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Pau Gasol, the best basketball player our country has produced, is the new ambassador for the Solheim Cup 2023, an event that will take place next September in Finca Cortesín, Málaga. He thus joins a select list that includes other Spanish sports figures such as Rafael Nadal and José María Olazábal.
Pau Gasol, Solheim Cup 2023
The winner of two NBA rings with the Los Angeles Lakers is a big golf fan, a passion he shares with his great friend, Rafa Nadal, and since the pandemic and his subsequent withdrawal from professional basketball, he has intensified his training, both receiving teaching and participation in charitable tournaments.
“The definitive push that made me start playing golf came from the confluence of three factors: during imprisonment it was one of the few sports that could be played, it coincided with my recovery from a foot injury and my wife’s family. He has always played golf, so I was encouraged,” explained Gasol.
“In the beginning I was pretty bad at it, it was a bit frustrating, but I didn’t give up. I started giving lessons, I saw the first progress… and now, whenever I can, I try to play wherever I go”, he acknowledged.
Pau Gasol has always been involved in several solidarity projects. In 2013, he set up the Gasol Foundation with his brother Marc to reduce childhood obesity and promote healthy habits. In addition, Pau is a strong advocate for equality in all areas, but above all in sport.
For all these reasons, the former basketball player has joined the work to promote the Solheim Cup 2023, after learning the details of the project from Alicia Garrido, CEO of Sport & Business, the company that organizes the main women’s golf tournament.
“To hold the Solheim Cup for the first time in Spain is a source of pride and it is an event that we must enjoy, but above all support, because I am sure it will mean a before and after for Spanish golf in general. and for Spanish women’s golf in particular.
I have no doubt that this tournament will encourage outstanding players to continue to come out,” he concluded. Solheim Cup 2023, an event of exceptional public interest whose official venue is Finca Cortesín, is sponsored by PING, Costa del Sol and Rolex as global partners; and by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Andalusian Government with co-financing by the EU, Acosol, Marbella City Council and Benahaví City Council as official partners and Reale Seguros as official sponsor.
Solán de Cabras, Eversheds Sutherland, Casares Town Hall, Toro, Vithas, EZ-GO and Jet Set Sports are official providers. Promotes and organizes Sport & Business. They cooperate in their organization LET, LPGA, RFEG, CSD and RFGA.
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