Santa Clara Marbella, splendid at the Andalucía Golf Challenge

The splendid course of Santa Clara Marbella has once again been the brilliant setting for the Andalucía Golf Challenge Circuit, which this year celebrates its eleventh edition and has as its grand finale prize five one-week trips to Riviera Maya, Mexico, including flights, transfers, five-star all-inclusive hotel and golf at three of the best courses in the Caribbean: PGA Riviera Maya, El Camaleón Mayacoba and Playa Paraíso.

The tournament, eleventh of the twenty that make up the Tour calendar this year, was played on a sunny but not excessively hot day, with little wind. The course was in very good condition, especially highlighting the magnificent state of the greens.

As in the previous two years, this open amateur circuit will be open to organized by Andalucía Golf/España Golf magazine. has as a final prize five trips to the Caribbean from the hand of the Piñero Group. In addition to the prizes for each tournament (premium branded apparel from the store Fairway+Blue of Puerto Banús, wines from Bodegas Lau D.O. Somontanosports equipment from Holiday Golf, etc.), the first classified in each category plus the scratch winner of each tournament get a direct place to play the grand final of the Circuit at the Marbella Golf Resort on October 2, with the closing dinner of the circuit at the restaurant El Gamonal in Marbella and thus opt for one of the five trips to Riviera Maya for a week. The remaining places for the final game are obtained based on a ranking based on the points obtained in the tournaments played.

In terms of sporting results, in the first category the first three classified were Clive Tyler (38 points), Francisco Javier García Marín (37) and Juan Francisco Guerrero Rojas (37).

The top three in second category were the following: Juan Fermín Utrero Godoy (43 points), Jose Félix García España (41) and Juan Fernando Fernández Tirado (41).

The scratch winner in Santa Clara Marbella was Domingo Gavira Esquivel, with 34 scratch points.

As for special prizes, the closest ball to the flag went to Francisco Javier García Marín, the longest ladies’ drive to Ameia do Nascimiento Figueiredo and the longest men’s drive to David Carretero Castillo.

(SEE PHOTO GALLERY OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE END OF THIS CHRONICLE).

The trip to the Riviera Maya is scheduled for November 5-13 of this year. On Saturday 6th the PGA Riviera Maya will be played, on Sunday 7th Mayakoba will be visited to watch the last day of the Mayakoba Golf Classic, a PGA Tour event, on Monday 8th Playa Paraiso will be played, Tuesday 9th will be free, on Wednesday 10th Mayakoba El Camaleón will be played (three days after the PGA Tour professionals have competed), Thursday 11th will be free and on Friday 12th the PGA Riviera Maya will be played and in the evening the flight back to Spain will be taken.

We are grateful for the support of our sponsors: the hotel chain Bahia Principe (www.bahiaprincipe.com), the host course of the golf week prize, PGARiviera Maya (www.pgarivieramaya.com), SANITAS (www.sanitas.es), Viviendo del Trading (www.viviendodeltrading.com) and the Ayuntamiento de Mijas (www.mijas.es).

Also to our collaborators: Holiday Golf, Holiday Golf Estates, Bodegas Laus D.O. Somontano, Restaurante El Gamonal, Fairway + Blue, Cadena SER and Ayuntamiento de Marbella.

Thenext appointments of the Circuit Andalucía Golf Challenge 2021 Destination PGA Riviera Maya Bahia Principe are on June 29th and 30th at RCG Sotogrande (sold out) and on July 3rd at La Quinta. REGISTRATION

PGA RIVIERA MAYA BAHIA PRINCIPE DESTINATION
The Grand Final of the Circuit will determine the five one-week all-inclusive trips to the Bahia Principe resort in Riviera Maya (Luxury Akumal hotel) with golf at PGA Riviera Maya, El Camaleon Mayakoba, and Playa Paraiso. The top two finishers in each category and the scratch winner of the Grand Final, to be played on October 2 at Marbella Club Golf Resort, will travel to the Mexican Caribbean.

PLANNED DATE OF TRIP
November 5 to 13, 2021

The PRIZE INCLUDES
– Flights from Malaga or Madrid to Cancun round trip
– Transfers from the airport to the hotel and back
– All inclusive accommodation at the hotel Bahia Principe Luxury Akumal
– Golf at PGARiviera Maya, El Camaleón Mayakoba and Playa Paraíso