Tranlate this title Alps Tour: Legros wins in Egypt, Romano third in spanish

Andrea Romano delivered another strong performance on the Alps Tour, finishing third with a 209 (68, 69, 72, -7) in the Dreamland Open at the Dreamland Golf Club (par 72) in Cairo, where Frenchman Maxime Legros secured his first title on the tour with a 202 (65, 66, 71, -14).

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Spain’s Pablo Alperi, who had already been runner-up in the previous Villa Paradiso Alps Open, finished second with a 204 (-12). Romano was joined by fellow Frenchmen Ewan Le Tennier, Augustin Hole, Hermes Ferchaud, Benjamin Kedochim, and Alexis Leray, as well as Spaniards Alberto Dominguez and Javier Calles Roman.

Enrico Di Nitto, Federico Livio, and Filippo Bergamaschi finished 13th with a score of 211 (-5), Luca Memeo 28th with a score of 212 (-4), Alessandro Nardini 34th with a score of 214 (-2), Filippo Grossi and Mattia Comotti 39th with a score of 215 (-1), Flavio Michetti 43rd with a score of 216 (par), and Manfredi Manica 48th with a score of 218 (+2).

Maxime Legros, a 24-year-old from Dinard, retired at the end of 2023 with an eighth-place finish at the Qualifying School and entered the Alps Tour in 2024, where he has achieved seven top-ten finishes in 28 previous events. He led the way, and after a 65 (-7) and a 66 (-6), he managed his four-shot lead with a 71 (-1, four birdies, three bogeys). For his victory, he received a check for €6,200 from a prize pool of €42,500 and moved up to fifth in the rankings.

Romano, a 25-year-old from Rome, consolidated his lead in the rankings. He had an excellent start to the season with two victories (Red Sea Little Venice Open and New Giza Open), a third-place finish, a tenth-place finish, and a twelfth-place finish. With another title, he would immediately move up to the HotelPlanner Tour without waiting for the end of the circuit, when the top five finishers in the rankings will be admitted.

After the fourth edition of the Dreamland Open, which previously took place under the name Dreamland Pyramids Open in 2015, 2016 and 2019, the Alps Tour remains in Egypt where The Allegria Open is scheduled for April 24 to 26 on the course of The Allegria Golf Club in Cairo with 22 Italians competing, including Romano.