The La Manga Club resort is once again in luck after receiving on November 15, the award for Best Golf Hotel in Spain by the World Golf Awards, global awards considered as the Oscars in Tourism and recognizing excellence in the world of golf.
The gala, held at the Conrad Hotel in the Portuguese resort of Quinta do Lago, in the Algarve, was attended by more than 500 people from all over the world, who did not want to miss this spectacular event attended by countless personalities, such as the famous architect Bill Coore, or the legendary BBC commentator Peter Alliss, who received the honorary award for a life dedicated to golf.
La Manga Club, was the winner, beating 14 other nominees, among which are establishments such as the hotel located in the Tenerife complex of Abama Golf & Spa Resort, the Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel or the Malaga Finca Cortesin Hotel Golf & Spa and Villa Padierna Palace Hotel.
Jose Asenjo, General Manager of La Manga Club: “It is an honor for La Manga Club to receive the recognition of the prestigious World Golf Awards, taking into account the high quality and reputation of the other 14 candidates. This award only confirms that we are heading in the right direction and motivates us to continue working to ensure that the resort is recognized as one of the best sports complexes in the world”.
Other awards such as the one received during the last three years as the Best Golf Course in Spain by the British magazine Today’s Golfer, or the mention as Best Golf Resort in the World by the Telegraph Ultratravel Awards, are added to the already long list of tributes to the Cartagena resort.
Golf at La Manga Club is experiencing an exciting 2014, since in February, the South course witnessed the National Senior amateur tournament, the same course where the National Children’s, Alevín, Benjamín tournament was held in June, to which is added since last September the new academy building and practice center and the remodeling of the 17th hole of the North course in what is intended to be one of the best holes on the course.
The emblematic South course, has hosted during its 4 decades of history, professionals and amateurs, including 5 Opens of Spain, course that will host for the second consecutive year, the PGA of Europe Pro-Am, to be held in February 2015.
Photo: Idoia Carrillo, from La Manga Club, receiving the World Golf Awards prize.
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