On 15 November, idealista's Mixed Scrambled tournament was held at the Aloha Club de Golf on Marbella's Golden Mile. The event had an international feel, in keeping with a club like Aloha, which has members of more than 30 nationalities, most of whom live on the Costa del Sol for a large part of the year.
During the event, 132 players participated, demonstrating their high competitive level on the course designed by the prestigious Spanish golf course designer Javier Arana, who also created El Saler in Valencia and El Prat in Barcelona.
At the end of the course, and after a lunch attended by more than 150 guests, the prize-giving took place with Heli Ekstrom, Eileen Marchbanks, James Marchbanks and Miles Rendle (Gentlemen's Captain) being named the best players of the day. The event concluded at the social club, which has hosted the Andalusian Open on three occasions, for a raffle of sporting products and musical entertainment.
For Francisco Iñareta, idealista spokesperson, "The province of Malaga, with its prestige and international renown, is in its own right the destination of choice for many foreigners visiting our country. Golf is one of the Costa del Sol's main attractions, and the aim of holding this type of meeting is to bring us closer to everyone who wants to make Spain their home, introducing them to idealista as the leading property search platform".
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