For a few hours, the participants in the second round of the Andalucía Golf Challenge 2014 could emulate -saving the stratospheric sporting distances- the great international players who in one of the three editions of the World Match-Play Championship held at Finca Cortesín faced the challenge of this splendid course in Costa del Sol. Obviously they were not at the level of Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer or Ian Poulter, to name a few of the stars who competed then in Finca Cortesin, but the truth is that the players of the Andalucia Golf Challenge felt the excitement of a great sporting event.
The competition distributed flights to Turkey with Turkish Airlines for the winners of each category, as well as numerous prizes in valuable material (clubs, bags, etc.) from Holiday Golf for the first three classified, who also won cases of gran reserva wines from the Somontano D.O.. The Fairways + Blue store also contributed with different prizes and gifts, as did the Marbella Casino. After the prize-giving ceremony, a raffle of numerous items (polo shirts, bags, wines, liquors, etc.) was held among all the participants.
The second event of the IV Circuito Andalucía Golf Challenge, an open competition promoted by this publication, brought together nearly eighty players, among whom numerous nationalities were represented.
The amateurs who attended the tournament played, in general, at a good level and enjoyed both the course, which presented magnificent conditions, and the good weather.
The awards ceremony, at the elegant Finca Cortesín clubhouse, where a splendid cocktail was served, was presided over by the editor of Andalucía Golf, Antonio Sánchez, and the director of the host club, Carlo Beautell.
As regards the sporting results, in the first category, the victory went to Manuel Aceña Gracián (handicap 7.8), with 37 points. Second place, with the same score, went to Luis Carabias Palmeiro (hcp 13.2), and third place, with 36 points, went to Marcus Dons (hcp 2.8).
In the second category, Adrián Rebollo Aguilar (hcp 25.8) won with 38 points. Second, with one point less, was Javier Burgués Hoyos (hcp 15.7), while third place went to Philippe Molhant (hcp 15.3) who totaled 35 points.
In the women’s classification, Dorthe Jeppensen won with 31 points, followed by Gabriela Johne, also with 31, and AnnikV ander Bracht, with 29. The special prizes for closest ball to flag went to Saad Azzam, while the prizes for longest drives, female and male, went to Dorthe Jeppesen and K. Kaland
The next appointments of the Andalucía Golf Challenge 2014 Circuit are the following: San Roque Old (02/08/2014), La Reserva (15/08/2014), Flamingos (23/08/2014) and Aloha (07/09/2014). The reservation to participate must be made at each golf course where the tournament will take place.
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