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Riikka to defend Tenerife golf title

Thursday, April 19th, 2007
The island of Tenerife stages the first tournament of the 2007 Ladies European Golf Tour from May 3-6. The Tenerife Ladies Open has been an annual feature on the tour calendar for six years. This year’s event, at Golf Del Sur, San Miguel de Abona, carries a prize fund of nearly £200,000. Last year’s winner, 29-year-old Riikka Hakkarainen from Finland, is set to defend her title from a field of 126 competitors. Her victory last year is her only one to date on the European circuit but it was enough to propel her to ninth place in the order of merit. A similar performance this season would earn her a place in the European team to take on America in the Solheim Cup in September, the women’s golf equivalent of the Ryder Cup.

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Tenerife – the new golfing paradise

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
Tenerife is rapidly establishing itself as the perfect all-year-round destination for golfing holidays. A number of new courses have sprung up in recent years, all offering first class facilities in glorious locations. Tenerife's superb climate means that conditions for golf are almost always ideal, with average temperatures ranging between 20-26C throughout the year. Probably the best-known of the island’s courses is Buenavista, located in the remote north of the island. Designed by five-times major winner Severiano Ballesteros, the 18-hole clifftop course has the sea on one side and the Teno mountains as a backdrop on the other. The clubhouse, with a large lake in front of it, has superb panoramic views over the 6,019-metre course and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. Last year the Buenavista del Norte course won a prestigious national award at the Spanish Golf Federation Gala in Madrid for the attention paid to ...

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