Frenchman Voted To Captain R & A.

Just three days after the French people voted in a new President and golf’s ruling body has announced the appointment of a first Continental born Captain to serve the R & A.

French born Pierre Bechmann will serve as Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews 2012 – 2013 following his nomination by the Past Captains of the Club.

Bechmann’s year of office will begin with the traditional driving-in ceremony on the first tee of the Old Course on Friday 21st September, 2012.

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris in 1957, Bechmann becomes the first Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club to be born on Continental Europe.

He was particularly active in amateur golf including sitting on the Executive Committee of the French Golf Federation and the Championship Committee of the European Golf Association.

Bechmann is a lawyer by profession and a member of the Paris Bar, Bechmann has been President of his home club, Golf de Chantilly, since 2010.  He is a former member of the R&A’s General Committee, and has served on the Championship and Rules of Golf Committees as well as The R&A Coaching Panel.  In 2008/09 he was Captain of Royal St George’s Golf Club.

Bechmann currently enjoys a handicap of 9 and lives in Chantilly.

*Thanks to R & A

 



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