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Q&A: 12 Questions to Uwe Tappertzhofen

Tappertzhofen

Surname: Tappertzhofen
First name: Uwe
Place of birth: Neuss
Place of residence: Giessen
Position: Head Pro im Licher Golf-Club
In this club since: 1987
Email address: uwe@tappertzhofen.com

1. Why are you hosting the EPD Tour?

 

Welcoming the EPD Tour here requires all the employees to do their very best. Giving an event like this the suitable setting is also a great challenge, and if you organise an event like this successfully, all of the participants gain a big self-confidence boost.

 

2. What are the highlights of your particular golf course?

 

The highlight of this course is, of course, our greens. We also have superb fairways which have been mown very short, providing excellent ball contact. The whole course dictates to the player the way in which they have to position their shots. Bad shots are almost always punished on this course – but good ones are rewarded.

 

3. On your particular course, it’s always great to …. ?

 

On our course it is possible to determine the difficulty of the challenge from the different tees. It’s a pleasant course to walk on – but driving a cart on it is also fun.
The open golf week is an additional highlight of the golfing year. The course is also manicured at this event, but it is easier for amateurs to play at that event than it is during the week of the EPD tour.

 

4. Who designed this course?

 

Heinz Fehring (PGA golf professional, course designer and honorary president of the PGA of Germany / note by editor)

 

5. What’s your favourite hole, and why?

 

Hole 15 is my favourite because you can play it in so many different ways depending on where you tee off and drive and on the positioning of the flags.

 

Q und A
6. What’s the current course record?

 

62

 

7. And your best round on the course?

 

68

 

8. And your tip for the best round during the EPD Tour tournament?

 

64

 

9. Which top golfers have played on this course?

 

Bernhard Langer, Martin Kaymer, Marcel Siem, Sven Strüver ... and many more!

 

10. What’s your favourite experience with the EPD Tour so far?

 

My victory during an EPD Tour Event in Gruyere in Switzerland and the fact that I was one of the five participants on the first official EPD Tour Event. I can honestly say that I have been there right from the very start.

 

11. Where do you envisage the EPD Tour being in 2015?

 

Now that’s a hard question to answer. Currently, the EPD Tour provides a great tournament experience to newcomers and amateurs golfers in a professional context. I just can’t say what things will be like in 2015!

 

12. Positive reasons on why the Ryder Cup should come to Germany in 2018?

 

The Ryder Cup is by far and away the most emotional golfing event in the world. I want to see golf stirring up more positive emotions – and I would love to see that happening in Germany. I think we can all be much more emotional than we think. If the Ryder Cup comes to Germany we can show this to the world – just like we did when we hosted the football world cup.