{"id":7285,"date":"2021-04-05T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atalaya-golf.com\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2021-04-05T17:22:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:22:52","slug":"tina-mazarino-plays-the-sunshine-ladies-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atalaya-golf.com\/tina-mazarino-plays-the-sunshine-ladies-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Mazarino Plays the Sunshine Ladies Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The aspiring, Norwegian professional Tina Mazarino, who considers Atalaya Golf & Country Club her second home, planned to be here with us on the Costa del Sol at Atalaya Golf to train for the 2021 season. Unfortunately, COVID-19 changed all of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While at her home nearby Oslo in late 2020, Tina learned that the first flights between Norway and Malaga were scheduled for mid-March. Being unable to travel to Atalaya for her winter training program was a big problem for Tina. She had planned to come to Atalaya to train and play in the newly formed TORO TOUR<\/a> during February and March; however, this simply was not to be. \u201cThese COVID-19 times make everything so difficult,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quickly adjusting to the situation, Tina opted to travel to South Africa until mid-May to train and play in the Sunshine Ladies Tour<\/a> there, playing six tournaments \u201c…as a warm-up for the season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tina told Atalaya\u2019s General Director Andr\u00e9s S\u00e1nchez in a recent email, \u201cI want to come to you \u2013 my favourite place \u2013 as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tina also told S\u00e1nchez that she has recommended Atalaya as the perfect facility for training and playing to several of her mates and to professional\u00a0Marianne Skarpnord<\/a>. Marianne plays\u00a0on both the Ladies European and the LPGA tours and is considered Marianne Skarpnord<\/a> one of the best players on the Ladies European Tour. \u201cShe (Marianne) will show up in a day or two, I think,\u201d said Tina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The winter has not been easy for Tina. Her father was hospitalised during the holidays with a serious infection. \u201cHe barely survived,\u201d Tina said. \u201cNow he is fortunately well again and will come with me to South Africa.\u201d On top of her father\u2019s illness, Tina contracted COVID-19 after her father came home from the hospital. \u201cI ended up in isolation and became a little sicker than a flu,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We at Atalaya wish Tina the very best during her time in South Africa. We are counting the days until she will again be teeing up with us at Atalaya!<\/p>\n\n\n\n