SWEET 16 FOR REAL CLUB DE GOLF EL PRAT IN TOP 100

Real Club de Golf El Prat, already considered as one of the continent’s most prestigious golf courses, has further cause for celebration after making an impressive gain in Golf World magazine’s coveted ‘Top 100 Resorts in Continental Europe 2018’ rankings.

El Prat, which has hosted the Spanish Open on 10 occasions, moved up three places to 16^th position in the updated list of the continent’s top-rated golfing venues.

The esteemed club offers a mouth-watering choice of 45 holes, while agreements with an array of hotel partners including in the vibrant city of Barcelona makes it the perfect getaway for players who are looking to combine superb golf with a city break.

The Golf World Top 100 judging panel said: “No fewer than 45 holes and almost all require coming to terms with Greg Norman’s penchant for sprawling bunkers. Two of the nine-hole loops comprise our 36th ranked Top 100 Continental Europe course. Incredible strength in depth.”

El Prat is one of the oldest clubs in Spain dating back to 1912, and has hosted some of the biggest names in the game, including Spanish legends Severiano Ballesteros and José Maria Olazábal, eight-time Major winner Tom Watson and European Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjørn.

Situated just a 35-minute drive from the Catalan capital of Barcelona, the famous Spanish venue is one of only a small number of clubs to have been granted royal status by King Alfonso XIII, with its vast layout stretching across the 518-acre estate of BonVilar since 2002.

And El Prat is going back to its roots from mid-November by offering guests the opportunity to play the highly-acclaimed Pink “Open” Course that was originally designed by Greg Norman, as well as its popular Yellow Course. For more information visit https://www.realclubdegolfelprat.com/en/the-course/courses

The iconic Pink “Open” Course is widely regarded as the best layout at El Prat and was ranked fourth in US magazine Golf Digest’s latest list of the best courses in Spain.

The prestigious venue has been home to major Spanish and international amateur tournaments, such as the 2013 European Amateur Championships and has held more than 250 national and international championships.

El Prat was recently named one of the 125 Platinum Clubs of the World – Five-star Private Club – in recognition of attaining a standard of excellence by an international panel of experts, historians and connoisseurs in a confidential ballot, as well as being granted the Golden Plaque of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit.

The course also offers a modern and lively clubhouse and top-quality practice facilities, in addition to a 300m driving range and a host of specialist short-game areas.

Real Club de Golf El Prat’s Eduard Rousaud Sabate had the experience of a lifetime when he was part of the European Junior Ryder Cup team at Golf Disneyland, in Paris.

Rousard Sabate, 18, scored a half-point for his team in the mixed fourballs – with Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad – but lost in both the foursomes and the singles, as the USA ran out narrow winners by a solitary point, 12½-11½, their sixth successive victory in the competition.

And even though Rousard Sabate cut his finger and was having treatment for the injury when his golfing idol, Tiger Woods, met the other members of the European team on the putting green, the Barcelona-based teenager was able to catch up with the 14-time Major winner shortly afterwards and enjoyed a long conversation with him.

Rousard Sabate explained: “It has undoubtedly been the best experience of my life. Representing Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup is something unique and special. Joining other players from all over Europe – who are usually rivals – with the same objective as yours and being part of the same team is the essence of the sport: friendship.
“It was a week I will never forget. Thanks to everybody who supports me every day, like my club, RCG El Prat and my family, I was able to enjoy and embrace all the little details of this wonderful experience.”

The Junior Ryder Cup has been a springboard for a number of notable Ryder Cuppers, including Spain’s Sergio Garcia (1995) and Rafa Cabrera Bello (1999), Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (2004), and the USA’s Tony Finau (2004, 2006), Jordan Spieth (2008, 2010), and Justin Thomas (2010).

With Teams composed of a maximum of 6 and a minimum of 5 players, the Marisa Sgaravatti Trophy is played for four days and consists of two phases. The first classification is 36 holes medal play (two days, 18 holes each day). The second, match play by groups (two days).

MARISA SGARAVATTI Trophy’s is the old European Championship of second category, won several times by Spain, which was played at the same time and in the same field as the first category and which is now organized by the European Associations. Since 1991 it took the name of Marisa Sgaravatti, a great Italian player who promoted it and donated the cup.

