Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters The Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters is a men's professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above which is part of the European Senior Tour. It was first held in late November and early December 2018 at Meliã Villaitana Golf Club, Benidorm, Spain. It was the first European Senior Event to be held in Spain since 2012. Paul Streeter won the inaugural event, beating Miguel Ángel Jiménez in a playoff. Streeter birdied the first playoff. Earlier he had taken a one stroke lead to the final hole but took a bogey 5.
Benidorm in 1245 and Benidorm first officially became known in 1325, when Admiral Bernat de Sarrià of Polop awarded it a town charter as a way of removing the Moors and allowing Christians to inhabit the area. Benidorm's history for the next few centuries was plagued by attacks from the sea by Ottoman and Barbary pirates. The 17th century saw conditions improve for Benidorm and its people, most notably with the construction of an advanced irrigation system in 1666 to channel water to the region. By the 18th century Benidorm fishermen had become famous and sought after all over Spain and