PGA Catalunya Resort inaugurates its renewed and improved golf academy ‘The Golf Hub’ with the presence of Sergio García

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PGA Catalunya Resort inaugurates its renewed ‘The Golf Hub’

PGA Catalunya Resort located in Girona, Spain, inaugurated the new and improved golf academy, with the presence Sergio García. The Golf Hub of PGA Catalunya Resort incorporates the first fitting and performance centre of the country, equipped with GEARS Golf, Toptracer and TrackMan technology. These two facilities are pioneers in Spain, analysing and measuring the swing and the drive according to the trajectory of the ball. During the event, the Castellón golfer made a presentation of GEARS Golf and Toptracer with international influencers from the world of golf to compete for the longest drive.

PGA Catalunya Resort

PGA Catalunya Resort

“It is a pleasure to have an exceptional collaborator like Sergio García at the opening of our renewed golf academy. This space reflects our firm commitment to offer the best infrastructures for the practice of this sport. We continually make investments in unique golf and leisure facilities within the complex with the aim of becoming the best practice centre in Europe and professionals from around the world to choose PGA Catalunya Resort destination to perfect their game, “says David Plana, CEO of PGA Catalunya Resort.

Garcia took advantage of his visit to celebrate the seventh anniversary of his Junior Golf Academy by giving a master class in the practice area of the PGA Catalunya Golf Resort complex. The youngsters who took part in the session are members of the Sant Gregori Consortium, a non-profit organization that offers special attention to people with intellectual disabilities, and of the Ramon Noguera Foundation, an entity specializing in the development of inclusion projects with the objective to guarantee the rights of people with different disabilities and improve their quality of life.

PGA Catalunya Resort

PGA Catalunya Resort

“Whenever I can I go to visit my students to check all their progress. It is an honour for me to have the opportunity to inspire the future promises of golf and see their great energy and talent. I am proud, in addition, of being able to contribute to make the sport accessible to people with diverse physical and intellectual abilities and to enhance their participation in sports activities as a motor of social inclusion, “says Sergio García.

St. Andrews Golf Club and El Plantio Golf Resort confirm their alliance

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St. Andrews Golf Club and El Plantio Golf Resort confirm their alliance

On November 9th, the partnership between St. Andrews Golf Club (Scotland) and El Plantio Golf Resort was signed.

The event took place at the official headquarters of St. Andrews Golf Club, attended by the chief executive of St. Andrews golf club, Captain David T. Edgar, the president of El Plantio Golf Resort, Manuel Ferry Sánchez and attending as exceptional witness Andrés M. Torrubia Arenas representing the Valencian Golf Federation. Those present signed the documents that ratify the partnership between the two golf clubs.

El Plantío Golf Resort

El Plantío Golf Resort

An agreement like this is the first and only one that subscribes St. Andrews Golf Club with other golf clubs in the world since its foundation, which entails creating and maintaining a close collaboration between both. For the benefit mainly of the members of St. Andrews Golf Club of Scotland and those scattered all over the world, allowing visits to the facilities of El Plantio Golf Resort and the golf courses of the Costa Blanca.

As of next March, the reservations at El Plantío golf club by members of the Scottish golf club, are already confirmed.

President Manuel Ferry, on behalf of El Plantio Golf Resort, confirms that “the alliance will be a new challenge to be able to carry out what from the first moment it has always looked for: the perfection and prosperity of one of the best golf courses of the Community Valenciana“.

The Costa del Sol candidate for host of the Solheim Cup 2023

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The Costa del Sol candidate for host of the Solheim Cup 2023

This morning it was announced at the World Travel Market that the Costa del Sol has submitted its candidacy to host the Solheim Cup of 2023. It would be the first time it was held in Spain since its creation in 1990 and the fourth time that the competition was hosted in a European country far from the British Isles.

In order for the Costa del Sol to host the Solheim Cup, a highly competitive golf course is required, with certain measures of length, breadth, maintenance, equipment and machinery. In addition, another requirement is that these golf courses have spacious areas for the location of stands and hospitality tents as it is a global event that brings together thousands of golf fans during the days of the competition. Likewise, other requirements need to be met, such as extensive access to their facilities, evacuation plans, parking areas available and transfers necessary for the mobility of the players and the attendees of the event.

The Solheim Cup Female Team

The Solheim Cup Female Team

“This is a historic opportunity that would turn the Costa del Sol into a mecca for women’s golf for years as the Solheim Cup celebration has been paired with the Women’s Open in Spain in the years before and after. The Costa del Sol meets all the necessary technical and tourist infrastructure requirements to host a worldwide sporting event, it is a destination that stands out for having a quality hotel offer since more than half of the hotel beds are four, five and five stars great luxury as well as excellent communications of highways, highways or the AVE adds the wide range of connectivity of the international airport of Malaga that has connections with more than one hundred and twenty of the main cities of the world “, indicates Elías Bendodo, president of Tourism Costa del Sol.

Bendodo, after the meeting with Mark Lichtenhein, Chairman of the Ladies European Tour (LET), which was also attended by the president of the Commonwealth of Municipalities of the Costa del Sol, Margarita del Cid, the mayor of Benahavis, José Antonio Mena , and the mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, highlighted the dual importance that the Costa del Sol would be the seat of the Solheim Cup in 2003, ensuring that it would be a unique opportunity to disseminate throughout the world the tourist attraction for the entire Malaga province and would also serve to strengthen our commitment to promote women’s golf, a field in which we have been working for years with the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation.

Carlota Ciganda celebrates the triumph of Europe in the 2013 Solheim Cup the last european triumph

Carlota Ciganda celebrates the triumph of Europe in the 2013 Solheim Cup the last european triumph

The president of Tourism Costa del Sol has also acknowledged the impact for golf tourism, one of the most important segments of the offer in the province, which has more than seventy golf courses.

Although there are not many studies on the direct economic impact of the Solheim Cup, the promoters consider that it would be an invaluable tool to attract the American tourist, a market in which the Costa del Sol still has a lot of room for growth. Golf tourism in the province is led by players from the United Kingdom, followed by Scandinavia, Norway, France and Germany and is a strategic tourist profile due to the fact that their average expenditure for their trip is 1,827.29 euros, which means an average daily cost, including transportation, accommodation and spending on the golf course of 148.46 euros per day, much higher than other profiles of tourists.