{"id":21393,"date":"2017-09-04T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/finca-cortesin-the-highlight-of-the-andalucia-golf-challenge-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-09-04T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:59:37","slug":"finca-cortesin-the-highlight-of-the-andalucia-golf-challenge-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/finca-cortesin-the-highlight-of-the-andalucia-golf-challenge-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Finca Cortes\u00edn, the highlight of the Andaluc\u00eda Golf Challenge 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The splendid Finca Cortes\u00edn course, designed by the prestigious American designer Cabell B.\u00a0. Robinson and scene of three editions of the World Match Play Championship, has hosted with great success the last appointment of the Andaluc\u00eda Golf Challenge 2017, circuit of championships\u00a0open amateurs that this year celebrates its seventh edition and that is disputed during the summer in the best clubs\u00a0\u00a0 of the Costa del Sol (RCG Sotogrande, RCG Guadalmina \u2013 Campo Sur, La Reserva de Sotogrande, San Roque Old,\u00a0 Flamingos and Finca Cortes\u00edn) which is the same as saying the whole of Spain.<\/p>\n

In a day that started cloudy but ended sunny, with a wind from Levante and with a\u00a0playing field in magnificent conditions in which stood out the\u00a0greens\u00a0practically newly released after a great reform carried out this summer that has meant the introduction of a new type of grass in them,\u00a0Finca Cortesin received great praise\u00a0both by the\u00a0participants who had already played it previously and those who were playing it for the first time this time. In addition to the intrinsic quality of the pitch, the five-star service provided at this emblematic Costa del Sol club was another of the most appreciated and outstanding features by the players, among whom numerous nationalities were represented. <\/p>\n

The awards ceremony, held\u00a0at the elegant\u00a0clubhouse of this prestigious resort that boasts one of Europe\u2019s finest hotels, award-winning restaurants, an impressive spa and a splendid beach club, was attended by Andaluc\u00eda Golf\/Espa\u00f1a Golf editor Antonio S\u00e1nchez, Finca Cortes\u00edn\u2019s Director of Golf Miguel Girb\u00e9s, and the executive of the Fairway+Blue golf clothing and footwear store in Puerto Ban\u00fas, Gabriela Johne.<\/p>\n

In terms of sporting results, in first place, the victory went to Lars Hoft, with 36 points, followed by Sergey Falaleev, with 32, and Feliciano Garc\u00eda Barrag\u00e1n, Miguel Girb\u00e9s and Azim Adatia, who tied on 31 points.<\/p>\n

In the second category, Sergey Kuznetsov won with 44 points. In second place with 42 points was Mrs. Zahid, while third place went to Michael Rygol,\u00a0with 38 points. <\/p>\n

In the scratch category, the winner was Sergey Falaleev, who won a magnificent painting by the prestigious painter Alejandro Hermann, who has a studio in Marbella.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0special prizes for closest ball to flag and longest drive went to Mrs. Zahid and Feliciano Garc\u00eda Barrag\u00e1n. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The splendid Finca Cortes\u00edn course, designed by the prestigious American designer Cabell B.\u00a0. Robinson and scene of three editions of the World Match Play Championship, has hosted with great success the last appointment of the Andaluc\u00eda Golf Challenge 2017, circuit of championships\u00a0open amateurs that this year celebrates its seventh edition and that is disputed during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}