La Manga Club, venue for the European Ladies Team Championship
July 1, 2010
Between July 6th and 10th, the La Manga Club sports resort in the golfing “Mecca” of Murcia, will be playing host to the 28th European Ladies Team Championship, one of the continent’s most important annual events, which attracts the old world’s top women golfers, and all their talent and enthusiasm as well.
The fact that many players who are now key figures in the Ladies European Tour and even the LPGA, formerly defended their countries’ colours during their amateur years in the 27 previous editions of the Ladies European Team Championship, speaks volumes about the significance of this tournament, both for the players themselves and for the host country, conscious of the fact that the tournament is amongst the most important in the international golfing calendar.
The classic European golfing powers will all be in Murcia – from England, the most successful team overall, with eight titles behind them, to Sweden, passing through Spain, the ambitious host nation– and other countries with a much more recent golfing tradition.
All of them –Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Wales– will be putting up a great fight for what is sure to be a fiercely contested title.
The tournament also has the added appeal of being another step towards the consolidation of the ladies’ game as a major sporting attraction at international level. More and more women are earning a living from the sport and their talent is ever increasing, the starting point for which is evident in tournaments of this calibre.
La Manga, the ideal setting
The first week in July and La Manga Club as the setting. Conditions couldn’t be better for the dozens of players who will be taking part in the competition. The unique microclimate that swathes this singular part of Spain –with a gentle breeze that goes a long way towards appeasing the arduous heat of the Spanish summer– will be the perfect ally for the players.
The course certainly won’t be an excuse for not scoring a good round, as the resort’s South Course will be in the best possible condition thanks to painstaking preparation by the entire team at La Manga Club. With a superb climate and a real dream of a course –surrounded by two seas!– there can be few finer places to enjoy five intense days of golf. Something that the outstanding lady golfers who are already with us will be seeing to.
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