NOVEMBER 18 to 23 AT VILA SOL GOLF CLUB

ALGARVE LAUNCHES ‘GOLF4ALL' WITH
 

NEW DISABLED GOLF OPEN

NEWS RELEASE

The Algarve, one of Europe's leading golf destination, will mark the launch of its new ‘golf4all' campaign by hosting a new international disability golf tournament later this month.

Europe's leading impaired golfers will compete in the European 

Disabled Golfers Association (EDGA) Algarve Open - where 

the winner of the 2014 EDGA Premier Series Order of Merit 

will be crowned - at Pestana Vila Sol, November 18-23.

Among those players scheduled to appear are Cédric Lescut of 

Belgium, who turned pro in 2002 after having the lower part of 

his right leg amputated; Manuel de los Santos of the Dominican 

Republic & France, who before having his left leg amputated 

was a top-level basketball player, and Spain's first ever 

wheelchair golfer, Sebas Lorente.

Also taking part are Monique Kalman, a Dutch paragolfer who 

has also won Paralympic gold in tennis; former Paralympic 

skiers Nino Ouraboh and Martijn Wijsman; and French amateur 

Charles-Henri Quélin who has +2 handicap and plays with a 

fused right arm.

The event will be a centerpiece of the Algarve Tourism Association's (ATA) new ‘golf4all', which seeks to showcase the Algarve as a fully-inclusive tourism attraction for golfers of all ages and abilities and for tourists from across the globe.

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