The beautiful Torre Leonera Park in the Malaga town of Benahavís has served as the setting for the presentation of the Club Ambassador Program, an initiative associated with the Solheim Cup 2023 that has brought together 40 ambassadors of this international team competition that will bring together Europe and the United States on Spanish soil for the first time in the history of the tournament from September 18 to 24, 2023 at Finca Cortesín (Costa del Sol, Andalusia).
This program aims to bring the Solheim Cup closer to golfers around the world and will allow participating clubs and entities to enjoy a number of advantages associated with its promotion (such as, for example, having a travel package with special conditions for the Solheim Cup 2021 to be held this year in the United States). To this end, the figure of the 2023 Solheim Cup ambassador has been created, which will identify those players and club members who are especially gifted at inspiring, mobilizing and transmitting, all of which are essential qualities to spread the importance and pride of hosting the Solheim Cup in 2023.
After securing the unanimous support of the Spanish and Andalusian institutions (all of them represented in the Torre Leonera Park), thanks to this initiative the Solheim Cup 2023 strengthens its ties with the group of golf fans, A fact that was endorsed at the ceremony of credentials to the ambassadors chaired by the mayor of Benahavís, José Antonio Mena, and in which also intervened Ángeles Muñoz, mayor of Marbella, José Carrasco, mayor of Casares, and Pablo Mansilla, president of the RFGA. The event was attended by 40 ambassadors of ten different nationalities, the first representatives of a group that already has members in Spain (headed by Ana Belén Sánchez, a player who played in the 2003 Solheim Cup) and on the other side of the Atlantic (such as the Andalusian professional Belén Mozo, currently based in Colombia, and Azucena Maldonado, president of the Latina Golfers Association of Los Angeles, USA) and whose enthusiasm and motivation was evident during the ceremony.
José Antonio Mena, Mayor of Benahavís and host of the event, remarked in his speech the importance of the Solheim Cup 2023 for Benahavís and the Costa del Sol, as well as emphasizing the fundamental role that the ambassadors will play so that the Costa del Sol, Andalusia, Spain and the whole world breathe golf from now until the 2023 edition is held.
“The event that will take place in just over two years has a fundamental importance for the Costa del Sol, so the call that is made with the launch of this program is very important. I would like to thank Montse, María, Rocío, Lola and all your colleagues. You, the ambassadors, are responsible, over the years, to publicize this event and its setting, the Costa del Sol and Andalusia, at a time when these efforts are more necessary than ever to convey the benefits of southern Spain, “said José Antonio Mena.
For his part, Pablo Mansilla, president of the RFAG, wanted to emphasize the importance of the illusion as the engine of an international event of this nature and the essential role of the federated golfers to support an initiative of this caliber.
“The Solheim Cup is not only important for tourism, which it is, but also for sport. It will be the first time we have a Solheim Cup here in Spain, something very important for Malaga sport, for Costa del Sol sport, Andalusian sport and Spanish sport … and especially for women’s sport. And you have to transmit what the Solheim Cup is going to be everywhere (Andalusia, Costa del Sol, Marbella, Benahavís, Casares), because the Solheim Cup has to be breathed everywhere, and you have to make a lot of noise. As is done in the Solheim Cup: with great respect, but that everyone knows that we are here, that golf is a great sport, the first in female licenses in Andalusia, and that we have to be many more, “said Pablo Mansilla.
The Solheim Cup 2023, an event of exceptional public interest whose official venue is Finca Cortesín, is sponsored by PING, Costa del Sol and Rolex as global partners; and for Andalucía, Acosol, Marbella Town Hall and Benahavís Town Hall as official partners, Solán de Cabras, Eversheds Sutherland and Casares Town Hall are official suppliers. Marca and Radio Marca are official media. LET, LPGA, RFEG, RFGA, and Deporte & Business collaborate in its organization.
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