{"id":29796,"date":"2026-01-02T15:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/letter-from-the-editor-more-than-just-a-golf-course\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:21:49","slug":"letter-from-the-editor-more-than-just-a-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/letter-from-the-editor-more-than-just-a-golf-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the Editor: More than just a golf course"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>More than just a golf course<\/h2>\n<p>By Antonio S\u00e1nchez<\/p>\n<p>At the end of September, with the Grand Final held at San Roque Golf &amp; Resort and a gala dinner for all the finalists and companions at the Hotel Occidental Puerto Ban\u00fas, the XV edition of the San Miguel Andaluc\u00eda Golf Challenge by Globalia, Costa del Sol[cite: 42] ended. The next edition in 2026 will begin in the first months of that year, and will again be played in twenty-five of the best courses in Andalusia, to which two more rounds in Madrid and Mallorca will be added[cite: 43]. <\/p>\n<p>More than 2,300 players of 25 nationalities have participated this year in this circuit that has become a classic awaited by golf enthusiasts from all over Spain and the rest of Europe [cite: 44, 46]. It is not just about golf, it is something more: it is a sporting, social and cultural ritual that runs through the Andalusian provinces, brings together passionate amateurs, activates local economies and offers courses that are authentic jewels [cite: 46]. <\/p>\n<p>From Finca Cortesin to San Roque, from La Ca\u00f1ada to Valderrama, through Las Brisas, RC Sevilla Golf, Novo Sancti Petri, etc., this circuit makes us feel golf is-also-part of ours [cite: 47]. The San Miguel Andaluc\u00eda Golf Challenge by Globalia, Costa del Sol not only offers moments of play but also of conviviality: the award ceremonies, the cocktails, the meetings in the evening after a round of golf, the atmosphere of respect for the courses and camaraderie among the players [cite: 48]. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary of the XV edition of the San Miguel Andaluc\u00eda Golf Challenge circuit and preview of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andalucia-golf-challenge-en","category-the-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29796","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}