wasn't the British Open, but who cares. It must have been an amazing day of having fun. As I watched, I yerned to be there, sipping on a glass of wine and keeping score for my streetgolfing breathern. As you can imagine, Megeve is officially on the almostGOLF 'we have to go to this event next year' calander list. And having spend a lot of time in France, I highly recommend trying to get to Megeve and the entire region. The food, wine, people and atmosphere is hard to beat anywhere in the world. Also, as a golfer you definately need to check out their legit Golf du Mont d'Arbois, the golf in the French Alps mountains. What else could be better. Bottomline, definately go to Megeve if you ever go to France.
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