Finca Cortesin
The main tournaments played at Finca Cortesin are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Team Events
LET / LPGA
The Solheim Cup (18th) (Sept 22-24). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Suzann Pettersen (Nor/Europe); Stacy Lewis (USA). [Finca Cortesin GC, Casares, Málaga, Costa del Sol].
Overall result: Europe 14 pts, USA 14 pts; as holders Europe retained the Cup.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Linn Grant (Swe) lost to Megan Zhang by 1 hole; Leona Maguire (Ire) bt Rose Zhang 4&3; Charley Hull (Eng) lost to Danielle Kang 4&2; Anna Nordqvist (Swe) bt Jennifer Kupcho 2&1; Georgia Hall (Eng) halved with Andrea Lee; Gemma Dryburgh (Scot) halved with Cheyenne Knight; Céline Boutier (Fra) lost to Angel Yin 2&1; Caroline Hedwall (Swe) beat Ally Ewing 2 up; Madelene Sagström (Swe) lost to Lilia Vu 4&3; Maja Stark (Swe) bt Allisen Corpuz 2&1; Carlota Ciganda (Esp) bt Nelly Korda 2&1; Emily Kristine Pedersen (Den) lost to Lexi Thompson 2&1.
Europe
Volvo
Played as the Volvo World Match Play Championship (May 17-20). Colsaerts (Belg) beat Graeme McDowell (N.Ire) by 1 hole in the 18-hole final to record his biggest European Tour win to date. [Finca Cortesin GC, Casares, Málaga, Costa del Sol].
Europe
Volvo
Played as the Volvo World Match Play Championship (May 19-22). Poulter (Eng) beat Luke Donald (Eng) 2 and 1 in the 18-hole final. [Finca Cortesin GC, Casares, Málaga, Costa del Sol].
Europe
Volvo
Played as the Volvo World Match Play Championship (Oct 29-Nov 1). Ross Fisher (Eng) beat Anthony Kim (USA) 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final. Robert Allenby (Aus) beat Angel Cabrera (Arg) in the playoff for third place. [Finca Cortesin GC, Casares, Málaga, Costa del Sol].
The Masters: The 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National sees LIV golfer Jon Rahm defend his title against the world’s best. Pressing hard will be world No.1 and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler and world No.2 Rory McIlroy (April 11-14).
Chevron Championship: the women’s major championship season gets underway for the second year at its new Carlton Woods home outside Houston, Texas. World No.2 Lilia Vu defends (April 18-21).
Nelly Korda: records a perfect start to 2024 with five wins out of her last five starts on the LPGA Tour. Winning the Chevron Championship also brought the second major championship win of her career.
Scottie Scheffler: narrowly missed out on matching Nelly Korda's five wins in five starts, when he placed second at the Houston Open. Either side of that, he won The Arnold Palmer, The Players, and then The Masters and The Heritage.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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