Azahara Munoz has launched a countdown to the Solheim Cup 2023! The most successful champion of Spain, appears in a video which begins thus “Your dreams grow with you, they are with you since your birth, they are part of you” The most prestigious of the women's golf tournament by team will take place for the first time in Spain from September 18 to 24, 2023 at the Finca Cortesín, on the Costa del Sol.

Azahra Munoz from Malaga, six-time winner on the LPGA Tour and the LET (including two victories at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France in 2013 and 2014) defended the colors of Europe four times crowned with three successes.

Spain, which will host for the first time in its history the Solheim Cup, the most prestigious international professional golf tournament for women, is no stranger to the organization of high-level golf events, rich in history. both male and female. It hosted the Ryder Cup in 1997 and has hosted 75 LET and LETAS calendar events, including the season's Order of Merit - the Race to Costa Del Sol.

Following in the footsteps of Scotland, the latest destination to host the memorable match-play competition on European soil in 2019, and of Toledo, Ohio, which will host the next competition this year, Spain becomes the sixth European nation to host the largest team event in women's golf, after previous countries including Wales, Sweden, Ireland and Germany.

The Solheim Cup was first held in Florida in 1990 and is named after club maker Karsten Solheim, who pioneered its creation. The Solheim Cup is contested between two teams of 12 players over three days. It follows the same format as the Ryder Cup, with 28 matches - eight foursomes and eight fourballs in the first two days and 12 individuals on the final day.

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