Kenny Dalglish bidding four fourth win at La
Manga's Footballers' Golf Classic
LA MANGA CLUB NEWS RELEASE
Liverpool,
Celtic and Scotland legend Kenny Dalglish will be one of a host of former
champions who will take to the famous fairways of Spain’s La Manga Club to
contest the 20th edition of the popular Footballers’ Golf Classic this summer.
Single-figure
handicapper Dalglish has won the title three times at the award-winning Murcian
resort but faces one of the strongest challenges ever in the competition’s
history if he is to lift the trophy again when the event, sponsored by John
Griffin, takes place from June 4-9.
Among
the field targeting further success at La Manga Club will be previous double
winners, former Aston Villa and Scotland striker turned Sky Sports commentator
Alan McInally and ex-Millwall and Wales striker Steve Lovell, chasing his third
victory in the last six years.
Defending champion Kenny Hibbitt – who won at
the 13th time of asking last year – Pat Jennings, Russell Osman and Fraser
McLachlan will also be aiming for more glory, while the likes of former
Arsenal, Juventus and Republic of Ireland star Liam Brady and ex-England internationals
Darius Vassell, Mark Wright, Ray Clemence, Dave Beasant and Kevin Davies –
making his debut – are also set to feature.
The desire for
UK golfers to visit La Manga Club has proved as strong as ever this year with
all 45 team places for the 2016 event selling out nine months before it is
staged on the resort’s renowned South and North courses.
The
golf classic will feature four days of competitive golf: the one-day Alan Ball
Trophy and the three-day main event, which is being personally sponsored by
John Griffin, former chairman of previous sponsors Addison Lee and who has
played in the event every year, with competitors playing in teams of three
alongside a different footballer each day.
Entry
includes five nights in the resort’s five-star Hotel Principe Felipe,
breakfast, welcome and gala dinners and prize-giving with entertainment.
A five-time host of the Spanish Open and
set in an area three times the size of Monaco, La Manga Club boasts three
18-hole courses, a nine-hole academy course and outstanding practice amenities
– including mainland Spain’s only Leadbetter Golf Academy – amongst its array
of five-star sports and leisure facilities.
Among
its recent accolades, La Manga Club was named ‘Spain’s Best Golf Hotel’ for the
second year running at the 2015 World Golf Awards, shortlisted at the 2015
Family Traveller Awards and voted ‘Best Golf Resort in Spain’ by UK readers of Today’s Golfer magazine for the fifth
year running.
As
well as golf, the resort’s extensive facilities also include a 28-court tennis
academy, a High Performance Sports Centre and 2,000m² spa and fitness complex,
a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than
20 bars and restaurants.
For further information about the
Footballers’ Golf Classic, visit www.mancinievents.co.uk
For
more details on La Manga Club, go to www.lamangaclub.com.
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