{"id":16164,"date":"2018-11-08T19:32:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/?p=16164"},"modified":"2019-05-12T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T10:22:10","slug":"la-manga-club-revels-in-global-golf-spotlight-as-europes-number-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/la-manga-club-revels-in-global-golf-spotlight-as-europes-number-one\/","title":{"rendered":"La Manga Club revels in global golf spotlight as Europe\u2019s Number One"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Manga Club revels in global golf spotlight as Europe\u2019s Number One<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s La Manga Club celebrated its past and present after enjoying a memorable night of success at the 2018 World Golf Awards, which included being named \u2018Europe\u2019s Best Golf Venue\u2019 for the second year in a row.
\nThe iconic sports and leisure resort was hosting the event for the second year running and was one of the big winners at the lavish prize-giving ceremony, with its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe being voted \u2018Spain\u2019s Best Golf Hotel\u2019 for the fourth time in the last five years.
\nIn an extra special moment for La Manga Club, there was also a nod to the resort\u2019s illustrious history with nine- time Major winner Gary Player \u2013 who was La Manga Club\u2019s first director of golf in 1972 \u2013 being named as \u2018Golf Course Designer of the Year\u2019 and also being the recipient of the \u2018Lifetime Achievement Award\u2019 for his services to the game in a career which has spanned seven decades.<\/p>\n

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\nA five-time host of the Spanish Open, La Manga Club features extensive golf facilities including three renowned 18-hole courses \u2013 the South, North and West \u2013 a nine-hole, par-47 academy course and Golf Training Centre.
\nThe latest accolades help to complete another year of success for the Murcia venue, with other notable honours including being voted \u2018Europe\u2019s Leading Sports Resort\u2019 for the first time at the 2018 World Travel Awards and being named in a select group of global venues to receive a Golf Digest \u2018Editor\u2019s Choice Award for Best International Resorts 2018 for the second successive year.
\nEduardo Ruiz, general director of sports at La Manga Club, said: \u201cIt was a tremendous privilege for La Manga Club to host the World Golf Awards again.
\n\u201cLast year\u2019s show helped to create a huge buzz around the resort, we received some outstanding feedback and it was great to see many familiar faces returning. The event was another fantastic opportunity for us to demonstrate our world-class golf, sports and lifestyle facilities to a key global audience, and to win two of the top honours capped off a memorable three days.\u201d
\nRegarded as the most prestigious awards programme in golf tourism, this year\u2019s awards \u2013 the fifth time that they have been held \u2013 brought together some of the famous names in the game and industry leaders from all over the world, as well as local dignitaries including the development director for the Region of Murcia, Patricio Valverde, Jose Jover, president of the Murcia Golf Federation, and figures from the La Manga Club community.
\nRepresentatives from 43 countries gathered at La Manga Club from November 1-4 for three days of unrivalled networking events, dinners and exclusive golf-experience activities \u2013 with the prize-giving ceremony providing a fitting finale.<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>Guests had the opportunity to take full advantage of La Manga Club\u2019s outstanding facilities \u2013 the resort features three 18-hole golf courses, a nine-hole par-47 academy course and an outstanding practice area and\u00a0driving range \u2013 with the event programme including golf on the West and South courses and a networking dinner.
\nChris Frost, managing director of the World Golf Awards, said: \u201cLa Manga Club has proven a world-class host on what has been a magnificent evening of triumph for the golf tourism industry. We have had the privilege of recognising the leading golf courses, hotels, resorts and tour operators from across the world and my congratulations to each of them.\u201d
\nSet across an area of 1,400 acres in Murcia, south-east Spain, La Manga Club has set the benchmark for European sports and leisure destinations since its inception in 1972.<\/p>\n

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\nThe official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the resort\u2019s other facilities include a 28-court tennis centre and 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre, while the resort also launched a new Chelsea FC Foundation Soccer School this year. In addition, La Manga Club features the choice of a five-star hotel, four- star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 50 bars and restaurants.
\nFor more information about the 2018 World Golf Awards, visit worldgolfawards.com and for a full list of winners click here and for images here. For further details about La Manga Club, go to<\/p>\n

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La Manga Club revels in global golf spotlight as Europe\u2019s Number One Spain\u2019s La Manga Club celebrated its past and present after enjoying a memorable night of success at the 2018 World Golf Awards, which included being named \u2018Europe\u2019s Best Golf Venue\u2019 for the second year in a row. The iconic sports and leisure resort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[576],"tags":[2263,2127,2195,2281],"class_list":{"0":"post-16164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-noticias-en","8":"tag-golf-resort-en","9":"tag-la-manga-club-2","10":"tag-murcia-2","11":"tag-world-golf-awards-en"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}