Spain Golf – Empordà Golf will host the Empordà Challenge and the Challenge Costa Brava of the European Challenge Tour next October

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Empordà Golf will host the Empordà Challenge and the Challenge Costa Brava of the European Challenge Tour next October

The European Challenge Tour announced today that two events in Spain, the Empordà Challenge and the Challenge Costa Brava, will take place in consecutive weeks at Empordà Golf this October.

The Empordà Challenge will be held from 14th to 17th October, while the Challenge Costa Brava will take place from Tuesday 19th to Friday 22nd October. The latter will mark the end of the regular season of the Road to Mallorca, determining the field of forty-five players for the Grand Final of the Rolex Challenge Tour sponsored by The R&A from 4 to 7 November.

Empordà Golf Course is the former venue for the European Tour and European Tour Qualifying School events, and the two Challenge Tour tournaments will be played on the Links Course, which underwent major renovation works during 2020. These two back-to-back events replace the Hainan Open and Foshan Open in China, which were cancelled earlier this month due to the continuing effects of the global pandemic.

“We thank Empordà Golf and the promoter, JGolf, for their help in bringing these events to fruition. It was important to us to provide our members with these replacement tournaments to ensure that playing opportunities were maximised at an important time of the season and, having enjoyed a long and successful relationship with Javier Gervás and his team, we knew it would be possible to organise a solution with their help,” said Jamie Hodges, head of Challenge Tour.

“Empordà Golf has stood the test of time in terms of hosting professional events and we are excited to spend two weeks in Spain at such a wonderful venue,” adds Hodges.

“When the slot on the Road to Mallorca calendar came up, we worked hard to help cover those crucial two weeks on the calendar. We knew that Empordà Golf was keen to go one step further in terms of the professional tournaments it has hosted and so we set out to host the last two Challenge Tour tournaments before the Grand Final,” explains Javier Gervás, general manager of JGolf.

“They have made a great effort and I am sure they will be rewarded. We are now going to have two decisive tournaments in Spain this season with international coverage that will put Empordà Golf in the world golfing spotlight,” adds Gervás.

“The decision to hold the Empordà Challenge confirms the efforts being made by all the clubs on the Costa Brava to improve their facilities and become a world-class sports destination,” says Emilio Cuatrecasas, President of Empordà Golf Club.

“It is also worth noting that the growing popularity of these international tournaments is driving many young people to play golf, and the clubs are feeding not only their energy but also an updated vision of the sport that will bring considerable progress in the sporting, social and environmental fields,” adds Cuatrecasas.

The Empordà Challenge and the Challenge Costa Brava will be the second Spanish swing of the Road to Mallorca 2021 after the Challenge de España and the Challenge de Cádiz, held at the Real Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri last June.

The Empordà Challenge and the Challenge Costa Brava will be supported by the Challenge Tour, Empordà Golf, Girona Provincial Council through the Costa Brava Tourist Board, the Royal Spanish Golf Federation and Kyocera. The promoter and organiser is JGolf.

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Empordà Golf Links Course. Spanish Golf Courses chosen to host the final stages of the Classification School 2021 of the European Tour

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The European Tour Qualifying School has been bolstered by the addition of four new venues ahead of the competition’s return in 2021. The Portuguese Montado Hotel & Golf Resort and the Australian Rosebud Country Club will make their long-awaited debut in 2021 after the Qualifying School was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Danish Lyngbygaard Golf Course and the Spanish Empordà Golf Course have also been added to the calendar for 2021.

The European Tour Qualifying School will visit fourteen venues from September to November and allows professional and amateur players to earn a place at the highest level of golf competition in Europe for the 2022 season.

Montado Hotel & Golf Resort, Lyngbygaard Golf and Rosebud Country Club will debut at the Classification School as Stage One venues, with the latter making history as the first Australian venue to host a Classification School event. The first stage will take place at nine venues in total including returning clubs in Austria, England, France, Italy and Sweden.

Empordà Golf Course returns to the calendar of the European Tour Classification School as a Second Stage venue, along with three other Spanish venues, Alenda Golf Course, Desert Springs Resort, Las Colinas Golf & Country Club, after having hosted the Final Stage in 2000, 2002 and 2003.

The competition, established in three stages, will culminate with the Final Phase event at Lumine Golf Course in Spain from November 12 to 17, where just over one hundred and fifty players will play in six rounds the possibility of securing one of the twenty-five European cards Tour.

Tee Times Golf Agency is proud of the choice of the Montado Hotel & Golf Course, as this Resort is very special due to its location dominated by vineyards and a cork oak forest, where streams and lakes make it unique.

Our congratulations are also extended to all the other golf courses; Alenda Golf Course, Empordà Golf Course, Las Colinas Golf & Country Club and Lumine Golf Course and the Resort Desert Springs, as they are all of the great prestige, quality and much requested by our dear customers.

A visit is imperative to all of them, and we suggest our irrefutable special offers for 18 holes with or without a buggy, Twilight, Sunset and Taylor made packages for as many nights accommodation as each client or group desires, not forgetting, all the transfers services and specialized information about each region.

Source: golfindustria.es