GOLF TEAM

The golf team, formed by Cristina Felip, Dana Helga Puyol, María Piñeiro and Soledad Desvalls and captained by the latter, finished third after beating Puerta de Hierro in the match for third and fourth place (2.5 – 0.5).
The winner of the tournament was the representative of RNCSS Basozabal, who won the title for the third time after defeating the host team on the course of the Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri (Getxo, Vizcaya). The final was resolved by a 2-1 result of a comeback of the Donostiars in the singles.

Ours couldn’t make it past the semi-finals against Basozabal, who ultimately won the tournament. The club from Gipuzkoa won the direct one with 2,25-0,5. In the foursome match there was a draw that left everything open for the singles. The Basque team had no choice there, Natalia Aseguinolaza overtook Dana Helga Puyol by 2/1, while María Villanueva beat María Piñero by 6/5.
It is worth remembering that this Spanish Interclub Women’s Championship has been held since 1976, a competition where the RCGP won in 1992, 1994 and 2016.

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Real Club de Golf El Prat is regarded as one of the best golf clubs in Spain, having hosted more than 250 top-level national and international championships, including the European Tour Spanish Open on 10 occasions.

The world-renowned course, which is just 35 minutes from the centre of Barcelona and one hour away from Costa Brava, is steeped in history with its roots dating back to 1912.
Real Club de Golf El Prat has played host to some of the biggest names in golf with top stars such as Spanish legends Severiano Ballesteros, José Maria Olazábal and Sergio Garcia, eight-time Major winner Tom Watson, and Tommy Fleetwood having featured there in various tournaments, while Masters champion Garcia and European Tour star Pablo Larrazábal are both members.

Situated on the picturesque 518-acre estate of BonVilar since 2002, El Prat is the only Catalan Club together with PGA Catalunya to boast 2 championship courses. Designed by the legendary Greg Norman, the top quality layouts play over an exciting mix of five highly acclaimed configurations – the Open, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Green – as well as being home to a modern and lively clubhouse and extensive practice facilities, as well as a 300m driving range and a host of specialist short-game areas.

The multi-award-winning El Prat was recently named as one of the 125 Platinum Clubs of the World – Five-star Private Club alongside other Spanish top Clubs such as Real Club Valderrama, Real Club de Golf de Sotogrande, Real Club de la Puerta del Hierro.

And the prestigious club has carefully chosen a selection of hotel partners to create a variety of stay-and-play packages to provide golfers with the chance to enjoy some of the most sought-after hotels in Barcelona.

On the other hand, the Nacional Puntuable Juvenil of the RFEG, held between February 17 and 18 at Hacienda Riquelme, registered an absolute success of participation and also offered a high level of sportsmanship for the young FCG players in general and one of our youth in particular, Josep Mª Serra, who although a few weeks earlier with 142 strokes took the Punctuable Juvenile Zone played in Golf Costa Dorada, on this occasion managed to stay in third position thanks to his regularity. After two days of 73 and 72 strokes, he ended up with +1 (145 strokes).

The good results led him to enter the call and be part of the male Working Group, the Technical Youth Committee of the RFEGR. The fifteen participants met last weekend in February at the Centro Nacional de Golf in Madrid. It was the second concentration of the year, where the preparation for the season continued. They carried out specific and personalized technical work, as well as evolving in the tasks of distance control with wedges and carrying out a specific putt work. Congratulations!

Adrià Arnaus and Xavi Puig shone between the Spanish domination in the Fourball Championship held between February 13 and 15 and presented by Costa Daurada at the Lumine Mediterránea Beach & Golf Community in Spain, surpassing 200 professionals of the PGA to obtain the victory with a fantastic final result of 186 (-28).
It is a great pleasure to win, and we are very happy because it is the first tournament of the season,”said Xavi after Adrià closed with 62:” Playing with Adrià was very nice and it was great to learn side by side and do great things.

Two rounds of 63 and 61 were enough to finish with a good lead before the last day, although with some direct rivals relatively close, they knew that it would be necessary to play aggressively:”I had an idea what the winning score could be, because we shared a room with two previous champions,” explained Adrià,”so we kept a total in front of us and tried to make as many birdies as we could,” he said.

