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Spain Golf – Solheim Cup 2023 joins the ‘Costa del Sol Zero Footprint’ project

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Finca Cortesin Golf. Solheim Cup joins Costa del Sol Zero Footprint project

The Solheim Cup aims to be more sustainable

To enhance its goal of being an environmentally friendly event, the Solheim Cup 2023, a women’s golf competition pitting Europe against the United States from September 18 to 24 at Finca Cortesin golf course, in Malaga, has adopted a new set of sustainability standards. Being hosted on the Costa del Sol, the Solheim Cup 2023 became involved with the “Costa del Sol Zero Footprint” initiative.

Costa del Sol is now the first tourist destination in the world to measure and compensate for the carbon footprint of every visitor, regardless of the nature of their journey. Your golf holidays in Costa del Sol will be, from now on, more sustainable than ever.

As Francisco Salado, president of both institutions, says: “The Costa del Sol is once again a pioneer and becomes a benchmark with a project that Turismo Costa del Sol has been working on for some time and which is another example of the clear commitment that both the Malaga Provincial Council and Turismo Costa del Sol make for the sustainability of this popular golf holiday destination”.

“As an added bonus, sustainability is one of the most telling metrics of a place’s overall appeal, popularity, and reputation. The Costa del Sol, however, is well aware that it must play in that league or risk being left behind. Because we believe that responsible tourist development must serve as the central tenet of the Costa del Sol’s future success”, he continues.

Tourists who visit the Costa del Sol, whether to play in the region’s stunning golf courses or not, can participate in the initiative by visiting the project website, entering the details of their trip, and getting the result of their carbon footprint in kilogrammes of CO2 and its equivalent in trees planted.

Throughout collaboration with another initiative, the “Málaga Viva”, over 340.000 trees have been planted in the province and land banks are being established to reforest and offset the carbon impact.

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Spain Golf – LIV Golf at Valderrama in the summer

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LIV Golf at Valderrama in the summer

LIV Golf at Valderrama

LIV Golf has confirmed the dates of their event at Real Club Valderrama, a popular golf holiday destination in the Costa del Sol, to be June 30 – July 2.

LIV Golf’s inaugural season will feature 14 tournaments across 7 nations, including a return to 5 golf courses that previously held tournaments as part of the 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Besides Spain, the new LIV Golf will also travel to prestigious golf courses in the UK, the United States, Mexico, Australia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. Together, these golf courses have held more than 200 professional, college, and amateur events, including big tournaments like the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup.

Greg Norman, CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, says, “We got excellent feedback from fans internationally throughout our ‘beta test’ year with a resonating theme: LIV Golf’s team concept, innovations, and festival-like events are creating a unique golf experience”.

“On magnificent golf courses that have hosted some of the world’s greatest championships, it helped set the groundwork for the future of golf last year. For the debut of our league, which will usher in a new era for golf, the LIV Golf schedule boasts magnificent locations and championship sites”, continued.

LIV Golf will feature many of the biggest names in the sport, including Major winners such as Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Louis Oosthuizen, Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer, and Charl Schwartzel.

The LIV Golf League, modelled after the LIV Golf Invitational Series of 2022, will include a brand-new style of golf that features both team and individual competition and culminates in a team championship match, and will not compete with the Majors or international team events.

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Spain Golf – Alcaidesa Links Golf Course welcomed the Sotogrande Golf Challenge on 10th July

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Alcaidesa Links Golf

Alcaidesa Links Golf Course welcomed the Sotogrande Golf Challenge on 10th July.

After the first day, on June 26th at La Reserva Club Golf Course, the great showcase of golf continues with the Sotogrande Golf Challenge circuit at Heathland golf course of Alcaidesa Links Golf Resort.

It is the first time in history that the seven golf courses from São Roque have come together in a tournament to host the inaugural edition of a circuit that promises great emotions and spectacular golf courses available to everyone and with the presence of a large number of national and international golfers.

The Heathland golf course of Alcaidesa Links Golf Resort’s was the chosen golf course for the more than sixty participants to try to give their best swing with the clear objective of qualifying for the Grand Final that will take place at Real Club Valderrama golf course on November 11th.

Alcaidesa Heathland golf course is an 18-hole, par 72 course designed by the prestigious former Ryder Cup player and author of several internationally renowned courses, Dave Thomas. This golf course offers a variety of natural landscapes ranging from a plateau area (holes 1 to 5, 17 and 18) where the golf course resembles a “moorland” type with wide fairways and exceptional views of the Mediterranean, to different mountains and to the valley area where the holes meander along with themselves and incorporate various water obstacles. The total course is 6,373 meters.

All participants will thus enjoy a golf course that combines exigency and fun in equal parts and in which they must show their best shots if they want to win in the handicap or scratch category, which gives them a direct pass to the Grand Final of Real Clube Valderrama.

But in the Sotogrande Golf Challenge consistency has its prize and the ranking of the regular phase starts to take shape. The top six handicap pairs and also the top six scratch pairs will also compete in the final at Real Club Valderrama.

The Sotogrande Golf Challenge does not stop in her calendar with several high-level competitions that are yet to be disputed. The renovated Old Golf Course at Clube São Roque will be the next after Alcaidesa Links golf course, on the 24th of July, where the 200 participants will have to do their best.

It will be the first tournament after a comprehensive redesign carried out in recent months. Mobile greens, wide fairways in a perfect condition worthy of the same European Tour, will be what the participants of this first edition of the Sotogrande Golf Challenge 2021 will find.

The deadline for participation has been extended, therefore, all interested parties are still in time to formalize the inscription in the different competitions that are still in dispute or opt to enrol together in the last three events to be held at Almenara Resort, La Cañada Golf Course and the Real Club de Sotogrande Golf Course at a very low price, starting at 250,00€. Registration is done through the website www.sotograndechallenge.com.

For Tee Times Golf Agency, this is another magnificent tournament held in the best and most competitive Spanish golf courses.
Alcaidesa Links golf course is a golfer’s paradise with the beauty of most of its holes located by the sea.
As well as the world-famous and appreciated San Roque Old & New golf courses.
The hotels, So / Sotogrande *****, Hotel Encinar de Sotogrande **** and Hotel Apartamentos Manilva Sun ***, complete the beauty of this Spanish region and guarantee the best golf break ever.

Source: opengolf.es

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