The two men whom Hacienda del Alamo Women's Festival competitors should look out for on arrival at the Murcia resort. Caught in typical poses, Director of Golf Billy Sim (on the left), head up and smiling, and (right) Tournament Controller Colin Farquharson, head down and hard at work at a previous tournament. If you are really brave, you can click on the images to enlarge them!

INFORMATION FOR HACIENDA
DEL ALAMO FEBRUARY
FESTIVAL COMPETITORS

The Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort is just five minutes from the traditional Spanish town of Fuente Alamo, where you can find an excellent supermarket, restaurants, bars and lots of local shops, together with a Saturday morning market.
FREE TRANSPORT TO NEAREST TOWN
Festival competitors will be given a free lift into Fuente Alamo but they will have to take a taxi back to the HDA Resort unless they make a private arrangement with the driver who takes them on the inward journey.
Just 30 minutes away are the lovely beaches of Mazarron or a 20min drive away is the naval city of Cartagena.
The resort's own restaurant, “La Hacienda”, has moved to the recently opened clubhouse.
A café bar (“The IT Bar”) is closed at the moment.
Another bar, “The Spaniard Inn,” opens nightly at the resort.

EATING AT THE CLUBHOUSE
Hacienda del Alamo's clubhouse will be the centre of the catering operation for Festival competitors. Director of Golf Billy Sim has secured the following prices for you:

Breakfast Buffet - 11 Euros.

Lunch can be off the snack menu or Menu of the Day at 15 Euros.

Evening - Snack menu or Dinner Buffet at 22 Euros.

Catering vouchers will be on sale to competitors at the Tournament Desk.
Please note that on Saturday, February 16, a Valentine's Day (almost) Dinner is being held in the clubhouse. Festival competitors are welcome to attend at a charge of 35 Euros per head.

CHECK-IN DESK WITHIN CLUBHOUSE
There will be a check-in desk next to the Tournament Desk in the clubhouse. At the check-in desk, competitors will be given their accommodation keys and lots of other information, including details about organised shopping trips.

EUROS IN CASH FOR COMPETITION ENTRY FEES

Remember that payment at the Tournament Desk to organiser Colin Farquharson in respect of competition entry fees must be in Euros and must be in cash. He will not be in a position to offer Credit Card facilities. Competitors who are coming for both weeks of the Festival will not have to pay all their entry fees when they check in. One week at a time will do. Those who feel that they may not play in every event should only pay an entry fee for one competition at a time, at the Tournament Desk. Better that than get involved in later asking for a refund of an entry fee for a competition in which they did not play.

You will be able to use a Credit Card in the clubhouse restaurant and the professional's shop.

COMPETITION ENTRY FEES
The scale of competition entry fees is as follows:
Two-day 36-hole events: Professionals - 70 Euros, Amateurs - 55 Euros.
One-round Stablefords: Professionals - 55 Euros, Amateurs - 42 Euros.
Saturday pro-ams: Professionals - 40 Euros; Amateurs 15 Euros.

USE OF PRACTICE FACILITIES
Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort has five-star practice facilities: big greens for practice putting, practice chipping, a bunker practice facility, a two-tier driving range with 36 bays and a six-hole Academy course.
Director of Golf Billy Sim is offering a discounted rate of 30 Euros for one week's unlimited use of any and all the practice facilities, i.e. any amount of buckets of range balls you wish. That would work out a lot cheaper than if you were paying every day at the Range. For competitors staying both weeks, this fee will be discounted again - a one-off payment of 50 Euros.

HIRE OF BUGGIES
Buggies will be permitted in all the Festival competitions. Again Billy Sim is offering a discounted rate of 25 Euros per round. This is 10 Euros cheaper than the normal rate and obviously works out at 12.50 Euros each if two are sharing one buggy. The HDA pro shop does accept Credit Cards.

PRIZES
Professionals will be paid in Euros and in cash at the conclusion of each event. Their prize fund has a guaranteed minimum first prize in the two 36-holers and the two 18-hole Stablefords of 500 Euros, thanks to the generosity of Aberdeen hotelier Stewart Spence. In the two pro-ams, the pros' cash prizes will necessarily be lower because of the lower entry fee and lack of a sponsor
There will be a minimum of three professional prizes in each of the four individual events.
The amateur prize lists have been supported by Glenmuir, the Scottish company with a worldwide reputation, but there will also be amateur prize vouchers which have to be redeemed at the Hacienda del Alamo's professional's shop. You can add money to a prize voucher to obtain something more expensive from the shop.

PRIZEGIVINGS
We are keeping an open mind about holding prizegivings ASAP at the end of each competition. If you are an early starter and don't want to hang around until the finish, you can pick up your prize - if you have won one - at the Tournament Desk the following morning. Obviously this won't apply on the last day of the Festival, Saturday, February 23. Everyone who wins a prize should ensure that they collect it that day and for winning amateurs they would need to present any vouchers to the pro's shop without delay unless they are flying home late on the Sunday.