Finally, one eagle and three birdies on the nine exteriors, followed by four birdies on the way, led to a pair of 62 and a total of -28. Congratulations, champions!

The professional has competed in different events in her journey through the antipodes. The Ladies European Tour (LET) will have more tournaments than other years. “It looks like it’s getting better and they want to give us more support. It’s a good time to find that collaborator to help you face the season with more economic peace of mind,”Mireia tells us from Australia.

So our partner returned to the circuit, after recovering the card in 2017. And he did so by starting the season in Australia, where the season has started in recent years, even if it means being many miles from home. The LET kicked off at the Oates Vic Open, a tournament unique in the world where men and women compete on the same routes at the same time, also sharing the prize.

The Prat player overcame the first cut of the season at Canberra Classic, where she signed two laps of 75 and 70 strokes to earn her ticket to the final round held on Sunday 11 February at the Royal Canberra Golf Club, thus entering among the 51 best of the LET.

Then came the third of four trials in Australia, the Ladies Classic Bonville, where Mireia, despite not passing the court was able to enjoy the experience:”I have enjoyed competing on this course, which is a good test for any golfer. I have been able to see what things to keep working, as well as some improvements and positive aspects that encourage me to keep working and be patient. Everything comes “.

Before continuing, he finished the tour in the other side playing NSW Open at Coffs Harbour Golf. After a start with a lot of competition, it is time to continue working and growing to complete one more season, the seventh, at the top of European women’s golf.

Our young player won with a total of 289 hits, two ahead of the second classified.

The first weekend of February, Eduard achieved the achievement in the Canary Islands Men’s Amateur Championship, held at RCG Las Palmas. He only needed 289 hits, two ahead of his immediate pursuers, Sevillian Ignacio Puente. Rousaud completed a great tournament in very difficult weather conditions. He always responded with a very regular game. His lap of 66 strokes (-5) on Friday ended up being decisive, as he managed to gain six strikes of advantage over Ignacio Puente; in the last two he managed his advantage with two 75-stroke cards.

Championship. The official pairing competition of the FCG, which took place last weekend in January on the Links tour of Empordà Golf, was decided by a single blow in the men’s category, and three in the women’s category.

The Catalunya Doble Championship, held at the links course of Empordà Golf crowned the new champion couples, in a competition that had two very different days at the climatological level, although all competitors raffled with the greatest hope and desire to make a good result. In the men’s category, final victory for the pair formed by our young Josep Maria Serra and Guillermo Acha (Golf Barcelona), after accumulating a total of 157 strokes, after the 84 of the first day -in difficult conditions with cold and wind-, and the 73 of a sunny Sunday whose good temperature had nothing to do with the previous day. At a single impact, ended the couple formed also by two young members of the Club, Eduard Rousaud and Joel Moscatel), with 158.

In the women’s category, we are also to be congratulated. The title was for our player Dana-Helga Puyol and her partner, Berta Sánchez (La Roca), who, after 79 strokes of the first day, leaving behind all the other competing couples, dedicated Sunday to keep their wide lead, and his return of 80 strokes was enough to take the title, with 159. Three blows left the couple formed by another of our partners, Valeria Biarge and Marta Badía (Costa-Daurada). Congratulations!

Real Club de Golf El Prat is regarded as one of the best golf clubs in Spain, having hosted more than 250 top-level national and international championships, including the European Tour Spanish Open on 10 occasions.

The world-renowned course, which is just 35 minutes from the centre of Barcelona and one hour away from Costa Brava, is steeped in history with its roots dating back to 1912.
Real Club de Golf El Prat has played host to some of the biggest names in golf with top stars such as Spanish legends Severiano Ballesteros, José Maria Olazábal and Sergio Garcia, eight-time Major winner Tom Watson, and Tommy Fleetwood having featured there in various tournaments, while Masters champion Garcia and European Tour star Pablo Larrazábal are both members.

Situated on the picturesque 518-acre estate of BonVilar since 2002, El Prat is the only Catalan Club together with PGA Catalunya to boast 2 championship courses. Designed by the legendary Greg Norman, the top quality layouts play over an exciting mix of five highly acclaimed configurations – the Open, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Green – as well as being home to a modern and lively clubhouse and extensive practice facilities, as well as a 300m driving range and a host of specialist short-game areas.

