Lumine Golf Club have agreed a new partnership with the Swiss Golf Association, that will see the club become the winter training base for the country’s national amateur and professional golf teams. Starting in January 2021, Lumine will play host to Switzerland’s elite golfers for three months and will provide them with the opportunity to train and practice daily on the club’s two top-quality championship courses, The Hills and The Lakes; with the latter designed by World Hall of Famer and golf course designer Greg Norman.
As part of an extensive tender process, the club was chosen ahead of several other European destinations ticking all the boxes the Swiss Golf Association required. It’s short proximity from Switzerland, first-class courses, modern practice facilities, and all-year-round warm climate, provide the national teams with the perfect setting to their improve their game during the winter months.
As well as its two championship courses, Lumine is also home to two state-of-the-art clubhouses, a premium restaurant offering, beach club and a unique nine-hole golf course, The Ruins, as well as a Toptracer driving range.
Barbara Albisetti, director of sport at Swiss Golf, said: “We are delighted to have agreed a partnership with Lumine Golf Club to become Swiss Golf winter base for 2021. It is an impressive destination with first-class facilities and it’s everything we need to help our players develop and push them onto the next level. We are really looking forward to the experience and staying at Lumine next winter.”
Andy Gordon, head of golf at Lumine Golf Club, added: “We are really excited to welcome a group of highly-talented golfers to the club this winter. It has been a very strange year for the golf industry, and we hope that this exciting news can help the Swiss Golf Association reach their ambitions, driving a record-number of players to the Q School Final Stages, and hopefully gaining tour card status.”
