The Real Club de Golf Las Brisas, in Marbella, will host from November 23 to 26 the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España 2023, tournament that, as is traditional since 2020, will close the season of the Ladies European Tour and will decide the winner of the Race to Costa del Sol, the ranking of the circuit.
In this way, the historic course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1968 and updated by Kyle Phillips in 2015, will resume “a club record that had been on stand-by for the last 20 years,” says Paul Muñoz, general manager of RCG Las Brisas.
“We convinced our members that we had to give some renewal to the DNA of the club, whose identity is the celebration of major events, and the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España fits perfectly with what we were looking for,” he adds.
The Real Club de Golf Las Brisas was the scene of two World Cups (1973 and 1989) and two Spanish Opens (1983 and 1987), and was attended by great players such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Seve Ballesteros, José María Olazábal, Nick Faldo and José María Cañizares. Therefore, “this tournament will once again place Real Club de Golf Las Brisas on the golf map. We want to renew that feeling that we had before at the club, and to do it with a women’s event is a plus, not only because it is on the rise, but also because it will give the club a new positioning and will put us on the map in a very interesting way,” he continues.
As for the course, which will host the best players on the European circuit, it will have several holes that can be decisive, especially since its redesign, although “the 11th hole will be the most emblematic and special, as it was here that great moments were experienced in the tournaments held in the 70s and 80s,” explains Paul Muñoz. “The key to success against Real Club de Golf Las Brisas will be to be very regular. I think the player who focuses on taking fairways and reading the greens well will have a good chance of winning”.
The design of the Real Club de Golf Las Brisas is complemented by the landscaping created by the Englishman Gerald Huggan. As if it were a botanical garden, plants and trees from all continents, such as the Cape Chestnut and Thorny Acacias, the Indian Laurel and Mysore Ficus from Asia, the Chorisia speciosa from America, the Green Ash from Mexico and the Whistling Pine from Australia, as well as numerous palms and Mediterranean trees, fill the course with imagination and color.
The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, which will be in its twenty-first edition and which has two Spaniards in its trophy cabinet, Azahara Muñoz, this one twice, and Carlota Ciganda, will put the finishing touch to what will undoubtedly be the best year in the history of Spanish women’s golf after the Solheim Cup from September 18 to 24.
News about the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España can be followed on the website openfemenino.com, the Twitter account @Openfemenino, the Instagram account @spanishopen and the Facebook page @openfemenino.
The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España 2023 will be held at the Real Club de Golf Las Brisas from November 23 to 26 and is part of the program of the Solheim Cup 2023, an event declared an Event of Exceptional Public Interest (AEIP) and which provides important tax advantages to participating companies.
The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, the last event of the Ladies European Tour calendar, is sponsored by the Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía with the co-financing of European funds, Turismo Costa del Sol and Acosol as main sponsors, together with the Benahavís Town Hall.
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