{"id":7120,"date":"2024-09-13T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2024-10-30T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T09:56:11","slug":"penati-slovak-open-2024-dominated-by-mateusz-gradecki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/penati-slovak-open-2024-dominated-by-mateusz-gradecki\/","title":{"rendered":"Penati Slovak Open 2024 dominated by Mateusz Gradecki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Penati Slovak Open 2024,<\/strong> the most prestigious golf tournament for professional golfers in Slovakia with international participation, has a champion. After two days of competition on the legendary course of the Penati Golf Resort in \u0160ajd\u00edkovo Humence, Mateusz Gradecki from Poland triumphed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Record participation and generous sponsorship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s tournament attracted a record 56 professional players from eight countries, surpassing all previous editions. Players were attracted not only by the prestige of the event, but also by the \u20ac22,000 prize fund, making it one of the most important golf events in Central Europe. Despite the bad weather that prevailed during the tournament, the par 73 course was in top condition.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4467 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"1006\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mateusz Gradecki had kept the lead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adverse weather in the form of wind and rain during the first day troubled many players, but Gradecki was able to cope with these conditions. After the first round he played a score of -1, which put him in a good position for the next round, with Czech player Ond\u0159ej Lieser in the lead for a score of -2 \/ 71 shots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4349 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-r-1024x237.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the second round, the scores were close and exciting, with all three players in the lead ( GRADECKI, MR\u00daZEK, LIESER ) managing to play Eagle on the 15th hole with a par on hole 6, and the leaders going into the 16th hole 8 shots under par. The 18th hole was the deciding hole as all three players played PAR on the 16th and 17th holes to decide who would win. Filip Mr\u00fazek, Ond\u0159ej Lieser tried to attack the birdie but only Gradecki birdie putt converted. Filip Mr\u00fazek didn&#8217;t convert the birdie putt and it was waiting for the last flight with Ond\u0159ej Lieser who had a putt within two feet. Lieser did not convert the playoff hope and Mateusz Gradecki deservedly became the winner of the PENATI SLOVAK OPEN 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4344\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9-r.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the final round he played 8 shots under par and with a total score of 9 shots under par won 10.000\u20ac from the donor PENATI GOLF RESORT, the title partner of the tournament. In addition to the prize money, the winner will play in the Challenge Tour ITALIAN CHALLENGE OPEN in two weeks&#8217; time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4475 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-10-at-21.33.29-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Home player Andrej Chochol the best among amateurs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrej Chochol from Penati Golf Club was the best amateur of the tournament. In the final round he shot an excellent six under par to finish 4th overall. The best Slovak professional was Rory Sabbatini, silver medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, who finished 7th with a score of -7.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4469 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-10-at-21.33.32-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best professional Katar\u00edna Droc\u00e1rov\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the four professional players in the starting field, the best ranked was Katar\u00edna Droc\u00e1rov\u00e1, who played three shots over par. Michaela V\u00e1vrov\u00e1, Anika Bol\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 and Austrian Lena Schilowsky also took part in the tournament. The organizers noted that the course was not easy for the women.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4351 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-r.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"139\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4473 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-10-at-21.33.33-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Historic live stream premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Penati Slovak Open 2024 also brought a technological novelty in the form of a live stream of the tournament. For the first time in Slovakia, viewers were able to follow the progress of the game in real time thanks to a live stream of selected four holes. This step, realized in cooperation with <strong>Konica Minolta<\/strong> and <strong>Orange Slovakia<\/strong>, represents a significant shift in the popularization of golf in Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PENATI_SLOVAK_OPEN_2024_results.pdf\">RESULTS PENATI SLOVAK OPEN 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More information and tournament records are available on the official tournament website: https:\/\/www.golfslovakopen.sk\/.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4367 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/golfslovakopen.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-r-1-1024x186.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>zdroj: golfslovakopen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Penati Slovak Open 2024, the most prestigious golf tournament for professional golfers in Slovakia with international participation, has a champion. After two days of competition on the legendary course of the Penati Golf Resort in \u0160ajd\u00edkovo Humence, Mateusz Gradecki from Poland triumphed. Record participation and generous sponsorship This year&#8217;s tournament attracted a record 56 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7121,"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120\/revisions\/7121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pga.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}