Enter the Help for Heroes La Manga Golf Classic

Following last year's success, Rugby's Golf Club is again organising the QBE Golf Classic at Murcia's La Manga Club to raise funds for Help for Heroes

Nick Bonfield
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This May, Rugby's Golf Club will host he QBE Golf Classic at La Manga Club, Spain, in support of Help for Heroes.

The charity fundraising tournament is a 54-hole team stableford event, with a different rugby celebrity joining each three-member group every day.

The event will take place between Wednesday May 15 and Sunday May 19 and will be contested over La Manga's South and North championship golf courses.

La Manga Club is one of the finest golf resorts in Spain, and has been named Europe's leading golf resort three times in its illustrious past. The South Course also hosted the European Tour's Spanish Open in the early 70s.

Each team score will be rolled over daily and prizes will be awarded to the top three teams at the end of the competition.

The 2013 event package includes four nights bed and breakfast and the five-star Principe Felipe Hotel La Manga Club, three rounds of golf on the North and South Championship courses, a welcome drinks reception, a welcome dinner, a private BBQ, a gala dinner, sponsored halfway house refreshments and a golfers' goodie bag supplied by QBE insurance.

A donation will also be made from the price of entry to Help for Heroes.

The price for a team of three is a £3,499. For more information or to book a place, email info@helpforheroeslamanga.co.uk or call 0117 9681745.

Nick Bonfield
Nick Bonfield
Features Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

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