In the Egyptian Swing 1 @Madinaty Golf Club, the first seasonal tournament of the MENA Tour, Enrico Di Nitto, 11th with 215 (73 71 71, +2) strokes, was the best among the nine Italians in the competition. On the course of the Madinaty Golf Club (par 71), in El Qahera El Gididaa in Egypt, in an event held in difficult weather conditions and with the two initial rounds suspended, he won with 205 (66 71 68, -8) the Briton Ben Jones with a one-shot lead over compatriot Jack Floydd (206, -7).
Aron Zemmer, who won the MENA Tour Tournament 4 in December, and Alessandro Tadini finished in 19th place with 217 (+4), and in 38th place with 221 (+8) Michele Ortolani, Andrea Saracino and Federico Zucchetti.
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The 23-year-old Jones, who had a very good experience on continental circuits in 2021 (one race on the DP World Tour and three on the Challenge where he left no trace), prevailed over his opponent, with whom he shared the lead after 36 holes thanks to a grand finale.
In fact, he scored five birdies in the last seven holes (the decisive one at the 17th) after the first eleven in which he had gone two strokes over par (two birdies, a bogey, a triple bogey) momentarily giving way to Floydd.
Jones (closing run of 68, -3) was rewarded with a check for $13,500 out of a $75,000 prize pool. In third place with 209 (-4) the other Englishman Curtis Knipes and the Czech Gordan Brixi and in fifth place with 212 (-1) the Swede Erik Jonasson, the Irishman Paul McBride and the Englishman Jake Ayres.
Michele Cea, 60th with 153 (+10), Edoardo Raffaele Lipparelli, 70th with 153 (+11), and Jacopo Vecchi Fossa, 79th with 154 (+12) came out at the cut, fallen at 150 (+8). ). From 5 to 7 February, the Egyptian Swing 2 @Madinaty Golf Club will be repeated on the same course and with the same nine Italians.
Egypt is a transcontinental country that crosses the northeast corner of Africa and the southwest corner of Asia across a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Most of its territory of 1 001 000 square kilometers is located in North Africa and borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.
