Finca Cortesin delivers unforgettable Solheim Cup Experience
 
Finca Cortesin celebrated the prestigious honour of hosting the 2023 Solheim Cup – the first time Spain has ever staged the match between Europe and the United States. From 18th to 24th September 2023, the resort welcomed the world’s best female golfers to compete for the biggest team event in women’s golf. 
 
After three days of exhilarating competition, Team Europe retained the title after battling back in the final few singles matches to tie 14-all, with Spaniard Carlota Ciganda holing the crucial putt on the par-3 17th to spark jubilant celebrations and keep the trophy in European hands for the third consecutive event. The historic draw was the first ever in the history of the Solheim Cup. 
 

Volvo World Match Play Championship Tournament History

The inaugural winner of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth in 1964 was the legendary Arnold Palmer. A visionary lawyer, Mr. Mark McCormack, decided to start a match play event with only the top 8 players in the world. Palmer and Gary Player were to dominate the first five years of the Championship with Palmer winning twice and Player three times. The early 1980s were dominated by Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros who won the title three and four times respectively between 1980 and 1986. The tournament was played as a regular match play event where 32 players started on day one, playing 36 holes each day until the final 2 players disputed the final on Sunday.

In 2009 – with Volvo now at the helm – the World Match Play Championship left Wentworth for the first time in its 45-year history, moving to the glorious location of Finca Cortesin in Spain. With a new sponsor and venue came a new qualification criteria and a round robin style group format, which proved a big hit with the players, spectators and media. England’s Ross Fisher beat Anthony Kim 4&3 in the final, coming through a stellar field which boasted 11 of the World’s top 30 ranked players and 11 different nationalities.