The multi-award-winning El Prat was recently named as one of the 125 Platinum Clubs of the World – Five-star Private Club alongside other Spanish top Clubs such as Real Club Valderrama, Real Club de Golf de Sotogrande, Real Club de la Puerta del Hierro.

And the prestigious club has carefully chosen a selection of hotel partners to create a variety of stay-and-play packages to provide golfers with the chance to enjoy some of the most sought-after hotels in Barcelona.

Carlos, top second,  was close to what could have been his second Asian Circuit victory.

The admirable progression on Carlos Pigem’s career was noticed last week in Leopalace21 Myanmar Open + with a score of 70, 67, 68 and 68 strokes to finish -11. He signed 6 birdies (1, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 18) but they were not enough to stop the Australian Todd Sinnott (-14) who surpassed him thanks to his last two rounds of 64 and 65.

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Pablo Larrazábal has achieved the first great result of the year in the European Circuit for the Spanish golf; he was second in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, event that marks the beginning of the traditional desert tour of the European Tour. Only the english Tommy Fleetwood could beat the spanish player.

Pablo Larrazabal started the day in fourth position with a single stroke behind leader, who was the English player Tyrrell Hatton. Players like Dustin Johnson or Martin Kaymer were close to the leadership, along with the Spanish, who had more options to ruin the day of the leader.
Pablo showed his best talents around the green on a day that was complicated since early in the morning because of the strong wind and was fighting in the top positions throughout the day.
Pablo needed an eagle in his final hole to push a playoff and although he had to go for a birdie he signed a great tournament to start the year. Remember that Pablo already won this tournament in the 2014 edition.

See full results at www.europeantour.com

Larrazabal has been in the top 100 worldwide for more than three years.

The Presidents, Honorary Members, Delegates, Invitees and Committee Members from the 47 member countries of the EGA will come together for the anual meeting of the association, which is held in a different European country each year.

The EGA, which is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, has as its principal objective the promotion of golf at the highest level of competition, the maintenance of the unity of its membership, the promotion of best practice in the development of golf across Europe, and the implementation of sustainable, viable and efficient golf management.

“The Real Club de Golf El Prat is honoured to be chosen to host the 2016 European Golf Association Annual General Meeting, which was held at St Andrews last year and which next year will take place in Switzerland.”

Ariana Martín Balet, Managing Director of the Real Club de Golf El Prat.

Both the President of the Real Federación Española de Golf, Gonzaga Escauriaza, and its Managing Director, Jorge Sagardoy, will be present at this important event at which the Committees that make up the EGA will report on issues such as calendars of events, handicapping systems, golf rules and rankings.

The various committees of the EGA will meet at the DoubleTree by Hilton La Mola Hotel, Integrated hotel on the same golf course, from Wednesday 16th November 2016 with an intense programme of meetings and break-out sessions scheduled until Saturday 19th November 2016. They will also be able enjoy the natural surroundings of the hotel and club and their gastronomic offering.

On Thursday 17th they will meet in the clubhouse of the Real Club de Golf El Prat, and will have the opportunity to get to know the facilities and the courses, and in particular the Open Course, on which the two most recent of the ten Spanish Opens hosted by El Prat have been played. The Open Course is one of seven 18 hole combinations made possible by the45 hole Greg Norman designedfacility, which is situated in an incomparable 210 hectare natural setting, surrounded by the 13,000 hectares of the Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac Natural Park.

The historic Real Club de Golf El Prat is one of the most famous golf clubs in Spain and continental Europe, with origins which date from 1912 and its first site at the Pedralbes Golf Club. Today the Club is situated 25 minutes from the city of Barcelona in a location that is ideal for a combination of the highest quality golf and the plethora of cultural activities, and the varied gastronomic and leisire offering of the cosmopolitan Mediteranean city of Barcelona.

The Real Club de Golf El Prat is renowned for its numerous professionals who are active on the different European Tours, and for having hosted more than 250 national and international championships in addition to 10 Spanish Opens. In recognition of this the Club received in 2013 and Honourable Mention in the list of the 125 best members clubs in the world published by Platinum Clubs of the World, the Gold Plaque for Sporting Merit in Spanish Sport, and in 2015 the Olympic Plaque from the Spanish Olympic Committee.