Major golf accolades mark a landmark year for Costa Navarino

Matt Coles

It has been an incredible year for the No.1 on the NCG Top 100s: European Resorts list…

Costa Navarino has enhanced its position in international golf travel following a landmark year which has seen the sustainably driven destination earn a series of coveted global accolades.

Key international recognition from a range of prestigious industry rankings and events – including winning five top honours at the World Golf Awards 2024 and hosting the Legends Tour for the first time – provided the ingredients for a successful year. At the same time, achieving GEO Certified® status for all four signature golf courses further underlined the destination’s long-term commitment to sustainable performance and development.

Moreover, Costa Navarino is the first multiple-course destination in the Mediterranean to achieve GEO Certified® status at four signature courses – The Dunes Course, The Bay Course, the International Olympic Academy Golf Course and The Hills Course. This recognition marks a significant milestone in Costa Navarino’s long-standing dedication to fostering nature, conserving resources, adding community value and taking climate action.

Costa Navarino recently made its mark on the international golf industry stage, with the destination emerging as one of the leading winners when the annual World Golf Awards were held in Madeira, receiving the top accolades of ‘World’s Best Golf Venue’ and ‘World’s Best Clubhouse’ for The Bay Clubhouse, as well as ‘Europe’s Best Golf Hotel’ for The Westin Resort Costa Navarino.

The destination also retained its No.1 spot in Golf World and National Club Golfer’s updated ‘Top 100 Resorts in Continental Europe’ rankings, with further acclaim coming from the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) as ‘2024 Golf Resort of the Year – Mediterranean’.

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Costa Navarino also had the honour of hosting the European Legends Tour for the inaugural Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy in June – the first major professional golf tournament to take place in Greece for 23 years – while 50 teams from 21 countries headed to the destination in November to compete in the popular AEGEAN Messinia Pro-Am 2024. Both tournaments are set to return in 2025.

David Ashington, General Manager at Costa Navarino Golf, said: “From a record number of golfers enjoying our four signature golf courses and winning an array of key industry accolades, to earning GEO Certified status and hosting international tournaments of the stature of the Legends Tour, it’s been a year to remember for golf at Costa Navarino, and I’d like to extend my personal thanks to all the golf team for their continued hard work.

“With the extended variety sports and lifestyle facilities that we have to offer in an idyllic seaside, historical setting, there are so many reasons for players to visit this wonderful destination.”

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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.

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