The presence of a real poker of great legends of world golf – the English Laura Davies and Trish Johnson, the American Beth Allen and the Scottish Catriona Matthew – is an additional incentive in the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España Femenino, held at La Quinta Golf & Resort, from 22 to 25 November, with the main sponsorship of Turismo y Deporte de Andalucía, Turismo Costa del Sol and Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Occidental.
The Englishwoman Laura Davies, one of the best professional golfers of all time, is unanimously considered a true golf megastar, with an impressive sporting record that, of course, includes victories in the Women’s Spanish Open, a trophy she won in the editions of 1986 and 2010. 1986 y 2010.
These two titles are part of part of the almost eighty that adorn her overflowing curriculum, which includes more than 30 victories in various tournaments of the European Professional Tour. Ten times Solheim Cup player, outside Europe, Laura Davies has also achieved very important victories in the American Tour and in Japan, with special mention for the US Women’s Open in 1987, a victory that she chained to another ‘Grande’, the British Women’s Open in 1986.
In case anyone should doubt her form, nothing better than to remember that the famous English golfer has just won this season, just a few months ago, in two ‘Majors’ of the Senior Women’s Tour, the U.S. Women’s Senior Open and the U.S. Women’s Senior Open. the Senior LPGA Championship.
More of the same can be said of her compatriot Trish Johnson, another of the most successful and renowned players of the European Professional Tour, also present at La Quinta with an impressive track record that also includes victories in our country, such as the one achieved in the Tenerife Ladies Open held in 2010.
The English player, with more than thirty years of a professional curriculum that exhibits more than twenty victories – 16 of them in the European Women’s Tour – and almost 100 appearances in the Top 10 of these competitions, is another of the great legendary references of this Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España Femenina, a legend that increased just a year ago when she won in the LPGA Senior Championship 2017.
From the other side of the Atlantic comes Beth Allen with a desire for revenge. The famous American golfer, with three victories in the Ladies European Tour that complement many other great performances in the American Women’s Tour, has the particularity that she always plays well in the Open de España Femenino. In 2011, also at La Quinta, which is now hosting the event again, she finished second, the same as last year, when she disputed until the last hole the second consecutive victory to Azahara Muñoz, which allows us to glimpse a new high voltage duel.
The poker of legendary players is completed with the Scottish Catriona Matthew, vice-captain of the Solheim Cup in 2017 and captain of the European team in the 2019 edition, who will have very good options to follow the evolutions of many of the players who next year will face the North American team, also being part of the players who will aspire to the title at stake, with a sporting past endorsed by six victories in the LET and dozens of good results and a great performance.n The form that led her recently, in the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open, to be in the top of the table.
Main institutional sponsors: Turismo y Deporte de Andalucía, Turismo Costa del Sol and Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Occidental.
Tournament sponsors: Royal Spanish Golf Federation, Royal Andalusian Golf Federation, La Quinta Golf & Country Club, Benahavis and Marbella City Councils, Consejo Superior de Deportes, Ladies European Tour and Universo Mujer.
Collaborating companies: Reale Seguros, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado.
Promoter: Royal Spanish Golf Federation
Organizers: Royal Spanish Golf Federation, Ladies European Tour and Deporte & Business
About Consejería de Turismo y Deporte de la Junta Andalucia
Andalusia is one of the most complete tourist destinations in the world, with a diverse and quality offer that places it among the main preferences of foreign and domestic tourists. In addition, Andalusia is an international reference in golf tourism. Its unbeatable climate allows golf to be played during all months of the year in more than a hundred courses, located in privileged areas, with landscapes of great beauty or close to paradisiacal beaches.
About Costa del Sol Tourism
Its nearly 70 golf courses have made the province of Malaga-Costa del Sol the first destination in Europe as far as golf is concerned, hence it is known as the Costa del Golf. Few places like the Costa del Sol gather in the same destination so many attractions, because our province not only offers a magnificent infrastructure for the practice of this sport, but also a privileged climate that allows the game throughout the year.
About La Quinta Golf & Country Club
Located in the so-called Golf Valley, The Westin La Quinta Golf Resort & Spa, in Benahavís, is a unique destination for golf lovers as it has a 27-hole golf course. Surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the Sierra Blanca mountains and the Mediterranean Sea, this oasis of calm is only 10 minutes away from the golf course. by car from Marbella. Designed by Manuel Piñero, three-time world champion and Ryder Cup winner, La Quinta Golf & Country Club is a golf club full of attractions. and is suitable for all levels of play.
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