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FESTIVAL ENTRIES
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Today is the last official day for entering the inaugural Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival.
All you have to do is E-mail the Tournament Controller, Colin Farquharson - colin@scottishgolfview.com - and tell him you want to play in Week 1 (February 10 to February 16) or Week 2 (February 17 to 23) or BOTH weeks.
The Festival is, of course, open to lady professionals and lady amateurs with handicaps of 20 and under.
If any lady or girl amateur who has a handicap in excess of 20 wants to come to the Festival with a view to improving her game for NEXT YEAR - almost guaranteed with the five-star practice facilities at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort - then her entry will be accepted but she will be able to deduct only 20 from her gross scores in the handicap sections.
There are six competitions under the umbrella of the Festival and Week 2 is a mirror image of Week 1, with a slight difference.
We have named the 36-hole Festival competition, to be played on Monday & Tuesday, February 11 & 12, the Murcia Ladies Open championship with a professional title winner and an amateur title winner as they are playing off different tees.
And the 36-hole Festival competition, to be played on Monday & Tuesday, February 18 & 19, will be known as the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Open championship. Again there will be two champions: one a professional and the other an amateur.
We think these titles add a bit of prestige to the Festival and will look good on the winners' CV.
We will be asking all those who play in both events whether they should be extended to become 54-hole competitions in 2009.
Stewart Spence, owner of The Marcliffe Hotel & Spa, Aberdeen, is guaranteeing a minimum first prize of 500 Euros to the professionals in the two 36-hole championships.
Glenmuir, the Scottish company with worldwide standing, is sponsoring the prize lists for the amateurs, which will include scratch and handicap, girls and seniors' sections.

FESTIVAL EATING ARRANGEMENTS
Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort director of golf Billy Sim has secured the following eating arrangements for Festival competitors next month.
"Our new clubhouse will be the centre of the operation," says Billy.
"Breakfast buffet will cost 11 Euros.
"Lunch can be off the snack menu or the Menu of the Day at 15 Euros.
"In the evening, the snack menu remains an option or there will be a dinner buffet at 22 Euros a head.
"We will be selling catering vouchers at the Tournament Desk in the clubhouse.
"Also we have earmarked a couple of nice restaurants in the neighbouring town of Fuente Alamo to direct players to if they wish a change. There may also be transport laid on for groups."
Well done, Billy Sim!