The guest article in Commission en Direct last autumn sparked considerable interest among EU colleagues—both those eager to take up golf for the first time and others looking to refresh their skills. In response, the Committee is pleased to launch ‘Gateway to Golf’, a new programme designed for beginners (with or without a brevet) up to a handicap of 36. How to Join To enrol, participants must hold combined membership at our club and a restricted membership at Golf de Pierpont, our partner club. This dual-membership arrangement offers beginners the most accessible and cost-effective way to start their golfing journey. Any member, beginner and up to Handicap 36 can join the group „Gateway to Golf“. Send an email to info@eu-golfclub.eu, express your interest and you will be invited to join the chat of the group on SIGNAL! Programme Launch The first group of 8–10 newcomers (both men and women) has already begun weekend practice sessions at Pierpont, led by Christian and Roberto from the C

Club Championship: For a long time it looked as if the EUGC Club Championship and also the AFGOLF Ladies’ and Men’s Cup would escape Sunday's thunderstorms. In the end the sky did open and showered the category I players on their home stretch. Play was briefly interrupted but resumed later. The outcome was as follows: * Club Champion Ladies: Victoria PAGADIGORRIA (90 strokes) runner-up: Eva TÖRÖK (93 strokes) * Club Champion Mens: Jean-Claude BURGELMAN (87 strokes) runner-up: Marko HEINONEN (88 strokes) * Club Champion Seniors: Marko HEINONEN (88 strokes) runner-up: Risto RAIVO (89 strokes) AFGOLF Ladies’ Cup Category I: Victoria PAGADIGORRIA (33 points) runner-up: Eva TÖRÖK (32 points) Category II: Margaret BRENNAN (32 points) runner-up: Natalia SANCHEZ CALERO (25 points) Category III: Marie TILBURCK (36 points) runner-up: Eliane VAN ZOOM (30 points) AFGOLF Men’s Cup Category I: Marko HEINONEN (35 points) runner-up: Jean-Claude BURGELMAN (34 points) Category II: Jussi NARVI (39 point

Dear Members, Following the questionniare to members it was decided to trial mid-week golf this season. As the majority of our members now have more time on your hands we hope you will support this new possibility. Tee times have been deliberately chosen around lunchtimes to allow those working to join by taking a half-day off work. The following competitions are now scheduled in our 2026 programme. l'Empereur - 26/05/2026 - (registration now open in i-golf) Oostende - 23/06/2026 Keerbergen - 09/07/2026 Winge - 01/09/2026 Please add these possibilities to your calendar and we count on your support.

We met Kurt at La Bawette Golf Club for this interview. Our President, Christian Ehlers, presented him with the new club polo shirt as a gift from the Committee! 1. Kurt, you’re now in your 90s and the oldest member of the EU-Golf Club! Could you tell us a little about yourself—when did you start playing golf, and what have been the highlights of your golfing career? After completing my vocational training at Bayer in Germany, I worked as an engineer before joining the European Commission as a scientific official in the nuclear sector, first in Cadarache (southern France) and later in Brussels. Sports have always been a big part of my life. I played football in school and later through company teams, but as I wasn’t the biggest or strongest, I eventually struggled to keep up. I then switched to volleyball and later tennis, though health issues eventually made those difficult as well. Just before retiring at nearly 60, I stumbled upon a beginner’s golf programme at La Bawette—and that

Dear Members, The grass is growing and the sun is mostly back. Our golfing season is well underway for the spring-summer period. On Sunday the 2026 Asterix started with the first competition taking place in Royal Hainaut Golf Club. The Asterix competitions are the core of our golfing calendar and stretch from April to October. It offers you 16 opportunities to play and score points. Your best five scores count and will decide the winners across three categories. You can follow the progress here and this document will be updated regularly. Our match play competition is underway and 16 players will battle it out for the title of EUGC Club Matchplay champion. You can follow the progress here. The EUGC team competed at the Michel Blodel trophy at Wimereux on the côte d'Opale and you can see more here. The weekend before the EUGC opened the season with the traditional trip to the Le Touquet, France. Congratulations to the winners and all the participants. Read more here. Photo by Soheb Zaid

Team EUGC placed a very respectable net 11th place at the 2026 edition of the Michel Blondel trophy played on 28 and 29 March. Hosted at the Wimereux golf Club in glorious sunshine on the cote d'Opale teams compete from France, Belgium and the UK. Congratulations to all the participants. Participation in this event is earned by performance in the EUGC asterix competitions. Results are here. More photos are found here.