Spain Golf – The 2023 calendar for the Santander Golf Tour has been announced

Peralada Golf Course. The Santander Golf Tour 2023 starts at Peralada golf course.

Santander Golf Tour 2023 starts at Peralada

The Santander Golf Tour circuit returns to the scene in its eighth edition with an exciting year ahead.

Beginning on March 1-3 at Peralada Golf with the Santander LETAS Girona, the first of two events this year co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series, the season will then continue on March 29-30 at the Real Club Golf San Sebastián.

Two further tournaments will be held in April, one at Lerma Golf on April 19 and 20, and the other at Lauro Golf in Málaga on April 28 and 29, both as part of the famous doubles championship.

There will be a break in the schedule until after the summer following the May 24–25 tournament at the Real Club de Golf de La Coruña.

The Santander Golf Tour LETAS Zaragoza, hosted at the golf course of Real Club de Golf La Peñaza from October 26-28, will be the finale of the LET Access Series season and the second tournament co-sanctioned with LETAS this year.

The remaining four events of the season will all take place in the month of November. They will begin on November 4th and 5th at El Bosque Golf. The next stop on the tour is at Real Golf de Pedreña for a match-play event on November 8-10. The Legends Pro-Am is scheduled for the 14th and 15th of November at Golf Santander in Madrid.

The last tournament of the year, the Santander Spanish Women’s Professional Championship, will be held from November 29th to December 1st, in a yet-to-be-determined golf course.

“We appreciate the collaboration of all the sponsors and collaborators, as well as the media support that the circuit has. In addition, this year the winner of the 2023 ranking will obtain a place in the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open of Spain 2023 that will be played from November 23 to 26 at the Real Club de Golf Las Brisas”, indicates Alicia Garrido, director of the circuit.

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Portugal Golf – Portuguese Vítor Lopes equals the world record for eagles in one golf round

Palmares Golf Course. Vitor Lopes equals world record with 4 eagles in one round.

Vitor Lopes equalled world record at Palmares

There are very few golfers who have ever recorded four eagles in a single round, and Vitor Lopes will go down in history as one of them, after a remarkable golf round at Palmares. Additionally, he had one eagle that was also a hole-in-one.

The 26-year-old Portuguese golfer from Vilamoura shot 61 (-11) on the outstanding Palmares golf course, in the Algarve, his best professional golf round. Vítor Lopes made eagles on holes 6 (Par-5), 11 (Par-5), 17 (Par-3), and 18 (Par-5).

As a result, he took over the Palmares Classic international tournament, with 10,000 euros in prize money, as part of the PT Tour, which brings together 74 players in Lagos.

Speaking to PT Tour organiser José Correia about his hole-in-one on the 17th hole, the Challenge Tour player stated, “It was my second hole-in-one, but in official tournaments, as a professional golfer, it was my first and I’m really thrilled”.

Vítor Lopes, the seventh best Portuguese in the world golf ranking, showed once again that he is not intimidated by the wind.

The record for most eagles in a single round of golf is 4, according to Guinness World Records, however there are many different regional golfing circuits across the world. In comparison, 4 is the most you’ll see on the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour, or the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Palmares golf course is a popular golf holiday destination in Portugal and ranked 38th in the top 100 best European golf courses in 2022.

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Portugal Golf – Ángel Ayora wins the 93rd Portuguese International Amateur Golf Championship

Montado Golf Course. Montado hosted the 93rd International Amateur Golf Championship of Portugal.

Montado Golf Course hosted the 93rd International Amateur Golf Championship of Portugal

The journey, the sights, and the victory all meant something to Ángel Ayora. The 18-year-old Spaniard from Málaga won his first Men’s International Amateur Golf Championship of Portugal. Hugo Camelo (4th) and João Iglésias (9th), both from the Portuguese national team, placed in the top 10.

The Par 72 Montado golf course, at the Montado Hotel & Golf Resort, in the Lisbon region, has hosted the International Amateur Golf Championship of Portugal every year since 2011, and this year was no exception. This year, Ángel Ayora won by six strokes over the Englishman Jack McPhail, with a total of 272 strokes.

“I’m very happy”, said Ángel Ayora, absolute national runner-up in Spain in 2022 and member of Club de Golf La Cañada. “I played very well and solidly, managing to keep the ball low against the wind we faced this week. The truth is that I didn’t let myself be affected by anything and I left with an excellent result”.

There was a Spanish double in this year’s International Amateur Championships of Portugal, since on January 28 the women’s competition had been won by Rocío Tejedo, from Valencia.

For the second consecutive year, Hugo Camelo was the best Portuguese in the final table, but if in 2022 he had been 16th, this time he got a top-5.

Montado golf course, near Sesimbra, is one of the finest in the Lisbon region, which is the second most popular golf holiday destination in Portugal. This region has a wide variety of stunning golf courses and some of them are among the best golf courses in Europe.

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