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San Pedro golfer Azahara Muñoz narrowly missed out on victory in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open on Sunday, losing in a four-way play-off to American veteran Stacy Lewis at the Renaissance Club. Lewis, Muñoz, Emily Pedersen a
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JOSÉ MARÍA MARTÍN
Marbella will become the world epicentre for women's golf in the coming days as the Real Club de Golf de Guadalmina plays host to the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open until Sunday - weather permitting. This is the last event of the year on the Ladies ... participated in the virtual presentation of the tournament on Monday. The president of the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, Gonzaga Escauriaza, said in the presentation that the holding of the tournament "comes at a perfect time to put Spain in the forefront as ... a golf destination", as well as highlighting that this sport "can be a driving force behind the recovery that the country needs so much". One of the institutions dedicated to promoting golf, and specifically women's golf in the country, is Turismo
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Azahara Muñoz, the only Spaniard to have won the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, will try to do so for the third time from 26 to 29 November at the Real Club de Golf Guadalmina, scene of her last victory in an individual championship. The
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Debbie Bartlett
San Roque Golf Club has agreed to sponsor a three-person team of disability golfers from Gibraltar at the 2021 edition of the Cairns Cup, a biannual competition organised by British Inclusive Golf for golfers with a range of disabilities from Europe ... and the USA. San Roque Golf Club will also be sponsoring one of the holes at the event, and the organisers have also made it an offer in principle to host the Cairns Cup in 2029.
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Añoreta Golf will be celebrating its 30th anniversary next Saturday, 19 September, with a golf tournament and lunch for members and visitors. The deadline to sign up for the tournament is 1pm on Friday 18 September. There will be prizes for the ... winners and the celebratory lunch will take place in the club's restaurant. Rincón de la Victoria councillor Ángel Acha said last week that the town attracts over 10,000 European visitors annually thanks to the golf course.
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Fuengirola hotel with wellness breaks themed around golf and fitness at the extensive Higueron Sport Club, and therapies at its Nagomi spa. Grand Hotel Miramar Malaga city’s Grand Dame spa hotel, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, offers themed
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Héctor Barbotta
...organise a golf tournament to help raise funds for its cause. It calculates that 40 per cent of its funds have been lost through cancelling the gala night. At the official presentation at D'Antonellas Beach Club in Guadalmina on Wednesday, it was ... explained that the tournament will take place on Saturday 8 August at the Real Club de Golf Guadalmina and the prizes will be awarded two days later at the Hotel Anantara Villa Padierna.
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Eugenio Cabezas
A platform set up to oppose plans to build a golf course, luxury homes and hotels on land near Maro has collected 1,200 signatures since Nerja Town Hall announced it was reinitiating the project at the end of March. More than 2,300 people have
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PEDRO LUIS ALONSO
It's a very simple question. When will people be able to play golf again in Andalucía, a region with 100 courses and 45,000 federated players? The answer is that it depends on where they are. Golf courses have been able to open again from this week ... in provinces which are in Phase One of easing the lockdown, although many havedecided not to, but in Malaga and Granada, which were kept in Phase Zero, golfers are going to have to wait a while longer. Another factor is that not every golf course will ... decide to open, even when permitted to do so. Too many unknowns The president of the Real Federación Andaluza de Golf, Pablo Mansilla, says that even if the courses in Malaga are able to open soon, it is likely that some will not have had enough time
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AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ
For 25 years now, the authorities in Nerja have been wanting to expand the town's facilities with a golf course, to attract more tourists. The debates on this subject began in the late 1990s, although the first attempt at building one was not until ... included an 18-hole golf course, 800 luxury homes and a large five-star hotel on a site measuring over one million square metres. Despite this setback the desire for a golf course in Nerja has never gone away, especially as this municipality, which is ... the Official Bulletin for the Province about an agreement with a company called Sociedad Azucarera Larios S. L. (SALSL) for the construction of an 18-hole golf course with 680 luxury homes and a luxury hotel in a converted sugar factory. It will be on