Hacienda del Alamo February Festival News

India Clyburn with the Four Counties Cup (courtesy of Mrs Clyburn). The four counties are Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. Girls from these counties competed for the Net Cup which India, at that time playing off 20, won with a net 66.

Clyburns United for Costa

Calida Pairs: India (12)

partners Holly (17)

By COLIN FARQUHARSON (Tournament Controller)
Lincolnshire Under-13 county champion India Clyburn, only just turned 12 years of age, is the youngest player so far to enter the 2009 Hacienda del Alamo February Festival at the five-star golf resort in Murcia, south-east Spain.
India, who had qualified for next year's Wee Wonders World Championships at Pinehurst, has a handicap of 12.
She will partner her 17-year-old sister, England girl international Holly, a +1 player, in the Costa Calida Pairs on Sunday, Feburary 15 - first nine holes greensomes, second nine holes better-ball foursomes - and both Woodhall Spa Golf Club members will play as individuals in the 36-hole Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open on the Monday and Tuesday over the Dave Thomas-designed course.
We've had a lot of inquiries but here are the confirmed entries so far for the four events that make up the Festival:

MURCIA LADIES OPEN
Two rounds stroke-play
Thursday-Friday, February 12-13

Professional entry

Jacqueline Pecoitz (Argentina)

Amateur entries
Mary McKenna (Donabate)
Patricia Morris (Donabate)
Fionnuala Forde (Donabate)
Margo Habets (Rinkven, Belgium)
Caroline Harper (Limburg, Belgium)
Natalia Zvezdina (Rinkven, Belgium)
Sandra Hendrickx (Rinkven, Belgium)

Louise Church (Hendon)

ST VALENTINE'S DAY PRO-AM
One round: Lady pro with three amateurs (male or female)
Saturday, February 14
Professionals
Lien Willems (Belgium).

Jacqueline Pecoitz (Argentina).

Amateur teams:
Mary McKenna, Patricia Morris (11) & Fionnuala Forde (12) (all Donabate).
Mary MacLaren, Meghan MacLaren (4) & Rebecca Gee (4) (all Wellingborough).
Margo Habets, Caroline Harper & Natalia Zvezdina or Sandra Henrickx + pro Lien Willems (Belgium).

Individual amateur entries (to be made up into teams of three nearer the date.
Natalia Zvezdina or Sandra Henrickx
Louise Church (Hendon)

COSTA CALIDA PAIRS
One round: First nine holes greensomes; Second nine holes better-ball.
Any combination of lady pros, female & male amateurs.
Sunday, February 15
Professional

Jacqueline Pecoitz (Argentina)

Amateur pairings
Mary MacLaren (4) & David MacLaren.
Meghan MacLaren (4) & Rebecca Gee (4).
Holly Clyburn (+1) & India Clyburn (13) (both Woodhall Spa).

Individual amateur entries (to be made up inito teams of two nearer the date).
Louise Church

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES OPEN
Two rounds stroke-play
Monday-Tuesday, February 16-17.

Professional entry

Jacqueline Pecoitz (Argentina)

Amateur entries:
Holly Clyburn
India Clyburn
Mary MacLaren
Meghan MacLaren
Rebecca Gee

Louise Church

+Take advantage of the cheaper midweek flights to Spain by booking now. The prices will have risen if you leave it until January (January 15 is the deadline for entries, by the way).

+To find out details of how much it will cost you to rent accommodation at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort (the more who share, the cheaper it gets per head), here are some E-mail and website addresses:

info@stvmanagement.com
info@resortmanagementhda.com
info@home-kare.co.uk

info@hdagolfproperties.com

http://www.hdagolfproperties.com/
http://www.spaingolfrentals.com/
http://www.clubmurcia.com/