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La Manga Club ‘insolvent’
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Roots boost
n Son Gual on the
Sport England, through the
THE LA Manga Club in team is already working to outskirts of Parma, National Sports Foundation,
southern Spain has declared bring the company out of a designed by three-time has awarded £88,000 to the
itself insolvent after its banks state of lack of liquidity and
German
Golf Foundation to enhance
declined to refinance part of a operating deficit in order to
Amateur
its Golf Roots inner city project
97m (£82m) debt. stabilise and guarantee its
Champion
for 2009.
The resort on the Costa continuity.
Thomas
Golf Roots is the largest
Himmel, will
Calida, which includes a five-star “The general crisis ever UK project to introduce
host the
hotel and three golf courses, being suffered by Spain has
Mallorca
urban youngsters to the game,
was bought by Med Group, particularly affected the
Senior Open from 8-10 May
offering golf to children in
a developer controlled by high-level tourist sector, with
n Course architects at
schools, community events and
billionaire hedge fund manager significant reductions in
Golfplan-Fream, Dale &
at golf facilities.
George Soros and Perry bookings and the number Ramsey will break ground In 2008, the initiative
Capital, another hedge fund, of night stays in high-quality in 2009 by designing the focused on 16 urban areas
for £102m in 2004 from P&O. resorts such as La Manga Club.
first golf course project in
in England and Wales and
According to an official This fall in sales has
the Ukraine - an 18-hole
involved nearly 6,000 children
statement: “This decision will meant that the company has
resort layout planned for
aged between 5-16.
not affect La Manga Club, not been able to comply with
the shores of Doboletsky
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which will continue to run as the business plan expected the eight Golf Foundation
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normal. The management for 2008.”
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President’s Awards, which
is giving a free place to
will be presented during
Luttrellstown to close
anyone who books a group
the week of the BMW PGA
of at least eight people to
Championship at Wentworth
more than 50 European in May, can be be downloaded
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star golf resort has become the been owned by leading Irish
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has been confirmed as the
latest high-profile casualty of businessmen JP McManus,
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official rainwear supplier to
the economic ‘credit crunch’ John Magnier and Aidan
n Troon Golf has been
the Golf Foundation for al
appointed to manage La
downturn, and will close Brooks since2006. Rainwear Supplier for a tenth
Quinta Golf & Country Club
at the end of 2009 because Luttrellstown’s demise
near Marbella in southern
successive year.
the business is no longer has come about because
Spain.
sustainable going forward. of the inability to increase
Musselburgh
The 560-acre golf estate, membership numbers and
where David Beckham and green-fee revenue.
goes Hickory
FOLLOWING THE success
of the fourth PGA World
Cash flow for England Golf
Hickory Open at Craigielaw in
Scotland, a new tournament,
ENGLAND GOLF has welcomed the award of a £12.8 million the Musselburgh International
grant by Sport England which will be used to develop the sport
n
Hickory Challenge, will be
Cleveland Golf and
over the next four years (2009-13).
parent company Srixon
staged on 21-22 September.
The grant is a significant increase on the £8.2 million
Sports Europe are the
A handicap medal-play
awarded for the previous period and together with club and
new title sponsors of the
event will take place on the first
coaching funding already secured means that more than £14
Scottish Senior Open
day while day two will feature
million will be available to support development programmes at from 21-23 August over a ‘Ryder Cup’ match between
every level of the game. the recently redesigned Scotland and the Rest of the
Bill Bryce, Chairman of the England Golf Partnership, said:
Torrance Course at
World, for whom former US
“We are delighted with the support shown by Sport England at a
Fairmont St Andrews.
Hickory Champion Mike
time when funding is increasingly under pressure. It is testament Stevens (pictured) is likely to
to the progress made by all of the partners in meeting the play .
challenge to deliver sustainable growth throughout the game.” For more, call Lionel Freedman
on +44 (0)131 665 4861,
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6 January 2009 PRO SHOP EUROPE
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