Second Annual pro-am golf tournament in Cuba
is a resounding success

The winners of the Esencia Cup: Helwis Gonzalez and David Villafana	Alvaro Quiros, Number 31 in the World and winner of the Spanish Open 2010

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The 2011 Esencia & Montecristo Cups will be held on April 14th-17th 2011 at Varadero, Cuba.

Varadero Cuba - April 2010 – On April 23rd and 24th, Palmares SA, the organization responsible for golf development in Cuba, hosted the second annual Montecristo Cup at the Varadero Golf Club in Cuba.

Open to amateurs and professionals, this second annual tournament once again was fully subscribed with 120 players competing for the Montecristo and Esencia Cups. Graham Cooke, award-winning golf course architect and 2010 inductee into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, competed alongside players from Europe, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Kazakhstan and of course Cuba. 

Players enjoyed three days of golf under clear blue skies at this spectacular seaside course located 75 miles east of Havana. The competition included The Esencia Cup, a two-person team challenge on Friday April 23rd, followed by The Montecristo Cup, an individual stroke play competition, on Saturday April 24th.

Esencia Hotels and Resorts, who are partnered with Palmares to develop a number of golf resorts in Cuba, presented Cuba’s Helwis Gonzalez and David Villafana with the Esencia Cup and the first prize which included a pair of Air Europa business class return tickets to London.

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“I’m very pleased to see so many people enjoying a wonderful day on this great course, and I look forward to coming back and seeing much more Cuban golf.”
ERNIE ELS

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