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.
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].
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.
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
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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