It is an annual tournament of the European Senior Ladies Golf Association (ELSGA), open to amateur golfers who are members of the ESLGA. The Marisa Sgaravatti Trophy is organized each year by one of the ESLGA member countries, in principle by rotation.
In this year’s edition, the Spanish team, made up of our partner Maria Torrens, managed to win the title ahead of Italy and Switzerland and were proclaimed Champions of this trophy.

We want to give our most sincere congratulations to all the team and especially to Maria Torrens for this great and deserved victory.
Congratulations!

The Catalan Double Senior Championship 2018 crowned this Sunday, the new champions in the three categories, male, female and mixed, after two days of play, in a great atmosphere of golf between the Catalan federated. A tournament that hung the complete and showed the health of Catalan senior golf, with many desire to compete at the highest level.

Among the female couples, the victory was won by Carmen Valls-Taberner-Teresa Bagaría, with a total of 153 strokes.

Congratulations Champions!

It was a banner day for one UWG men’s golf freshman as the Wolves opened their season with a first round 288 at the Full Moon Invitational at Timberline Golf Club in Calera, Alabama.

Freshman Lucas Mota wasted no time in making a name for himself as he posted a school record 64 in his first collegiate round, breaking Charlie Durman’s previous school record of 65 shot back at the 2013 Matt Dyas Invitational.

Mota, a native of Barcelona, Spain, began his day on the first hole and after two pars, rattled off four straight birdies, and added a fifth on the ninth hole to make the turn at five-under. By the par five 15th, Mota had added three more birdies to reach eight under. Mota slipped and made bogeys at 16 and 18 and sandwiched his ninth birdie in on the 17th to finish seven-under par. Mota has a four shot lead going into tomorrow’s final round.

Meanwhile, senior Samuel Jones was putting together a solid round of his own, finishing with a three-under score of 68 in his first round of the new season. Jones made six birdies on the day, including four on the front nine. Jones is tied for second place individually.

Blake Kollin opened his West Georgia career with a 76 on Monday, making just one birdie on the day, and putting him in a 25th place tie. The biggest setback for the Milton, Georgia native was a double bogey on the par five 11th hole.

The final score counted for head coach Todd Selders and the Wolves was from Reece Moore who finished with an 80. Ethan Jones carded an 81 in his first competitive round of the new season. Moore is in a 34th place tie while Jones sits in 36th.

Dan Benson, who is competing as an individual, shot a 75 in the first round of his senior season, and sits in a 20th place tie individually. Benson’s round was highlighted by an eagle three on the par five eighth hole to close out his round.

The Wolves are in third place after one round of play, trailing the host Montevallo by 11 strokes. Christian Brothers sits in second place after an opening round 286.

The Full Moon Invitational will conclude tomorrow at Timberline Golf Club in Calera, Alabama.

Intetclubs: The Barcelona team has won the one with solvency in Retamares supported by a great Eduard Rousaud

The team representing the Real Club de Golf El Prat Barcelona has revalidated the title in the Interclub Championship for Cadets and Girls/Boys 2018 teams, which has been held at the Retamares Golf Club in Alalpardo, Madrid.

The Catalan team, made up of Eduard Rousaud, Andrea de Senmenat, Josep María Serra and Teresa Dorado, has been the best in the two days of competition supported by the first of them, who signed a 65 in their individual round.

El Prat (345 hits) has overtaken the combined Club de Golf Terramar (277) (Barcelona), second, in 32 strokes and the School of Golf Federation of Madrid (385), third, in 40. This result speaks of the superiority of the team of Terrassa.

At the end of the first round, El Prat already dominated, with 72 hits on the foursome and 65 on the fourball for a cumulative 137. He was followed by the Real Club de Golf La Herrería (Madrid) with 153 and Terramar with 154.

Ten teams have participated in the competition: CG La Dehesa, RCG Puerta de Hierro A, RCG Puerta de Hierro B, CG Retamares, CC Villa de Madrid, RCG San Sebastian and the aforementioned.

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In an exciting Championship of Spain for children, Alevín and Benjamín, our young players shone with their own light, highlighting the fry title, won by Anna Cañado, in a vibrant final day at La Manga Club.

The Spanish Championship for Children, Youngsters and Benjamin 2018 ended in La Manga Club, leaving a magnificent result for the promising youngsters of Catalan golf, who were in the top positions in all the classifications. Although in the good work of all the players, the young Lumine’s alevina, Anna Cañado, stood out, who thanks to a magnificent final lap of 70 strokes, earned her the title of champion of Spain, with a total of 219 strokes, achieving six of income on the theoretically favorite, Rocio Tejedo. Cañado, who showed his concentration and success on the last day, was well accompanied in qualifying, in fifth place, with Claudia Lara (235) and eighth, for Alexandra Vidal (245).

