BILLY SIM WELCOMES
KEN SCHOFIELD
AND PGAs OF EUROPE
GUESTS TO HACIENDA
DEL ALAMO RESORT

By DENNIS SHAW, PGAs of Europe Press Officer

When delegates and distinguished guests at the PGAs of Europe Annual Congress and International Team Championship in Spain last month enjoyed an excellent day contesting the President’s Challenge at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia, the occasion was given an extra lift by the hospitality displayed by the resort's splendid host, Director of Golf Billy Sim.
The excellence of the Dave Thomas golf course, the warm reception for everyone, the willingness of Billy’s ‘team’ to make everything go with a swing, all combined to complete a memorable day in a brief break from the serious business of the Congress.
Billy moved to Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort some three years or so ago, early in the region’s take-off as one of Spain’s major golf destinations.
Earlier in his career Billy cut his teeth on golf course work as a member of Dave Thomas’s
design and construction team and created such an impression that the man from the North-east of Scotland became course manager at San Roque Golf Club after helping to see the design project through.
HEADHUNTED ON ALGARVE
This led to Billy being headhunted by several sources on the Algarve for course-improvement schemes, including Salgados, Pestana, and Penina.
When the Hacienda del Alamo project was undertaken, Billy was nominated by Dave Thomas
to be the Director of Golf there. So Billy Sim has been there from Day 1 as "HDA" grows gradually into a multi-course location with its planned new handsome clubhouse and academy facility.
* Billy Sim (right) is pictured presenting Ken Schofi eld, the former Executive Director of the PGA European Tour and now PGAs of Europe President, with a framed photograph of the Hacienda Del Alamo venue - "The New Number One in Spain" - to mark Ken’s years of service to the sport and a fellow-Scot whom he has known for many years, and who has always been a willing source of career help and information.