{"id":12892,"date":"2022-09-30T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.es\/b\/?p=12892"},"modified":"2022-09-30T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:09:45","slug":"spectacular-new-opening-grandstand-hole-for-2023-solheim-cup-at-finca-cortesin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/2022\/09\/spectacular-new-opening-grandstand-hole-for-2023-solheim-cup-at-finca-cortesin\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular New Opening Grandstand Hole for 2023 Solheim Cup at Finca Cortes\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Finca Cortes\u00edn has officially unveiled a new opening hole at the Casares course as the 365-day countdown to next year\u2019s Solheim Cup begins. Announcing the change to the course \u2013 part of a general revamp and upgrade overseen by original designer Cabell B. Robinson \u2013 the tournament organisers said, \u201cThe ambience on the first hole of the Solheim Cup is unlike any other golf tournament. The atmosphere and the decibels created by the European and American fans with their chants, music and colours mean that at that moment, the spectacle is turned from the golfers to the stands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With this in mind, the three parties involved in the organisation of the event (Ladies European Tour, Deporte & Business and Finca Cortesin) agreed that the first hole of the 2023 Solheim Cup should be \u201ca place where a large number of people could gather and at the same time be a challenge for the golfers\u201d.<\/span>To that end, the new first hole is now a 256-metre par-4, with a large lake on the left side that reaches the front of the green, a narrow, well-protected fairway, and a large but lively green.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both European captain Suzann Pettersen and her American counterpart Stacy Lewis have had an opportunity to check out the new hole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sensations you experience,\u201d said Pettersen, \u201chave nothing to do with other moments you can experience in golf, like leading a major, because in this tournament you don\u2019t just play for yourself, you do it for your teammates, for your team. you put all your heart into it and you want to give your best. That first tee of the Solheim Cup is all adrenaline and energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Added Stacy Lewis, \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever had a first hole like this in the Solheim Cup. You can reach the green but the water comes into play quite a lot. It\u2019s like an amphitheatre. The stands are going to be high up, practically above you, which will make the public feel very close. It\u2019s definitely a great hole for the Solheim Cup.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Meanwhile. he Costa del Sol hosted a multi-faceted all-day event to mark the fact that there are only 365 days to go until the world\u2019s premier professional women\u2019s team golf competition<\/a> is held in Spain for the first time (22-24 September).<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cOne Year To Go\u201d celebrations included a gathering on the Puerto Ban\u00fas (Marbella) dyke of 365 children from different golf academies in Andaluc\u00eda where, in unison, they completed the \u201cLongest Swing\u201d \u2013 hitting an approach shot into the sea with totally biodegradable balls. Earlier, a special presentation was held in Benahav\u00eds, and an exhibition match at Finca Cortes\u00edn to inaugurate the new first hole.<\/span><\/p>\n



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Finca Cortes\u00edn has officially unveiled a new opening hole at the Casares course as the 365-day countdown to next year\u2019s Solheim Cup begins. Announcing the change to the course \u2013 part of a general revamp and upgrade overseen by original designer Cabell B. Robinson \u2013 the tournament organisers said, \u201cThe ambience on the first hole […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[568,553,1687,1709],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-costa-del-sol","category-golf-clubs","category-ladies-european-tour","category-solheim-cup-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/cont\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Swing-mas-largo-365-2-copia-2.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}