Also in the Top 20 were Lidia Villanueva (12th), Marina Joyce Moreno and Ana Aguilar (13th). Also highlighted is the role of our benjamins, which augur well for a good future as competitors for the FCG. Clara Felip was runner-up with 124 strokes, while Nagore Martínez was third with 127. Adriana García Terol was fourteenth and Carlota Carmona sixteenth. Among the youngsters, Mikhail Efremov was the only one to get into the Top 10, with 231 strokes, while Daniel Egea, Pablo García Terol and Eric Casademont, got into a worthy Top 20.

Among the youngest, more players in the top 10. To highlight the sixth place of Jon JU.ñià (118), and the seventh, for Enzo Martínez and Eric Díaz, with 120, demonstrating the wood of champions that we are already forming. Finally, among the Children’s, Anna Ymbern’s brilliant fourth place finish with 225 strokes is just seven strokes behind champion Minoo Mousavi. Also noteworthy are Natalia Anglada, seventh, with 230 and Marta Egea, twentieth (236). Among the boys, more classified in the Top 10, with Marcel Fonseca, in seventh place (230), eighth, Luis Palomo (231) and thirteenth, Pau Sanchez (234) and fifteenth, Ivan Ponsdomènech, with 235. Very good results from our players, who have demonstrated their competitive spirit in this great party of children’s golf, held in La Manga Club.

Congratulations to all the participants and their families for this magnificent performance in Murcia!

The member of the Real Club de Golf El Prat finished nineteenth, in the Thailand Champ, with a total of 286 strokes (-2), after four very regular days of play

Mireia Prat signed her best result in a long time in the Ladies European Tour, finishing 19th at the Thailand Champ, which ended this Sunday in the Asian country, and with a final victory for the local player, Kanyalak (-15). A great result for the Catalan in the LET Tour after many difficulties the last two seasons to get her head out of the top positions in a tournament of the European women’s circuit, said Mireia. “It’s been a long time since I won a Top 10 on the Ladies European Tour and I can only be happy that I did it and thank all the people who are helping me,” said Mireia, who was flying to Brussels tonight to participate in the Belfius Ladies Open at the Royal Bercuit GC from June 28-30. The truth is that Mireia was able to chain four good laps of golf, with cards of 71,71,73 and 71 strokes, for that nineteenth place, and second best Spanish in the tournament, only surpassed by Noemi Jimenez, eleventh, with 283 strokes (-5).

Congratulations Mireia for this great performance in Thailand!

Text extracted from the Catalan Golf Federation.

Ireland were unbeatable in Urduña (Basque Country) and won their sixth title 11 years after the last one.

Catalonia failed to win their third consecutive European Pitch and Putt Championship in a clear-cut 8.5-0.5 loss to Ireland in the decisive match. The Irish showed the best version of themselves in Urduña (Basque Country) and became the first team to close all the direct elimination rounds (MatchPlay) without losing any individual games. It has been 11 years since the green, white and orange team won the title (this weekend’s is the 6th), after the Catalan national team had beaten them in 2010 and had been absent in 2014.

Strokeplay sets the trend
The European started with two individual laps (strokeplay) of all the players, the sum of the results of which was to distribute the nine participating teams in 3 different groups. Catalonia was second to 29 strokes from the Irish, who with an overall record of -44 began to ratify their status as favourites. For their position, the Catalan national team faced in the second phase in Switzerland and Galicia, against whom they managed to reach the final group stage with not a few difficulties. Although the Swiss lost 9-0, the Galicians were able to draw (4.5-4.5) against the two-time champions.

Final three unevenly matched
The final group was played by Ireland, Catalonia and Andorra, who surpassed Great Britain in the previous qualifying round despite having been 10 times in the strokeplay. The Catalan national team beat the Andorran team (5,5-3,5) thanks to the foursome as, in singles, there was a tie to 3. The last day was the duel between the Irish and Catalans, which was a final but in this European premiered the final triangular format. The team was made up of Emili Sanmartín, Eric Puig, Fernando Cano, José Iglesias, David Riera and Alex Albiñana Jr, who scored the only half point against Ireland, drawing their individual match.