The tournament, organised by the Central Board of Physical Education and Sports of the Spanish Navy and supported by SAES since 2009, is held in Cádiz from September 24 to 25.
The 39th edition of the Navy Golf Championship takes place at the Villanueva Golf & Croquet Resort, in Puerto Real (Cádiz) from 24th to 25th Sep 2021, with a hundred players from different cities across Spain. This championship is part of the Activities Plan created by the Central Board of Physical Education and Sports of the Spanish Navy.
The event is held this year thanks to the improvement of the COVID-19 situation; however, it is required that all players pesent the complete vaccination programme.
All participants will be divided into three categories according to their handicaps, playing under the modality of “stableford” with handicap. The winner will be established according to the best “scratch” result within the modality of the programmed game (“stableford scratch”).
The closing ceremony will be chaired by Admiral Chief of the Arsenal of Cádiz and Chief of the Naval Base of Rota, Vice Admiral, Ricardo A. Hernández López, accompanied by the Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy, Fausto Escrigas Rodríguez and the Admiral Director of Education Naval, Victoriano Gilabert Agote. As in previous editions, several civil and military authorities will attend, as well as the companies sponsoring the event, such as SAES. Consuelo Lázaro, SAES Director of Operations, will attend representing the company.
SAES is supporting the championship since 2009, considering that the practice of this sport, especially in these times of a global pandemic, helps keeping the psychophysical conditions of all participants and favors both their camaraderie and sportsmanship.