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When Annika Sorenstam speaks, the golf world listens \u2026 and that is what has happened in the presentation of the La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational, Ladies European Tour event to be held this week at the golf course of La Reserva Club de Sotogrande. Sorenstam, winner of ten majors and member of the Hall of Fame of golf, has begun his career as hostess of the tournament teaching to the press and sharing the limelight with Marc Topiol, CEO of Sotogrande SA, sponsor of a project that was born with the aim of becoming a fixed calendar of the European women\u2019s circuit.
Annika Sorenstam returns to the Ladies European Tour supporting the first tournament of the circuit that comes to Sotogrande, and in addition to participating in the Pro-Am during the day on Wednesday, on Saturday she will give a clinic to offer golfers of a new generation her unique point of view on golf.
\u201cFor the past eleven years I have been focused on helping younger players through my foundation, a way to give back to this sport a part of how much it has given me. On the other hand, the Ladies European Tour is very important to me because it was where I started my career. I still feel very involved in the world of golf and so I want to see how I can support the tournament,\u201d recapped Sorenstam. \u201cYoung players need more sponsors like La Reserva de Sotogrande. You have to give credit to Spain, host of three LET tournaments and a country with a national circuit \u2013 that\u2019s how you create a new generation of players.\u201d
The hostess of the tournament must be recognized for the success in the educational work carried out through her foundation, since 25 of the golfers present at the La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational previously participated in events organized by the ANNIKA Foundation, and if we look back to the recent Augusta Women\u2019s National Amateur, the percentage rises to a spectacular 82% (59 of 72 players). One of her ANNIKA Foundation pupils, Italy\u2019s Anna Zanusso, will be playing this Ladies European Tour event as a guest.
Sorenstam also had words of praise for an area she remembers fondly from the years when she was on the Swedish national team some 30 years ago.
\u201cI used to visit the area and have wonderful memories. This is where I started to focus on the target and dream of becoming a professional golfer. It\u2019s great to be able to come full circle by coming so long after with my family and being part of a Ladies European Tour tournament.\u201d <\/p>\n
Marc Topiol, La Reserva\u2019s top representative, was very excited with Annika Sorenstam\u2019s involvement and hopes that the ties between La Reserva and the Swedish champion will become even closer in the future.
\u201cWe are delighted to have Annika and I still find it hard to believe that I have the best player in history next to me here at La Reserva,\u201d explained Topiol. \u201cWe intend to create an event that goes beyond golf and revolves around family, equality, excellence and the women\u2019s world, and we hope it will long be Annika\u2019s tournament, just as the Bay Hill tournament is associated with Arnold Palmer and the Muirfield Village tournament with Jack Nicklaus.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Success in The Challenge, the most solidary challenge<\/strong> La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational is sponsored by Sotogrande SA, the founding company of Sotogrande, and organized by Deporte & Business and the Ladies European Tour. The tournament will have extensive international television coverage and viewers in our country will enjoy it live during the four days through Movistar Golf, Teledeporte and Andaluc\u00eda TV. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Annika Sorenstam speaks, the golf world listens \u2026 and that is what has happened in the presentation of the La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational, Ladies European Tour event to be held this week at the golf course of La Reserva Club de Sotogrande. Sorenstam, winner of ten majors and member of the Hall of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22263","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\/22263","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=22263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Spanish Association Against Cancer was the undoubted winner of The Challenge, a bloodless, fun and solidary \u201cbattle of the sexes\u201d that pitted Catriona Matthew and Noem\u00ed Jim\u00e9nez against Manuel Pi\u00f1ero and Jean Van de Velde. The good game of both couples was reflected in the amount raised in this entertaining duel, since the five birdies obtained were converted into 5000 \u20ac that will go to the coffers of the AECC.
In the end, it was the male couple who won by two holes ahead, but not before submitting to the original skill tests that the referee posed to resolve the ties that were occurring. The participants delighted the audience with their refined technique and juggling, and made the public enjoy every moment of this six-hole duel. <\/p>\n