The La Manga Club destination sports resort in Spain has bolstered its offering to international guests by launching a range of exciting new Leadbetter Golf Academy 'stay, play and learn' packages.

The Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only such facility on the Spanish mainland – opened earlier this year and has proved extremely popular, fuelling a 300 per cent increase in guest and resident golf tuition.

Overseas visitors can now pre-book a choice of two packages, both combining a stay at the five-star Hotel La Manga Club Principe Felipe with a five-star academy experience and golf on one of the resort's three championship golf courses.

The Golf Mini-Break starts from €750 (£625 approx) per person and includes four nights' accommodation and nine hours of tuition over three days, while the seven-night Total Golf Experience package includes 12 hours' tuition across four days and starts from €995 (£829 approx) per person.

Both packages also include two rounds of golf per person, daily buffet breakfast and complimentary access to the fitness centre, indoor pool and steam rooms at Spa La Manga Club.

Special golf tuition packages for children start from €99 (£83 approx) for a four-hour under-nine academy with further options for youngsters in the under-15 and under-17 age groups.

Three times the size of Monaco, La Manga Club's outstanding sports and leisure facilities include three 18-hole championship courses – the North, West and much-revered South – helping establish itself as a firm favourite with European golfers since opening in 1972.

Widely regarded as Spain's flagship resort, it has been voted 'Best Golf Resort in Spain' by UK readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last three years.

In addition to golf, La Manga Club boasts unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination including a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 20 bars and restaurants.

For more information about the resort and to book a break, call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com. 

ENDS 

Information for journalists

Release issued and distributed by The Azalea Group.

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

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 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 2016. 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 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.