{"id":22908,"date":"2023-12-19T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/the-diputacion-receives-the-plaque-of-merit-in-golf-for-its-work-to-make-the-costa-del-sol-a-world-class-destination\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T16:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:35:03","slug":"the-diputacion-receives-the-plaque-of-merit-in-golf-for-its-work-to-make-the-costa-del-sol-a-world-class-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/the-diputacion-receives-the-plaque-of-merit-in-golf-for-its-work-to-make-the-costa-del-sol-a-world-class-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diputaci\u00f3n receives the Plaque of Merit in Golf for its work to make the Costa del Sol a world class destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Diputaci\u00f3n de M\u00e1laga has received the Plaque of Merit in Golf for its \u201ctireless commitment\u201d to turn the Costa del Sol into a world-class golf tourist destination. The president, Francisco Salado, has collected in Madrid, at the headquarters of the Spanish Olympic Committee, the award given by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/images\/2023Actual\/01-placas-al-merito-en-golf-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>This recognition comes at the end of a year that has been marked in the province of Malaga by the celebration of prestigious professional competitions, such as the Solheim Cup, the PING Junior Solheim Cup or the Race to Costa del Sol.<br \/>Salado has stressed the importance of the golf segment in the province, with more than 70 courses spread along what is known as the \u2018Costa del Golf\u2019, and explained that this segment helps to manage seasonality and has an important weight in the economy, since its economic impact amounts to 1,410 million euros and generates about 17,700 jobs, either direct or indirect. \u201cGolf is fundamental for the sustainability, profitability and the fight against seasonality of our destination,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/images\/2023Actual\/01-placa-al-merito-en-golf-a-la-diputacion-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>On the other hand, the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, at the request of the Honors Committee and after approval of the Board of Directors, has awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Golf to El\u00edas Bendodo, member of the Congress of Deputies, for his strong support to this sport during his time as president of the Diputaci\u00f3n de M\u00e1laga, a period in which numerous initiatives aimed at the sport, tourism and social projection of this sport were developed.<br \/>Other award winners<br \/>Along with the Diputaci\u00f3n de M\u00e1laga, the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda, the Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Occidental-Acosol, the town councils of Marbella, Casares and Benahav\u00eds, Finca Cortes\u00edn and La Zagaleta have also received the Golf Merit Plaque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Diputaci\u00f3n de M\u00e1laga has received the Plaque of Merit in Golf for its \u201ctireless commitment\u201d to turn the Costa del Sol into a world-class golf tourist destination. The president, Francisco Salado, has collected in Madrid, at the headquarters of the Spanish Olympic Committee, the award given by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation. This recognition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22908","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\/22908","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=22908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}