Golfers across the UK continue to be battered by the wind and rain this winter but, with 300-plus days' sunshine a year, Spain's La Manga Club has no such problems, making the resort the ideal venue for a golf break in 2016.

The award-winning venue in Murcia, south-east Spain, is already enjoying temperatures in the mid-twenties this year and sustained recent investment in its extensive golf and sports facilities has ensured that it remains among Europe's top golfing destinations.

A favourite with golfers worldwide, La Manga Club – voted 'Spain's Best Golf Hotel' at the 2015 World Golf Awards – boasts three 18-hole courses, a nine-hole academy course and outstanding practice facilities including the Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only one in mainland Spain.

Opened in 1972, La Manga Club remains the benchmark for European sports and leisure destinations and further investment is planned over the coming months, including the refurbishment of selected apartments in the resort's Las Lomas Village and Bar 37 in the golf clubhouse; the redesign of a new golf shop and installing new signage on its golf courses.

Legends of the game including Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Spain's favourite golfing son Severiano Ballesteros all feature prominently in the resort's long and illustrious history, and players have the chance to experience the resort for themselves this spring and summer with an array of attractive golf packages.

Available to book until February 28 for breaks taken before October 30, 2016, the packages include a three-night bed and breakfast stay in the five-star Hotel Principe Felipe from €357 per person (approx £270) including two rounds of golf and one hour with unlimited range balls.

All prices are based on two people sharing a room and also feature complimentary access to the fitness centre, indoor pool and steam rooms at Spa La Manga Club.

For more information about the resort and to book, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com 

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Press release written and distributed on behalf of La Manga Club by the Azalea Group.

La Manga Club
La Manga Club – www.lamangaclub.com – is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a new Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only one in mainland Spain – a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars.

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2019. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has been voted 'Best Golf Hotel/Resort in Spain' by UK readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last four years and was named 'Best Golf Hotel in Spain' at the 2014 World Golf Awards. La Manga Club has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.

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For more information on La Manga Club, contact Pete Simm on 01730 711920 or email petes@theazaleagroup.com