Particulars – Hospitality, Sports activities, Leisure – Portugal’s largest golf course administration firm – may have the honour of launching this yr’s MENA Golf Tour after Tróia Resort and PGA Aroeira have been revealed because the opening two venues of the brand new season.
The 2 resorts close to Lisbon, a part of Particulars’ portfolio of 12 golf programs, will launch a brand new ‘Portuguese Swing’ that’s a part of a revamped MENA Tour schedule that will even embody tournaments in Egypt, Morocco and Jordan earlier than the season reaches its finale within the Center East.
The 2025 schedule will start with two new qualifying faculties performed over 36 holes, Q Sequence 1 and a pair of, which can be held at Tróia between November 18-22. Q Sequence 1 will happen on the resort’s famend Robert Trent Jones Jnr-designed course from November 18-19, with Q Sequence 2 being performed from November 21-22 and that includes a prize fund of $50,000.
The motion will then swap to PGA Aroeira Lisboa, one of the crucial iconic names in Portuguese golf, for a 54-hole event from November 25-27. That includes a most discipline of 102 gamers, professionals will compete for a prize fund of $100,000 on the resort’s acclaimed PGA Aroeira No.1 format, which has hosted an array of high-profile tournaments together with the Portuguese Open in 1996 and 1997.
Nuno Sepulveda, co-CEO at Particulars – Sports activities, Hospitality, Leisure, mentioned: “We’re thrilled that Tróia and PGA Aroeira have been chosen to launch this yr’s MENA Golf Tour as a part of the brand new ‘Portuguese Swing’. It will likely be nice to see high skilled motion returning to the fairways of each programs, and we’re wanting ahead to having the prospect to showcasing the various services of each resorts to a brand new worldwide viewers.”
Keith Waters, chairman and tour commissioner on the MENA Golf Tour, mentioned: “The Mena Golf Tour is delighted to start its relaunch with the brand new Q Sequence occasions and its first event at Troia Golf and PGA Aroeira. We’re very grateful to Particulars and the groups at these two world class resorts for internet hosting us and helping in staging these tournaments. The gamers will welcome the problem these two nice golf programs current and benefit from the services at each resorts.”
Located simply an hour’s drive from Lisbon within the Alentejo area and surrounded by a novel ecosystem and an unique golden-sand seaside, Tróia has been a longtime identify in Portuguese golf and the leisure marketplace for greater than 4 a long time.
Tróia’s wide selection of services consists of an 18-hole championship golf course and clubhouse, a 132-room five-star resort, a 242-room four-star resort, a convention centre, a spa and quite a lot of vacationer rental flats and personal residential lodging. As well as, there’s a marina, a seaside and sports activities centre in addition to quite a lot of shops.
A 30-minute drive from the Portuguese capital, PGA Aroeira Lisboa is the one PGA Nationwide in Portugal and options two 18-hole championship programs – PGA Aroeira No.1 and PGA Aroeira No.2.
Each layouts have undergone important upkeep upgrades within the final 18 months to raise the enjoying expertise being provided to members and guests, whereas additional funding is about to incorporate a brand new clubhouse and the completion of the €200 million Aroeira Collections by Missoni real-estate improvement that’s set to reposition PGA Aroeira as one of the best golf vacation spot south of Lisbon.
Tróia Resort and PGA Aroeira are a part of the rising portfolio of golf venues in Portugal managed by Particulars – Hospitality, Sports activities, Leisure – with the administration firm’s portfolio additionally together with Vilamoura, Monte Rei and Palmares Ocean Dwelling & Golf. The group additionally manages 23 lodges throughout the nation.
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