Real Club de Golf El Prat has been selected, once again, to host another tournament of the Let Access Series and the Santander Golf Tour. Together with Real Club de Golf La Peñaza are the only courses in Spain to organize a tournament for a European tour that brings together great golfers not only from Europe, but also from around the world.
Under the name of Santander Golf Tour Barcelona, the tournament will be played from the 20th- 22nd of October at Real Club de Golf El Prat and will also be the big final of the tour. Without a doubt, there is no better venue to end a long-awaited season like 2021 than in the best golf facilities in Barcelona. Our Club is proud to be the one to welcome female golfers to Barcelona.
Alícia Garrido, executive director of Deporte & Business, promoter of the Solheim Cup 2023, the Santander Golf Tour and two LET events in Spain: “Being able to count on R.C.G. El Prat to host a tournament of the Santander Golf Tour is always a luxury. But the fact that the tournament is also part of the LET Access Series, makes it one of the most important events of the season. We are doubly grateful.”
Championship course for the Santander Golf Tour Barcelona
Our Pink course, the favorite lay out of its designer Greg Norman, is well prepared to offer a demanding and fun course to the players.
In the first 9 holes fairways are narrower and delimited by forest where the driver is not always the best option. Even so, the course is long and the greens are quite big and fast. The second nine holes, are more demanding and require a good strategy from the tee box where recovery shots play a key role in ensuring a good score.
Alícia Garrido also believes that the Pink course is perfect for female professional golfers: “The pink course is one of the professional players’ favorite lay out, and I am convinced that this year we will have some of the best female golfers of the moment playing it. The tournament will be the grand finale of the LET Access Series, so we will have the opportunity to meet the future stars of the world of golf. I would love for members of El Prat to take the opportunity to see first-hand the incredible golf that the pro golfer have to offer. "
The tournament will have a total prize of € 35,000 to be distributed among the ladies who make the cut. In 2019, the Swedish player Johanna Gustavsson won the tournament and we got to spoke to her: “It's a good hole because when you play it you have two options, either you look for the green or you make a safe lay up. I have chosen the second option because the green area is very complicated if you go straight for it”.
In addition, the Swedish player also told us about her opinion of the pink course: “The Pink course is very interesting and full of challenges, especially from the tee. Also, the last 9 holes are very different from the first 9! I loved it. When I arrived at the Real Club de Golf El Prat I felt very comfortable with the course, the greens were much better than I would have imagined and my game has benefited from those good sensations. In the second 9 holes, there are many more slopes and you must have a very cool head to play them, position yourself on the good side of the green and know how to miss your if you must. I have hit every tee with a drive, even if it wasn't necessary, but I thought it was a good challenge for me because it is very narrow and I wanted to practice for the Women's Spanish Open”.
Real Club de Golf El Prat has always supported women’s golf and, this 2021, will continues to do so. Barcelona is great for golf, not only for their amazing golf courses but also because everything that surround the city, the proximity to an international airport or the beach. We hope that both the players and the members enjoy three intense days of the best golf.
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Information for journalists
Among the large number of tournaments organized at El Prat there were competitions such as the Audi Tournament, Audemars Piguet Tournament, or internationally amateur championships such as the Barcelona Championship or the Kings's Cup that can only be played in high-level courses as the Real Club de Golf El Prat.
- Dating back to 1912, Real Club de Golf El Prat is one of the most renowned clubs in Spain and was granted ‘Real’ or royal status, by King Alfonso XIII after his visit.
- The renowned club has hosted the Spanish Open on 10 occasions: 1956, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1998, 1999, 2011 and 2015.
- The current 45 holes were designed by Greg Norman over an exciting mix of three highly acclaimed courses: the Pink – highly positioned in the most trusted and authoritative international rankings – Yellow and Green.
- It is listed Top20 by Golf World magazine’s coveted ‘Top 100 Resorts in Continental Europe’ rankings and also by National Club Golfer’s ‘Top 100 Golf Resorts in Continental Europe’.
- The multi-award-winning El Prat was recently named as one of the 125 Platinum Clubs of the World – Five Star Private Club, as well as being granted the Golden Plaque of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit.
- It has played host to more than 250 top-level national and international championships, including European Tour events, with top stars of the calibre of Sergio Garcia, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, José María Olazábal and Tommy Fleetwood taking part.
- The club has hosted some of the biggest names in golf, with Spanish legends Severiano Ballesteros and José Maria Olazábal, eight-time Major winner Tom Watson and European Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjørn among its roll call of previous winners, while Masters champion Sergio Garcia and Pablo Larrazábal are both members.
For more information, please contact Gemma Fuster on +34 937 28 10 00, 689028385 or email gemma@rcgep.com