The Meaztegi Golf will host from September 12 to 17 the first edition of ‘Bizkaia PGAe Open’, which will be the sixth scoring exam for National Circuit of the Association of Golf Professionals of Spain (PGAe).
The competition, unveiled this Tuesday on the field located in the old Triano mining area, will be given a score for the world golf ranking and “attended by the best national golfers and representation of international players”, approximately 140 in total. , according to organizers.
“This tournament will be before and after for our course,” said Carlos Roca, managing director of Meaztegi Golf, a publicly owned facility owned by Biscay Provincial Council designed by Severiano Ballesteros and inaugurated in 2005.
For its part, Imanol Pradales, the regional deputy for Infrastructure and Territorial Development, stressed the “national and international” projection of a tournament that would generate an economic return of approximately “half a million euros”.
Consistent with the professional tournament, whose first edition coincides with the 50th anniversary of the PGAe, there will be a ‘Pro-Am’ competition where novice golfers will have the opportunity to compete with professional players.
The event will also have “a charitable purpose” and will be remembered as well Charles Cellesone of the pioneers of golf in Spain based in Bizkaia since 1960, recently died.
Source: La Verdad
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