The King travels to Malaga for a women’s golf tournament: Letizia has not attended although she is Honorary President of the tournament

This Sunday, King Felipe VI attended the closing ceremony of the 2023 Solheim Cup, the largest women’s golf event in the world, to present the trophies to the winners of the competition that is being held at Finca Cortesín, in the Malaga municipality of Casares.

As confirmed by the Royal House, the Monarch, who this Saturday passed through Zaragoza, where he visited Princess Leonor, has traveled this Sunday to be at the closing of this Solheim 2023. The president of the Board attended the inauguration last Thursday from Andalusia, Juanma Moreno. Doña Letizia has not been, which is somewhat strange since The queen holds the honorary presidency of the 2023 Solheim Cup.

It is the second consecutive weekend in which the Head of State travels without Queen Letizia, who was not with her husband last Saturday the 16th at her godson’s wedding, held in Gijón, nor this other to Zaragoza where the Sovereign He ate with a group of soldiers and their wives before visiting his first-born daughter, who is receiving her military training at the Academy in the Aragonese capital. The King has been present at this tournament, the first edition in history to be held in Spain since its creation in 1990 and which has brought together some 85,000 spectators during these days. The presence of the monarch on the final day of the tournament represents another example of the Royal Family’s support for sport in general and women’s golf in particular.

Juanma Moreno qualifies the Solheim Cup “historic and memorable”

The president of the Junta de Andalucía attended the opening of the Solheim Cup last Thursday and said that it was going to be a “historic and memorable” edition, being of great importance to put “the Andalusian brand in the world.” At the opening ceremony of the most important women’s golf tournament in the world, at the Marbella Arena, Moreno expressed his “pride” that the first Solheim that Spain hosts in its history will be held in Andalusia, which has already become the “paradise of international sport.” “.

“We have all the necessary elements to enjoy a Solheim Cup that is going to be historic and memorable, I am sure,” stressed the Andalusian president, referring to the entire organization carried out at the Finca Cortesín golf complex, in the municipality of Casares (Málaga), venue of the tournament. According to organization data, more than 400 professionals, from cooks to reception staff, have worked to meet all the needs of the players, the authorities and the more than 85,000 spectators who enjoyed the tournament.

For Juanma Moreno, the organization of this world event is “a commitment to women’s sports” to continue giving visibility to women, “to their talent, ability and their leading role” in sports disciplines.