Costa Navarino Launches Aegean Messinia Pro-Am 2024
By Matt Coles
Fancy playing in a pro-am event at NCG’s top-ranked European resort? Read on for more…
The lush landscape in Messinia, Greece, will provide the perfect backdrop for professionals and amateurs from around the world who will gather at Costa Navarino from November 20-24 to take part in the Aegean Messinia Pro-Am 2024.
Held across three of Costa Navarino’s four 18-hole signature golf courses – The Dunes Course, The Hills Course and the International Olympic Academy Golf Course – the popular tournament will offer a unique golf experience. Participants will have the chance to reunite with old friends and embrace new, whilst enjoying a different challenge at each course, where the best environmental practices align with the destination’s long-term commitment to sustainable development.
Fresh from being voted ‘2024 Golf Resort of the Year – Mediterranean’ by IAGTO, Costa Navarino has unveiled entry details for this year’s Aegean Messinia Pro-Am – the finale to the destination’s annual golf calendar.
Players and guests can choose from a range of five and seven-night tournament options which include accommodation at the five-star The Westin Resort Costa Navarino, and participation in three themed social events during the tournament week, as well as enjoy an array of gastronomy and leisure activities. AEGEAN the title and main sponsor is offering special airline ticket conditions for the tournament’s participants and their companions, free golf bag carriage to participants and complimentary air tickets (except taxes) to participating professionals.
Last year’s Aegean Messinia Pro-Am featured competitors from 23 different countries, with PGA of Great Britain & Ireland professional Liam Bond taking the top professional honours in the 54-hole event with a winning score of 201 (13-under-par).
Sanctioned by the Confederation of Professional Golf and supported by the Hellenic Golf Federation and the PGA of Greece – this year’s event will feature a maximum of 70 teams. Each team will comprise of one professional and three amateurs, while the tournament’s total prize fund will reach up to €70,000.
Offering the opportunity to compete for an array of top individual and team prizes, the four-day event will also showcase a rich and engaging programme of social events, with the pro-am being brought to a spectacular conclusion with a gala dinner and prize-giving ceremony.
Team registration for the Aegean Messinia Pro-Am 2024 is now open and is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information on packages and to book, visit the Aegean Messinia Pro-Am website here.
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Matt Coles
Mention a European country, and Matt will tell you which resorts make the National Club Golfer Top 100s: European Resorts list. He might even throw in who designed the golf course and how many rooms the hotel has got at each one…
Matt got into the game of golf from a young age, following his old man to the local golf club. He fell for the sport, and now can’t seem to go a day without thinking about how to improve his game (Thanks Dad!). Matt has been a member of Howley Hall GC in Leeds since 2020, and is just about managing to maintain a single-figure handicap. He likes to remind people that he once broke 75, but won’t tell people that it was on a shortened course during the winter.
He moved to Leeds after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism. Matt joined NCG after almost five years travelling the world with the Professional Squash Association, working on events in all four corners of the globe.
Matt currently plays a Cobra King LTDx driver and RadSpeed 3-wood. TaylorMade monopolise the rest of his bag, with a SIM UDI, M5 irons and both Milled Grind and HI-TOE wedges, along with a Monza Redline putter. He uses a Vice Pro Plus golf ball, because he’s a bit different…
Away from golf, Matt is a Manchester United fan, and a keen runner, having ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon (his first and possibly last), in May 2023.
