Malaga accepts the Andalusia Costa del Sol/Spanish Openthe last tournament of the year on the Women’s European Tour (LET) that will be held between Thursday and Sunday this week at the Real Guadalhorce Golf Club, a venue that will bring together 75 of the best players in the world.
This is the last event of 2024 in women’s golf, a Spanish Open which will have a good national representation with up to seventeen golfers, of which Navarrese stands out Carlota Cigandathe last Spaniard to win it, in 2021.
Navarrese, with four victories in the ‘Solheim Cup’, is one of the Spaniards who will fight for the title, along with Ana Peláez, Fátima Fernández Canothat came after the card was secured in the American circuit; Martha Martinthe only national golfer to achieve success this year at the LET, which she did at the ‘Tipsport Czech Ladies Open’; either Maria Hernandezleading the Spanish in the classification, with a current ninth position.
Other Spanish golfers with experience and success in the LET will also participate, such as Nuria Iturrioz and Carmen Alonsoboth have circuit titles; to which they added Luna Sobrontriple champion of Spain; and high-level players such as Mireia Prat, Teresa Toscano, Harang Lee, Paz Marfá and Marta Sanz.
Besides, Maria Herraez will compete in the tournament after taking his place as champion of the Santander Golf Tour 2024 annual classification, while young beginners complete the Spanish representation Andrea Revuelta, Paula Martín and Carla Bernatwho will seek to win the Celia Barquín Award, an award that honors the memory of the Cantabrian golfer and is awarded to the best non-professional player in the tournament.
The Malagueña Ana Pelaezwho was at the tournament presentation on Monday, was “excited” to compete in front of his home crowd and promised to give his best to close the season with a great performance in his native Malaga.
He attended the event Victor Manuel GonzalezDeputy Minister of Tourism and Foreign Andalusia of the Andalusian Government, who highlighted the media and tourism impact of the contest and recalled that the last edition reached “more than 300 million homes”, although this year he expects higher the numbers.
Esperanza GonzalezCEO of Tourism and Planning Costa del Sol, emphasized the main role of golf in the province of Malaga as a driver of “tourist deseasonalization” and an element that generates wealth for the community.
He also emphasized that the so-called “Golf Coast” continues to consolidate itself as the leading destination in Europe in terms of concentration of golf courses, with more than seventy courses in Malaga.
Esperanza González emphasized that the province “hosts the largest golf offering in continental Europe” and placed itself third in the country in federated licenses, with more than 18,000 players and that “67 percent of the total golf course courses of Andalusia Located on the Costa del Sol”.
Jaime Salaverrifirst vice president of the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, appreciated the efforts of the institutions and the host club, Real Guadalhorce Club de Golf, to guarantee a top-level tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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