Andalusia has been chosen to kick off the sixth edition of the Santander Golf Tour, the first round of which will be played at Lauro Golf in Costa del Sol.
The presentation, at the Malaga course, was attended by Eduardo de Wint, director of Malaga Santander Private Banking; Pablo Mansilla, president of the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation; Carlos Pitarch, manager of Lauro Golf, and Alicia Garrido, executive director of Deporte and Business.
Pablo Mansilla, president of the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation: “We are proud to start the Santander Golf Tour in Andalusia. Many thanks to Lauro Golf for lending us the course, and especially to Banco Santander because you are a fundamental support of women’s golf, and this is going to pull more and more. The bet you are making is going to pay off, it has a very promising future, especially with the Solheim Cup 2023 in Finca Cortesín”.
Eduardo de Wint, director of Málaga Santander Banca Privada, highlighted the continuity of this circuit, already consolidated, and thanked the presence of all those present for promoting this magnificent sport: “First of all, I would like to thank the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation for their constant support, Deporte and Business for their fantastic organization and Lauro Golf for having the course in fantastic conditions. On behalf of the Bank, I can assure you that we will continue to support women’s golf, from here will come great names that we will soon see in the big circuits”.
Carlos Pitarch, manager of Lauro Golf, thanked the confidence placed in the course: “We would like to thank Santander and Deporte and Business for choosing Lauro Golf because we are very excited about it. Our aim is to develop sports from the youngest through all kinds of tournaments. Of course, the professional leg with the players who are the elite of golf. Those who came two years ago, are the ones I now see on television and this is thanks to this circuit. And this is what is needed, and more, with the Solheim Cup 2023 on the horizon”.
Finally, Alicia Garrido, executive director of Deporte & Business and director of the circuit, thanked the collaboration of all the sponsors and collaborators, as well as the media support that the circuit has. She also recalled that the PRO AM day will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, and that during Wednesday and Thursday, the thirty-one registered players, a third of them amateurs, will compete for this tournament in Malaga. This year’s charitable action is in charge of the Aladina Foundation and the Seve Ballesteros Foundation. In addition, in each tournament during this season there will be a special prize for the best classified Spanish player, which is sponsored by Golf Hadas.
At the end of the presentation, a Speed Golf exhibition was held on holes 9 and 10 with professional players Camilla Hedberg and Piti Martínez Bernal as the main protagonists.
Lauro Golf
The Lauro Golf course was designed by Folco Nardi. The course has 27 holes, which can be combined nine by nine, all par 72. From the beginning the design of the complex is based on respect for the environment and the nature that surrounds us, not only safeguarding the life of each and every one of the pre-existing century-old oaks, but also with the planting of thousands of young trees, most of them native to Andalusia.
Lauro Golf is full of nature. Throughout the complex there is constant contact with nature, whether playing golf, living in the residential complex or simply enjoying a stroll through the surroundings, we can see that we are not the only visitors to Lauro Golf. Rabbits, ducks, partridges, herons and even eagles will accompany us for much of the journey, as they have decided to be our neighbors benefiting from the micro-climate created by the large amount of trees and the fourteen lakes of the golf course.
The circuit
The Santander Golf Tour is a firm commitment of Banco Santander for professional women’s golf and has the support of Santander Private Banking, Carmignac and RSM as sponsors, and Orange and Golf Hadas as collaborators. Wilson Golf, Ms. Worker, Addictive and Estrella Damm are preferred suppliers. The Royal Spanish Golf Federation together with the Madrid Golf Federation, the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation and the rest of the territorial federations through which the circuit passes add the rest of the essential support for the celebration of this tour.
In the photo, from left to right: Eduardo de Wint, Alicia Garrido, Pablo Mansilla, Camilla Hedberg, Piti Martínez Bernal and Carlos Pitarch.
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