| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Benahavis, Spain |
| Established | 2009 |
| Course(s) | La Quinta Golf & Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,448 yards (5,896 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €200,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 2012 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 197 Boonchu Ruangkit (2010) |
| To par | −16 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Gary Wolstenholme | |
| Location Map | |
The Benahavis Senior Masters was a golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played at the La Quinta Golf & Country Club near Benahavís, Marbella, Spain.
The first edition was in 2009. It ended in a playoff between Carl Mason and Gordon Brand Jnr. It was Mason's sixth victory in Spain since 1994. The next week Mason won the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open. That was his 23rd title on the Seniors Tour, equalling the record of Tommy Horton. Mason broke that record when he won in Murcia in May 2011.
The second edition was won by Boonchu Ruangkit by a margin of 7 strokes. Second position was shared by John Gould and Carl Mason. It was Ruangkit's first win in Europe.
In 2011, Gary Wolstenholme held the lead after each of the first two rounds. In the third round, Carl Mason took over, making three birdies on the front nine. It was his 25th win on the Seniors Tour. Mark James and Gary Wolstenholme shared second place, three strokes behind.
Gary Wolstenholme won the 2012 tournament with rounds of 67, 67 and 66. Mark James and Mark Mouland shared second place, a shot behind.
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Our guests in La Quinta Golf enjoy one the best resorts in Spain We have a 27 holes golf course Every year we host several European Circuit events We have hosted Senior Masters tournaments for years And a lot of important events of the Golf Amateur schedule We have Protagonistas Proam, a classic game in our course We have a practise area in the school. The Academy has the name of La Quinta desingner, Manuel Piñero World championship winner and Ryder Cup winner I think the real challenge was to build a 27 holes golf course in this difficult ground We have a high level of maintenance here and the course is improving due to our staff work. And also the course is getting beautiful because the trees we forested years ago, now are growing Eventually the course is going to be the one with the best forest in this area And that means the course is going to be more prestigious Also we have a Grand Luxury Hotel, managed by Meliá one of the most famous hotels chains in Spain We have 172 very large rooms. That's one of our points. The smaller room is 40m Every room has its own balcony with views to gardens of golf area All of them have an andaluisian design Finally we have also a 1500m2 fantastic spa built with a real beautiful arabic style
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Gary Wolstenholme |
200 | −13 | 1 stroke | Mark James Mark Mouland
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| 2011 | Carl Mason (2) |
204 | −9 | 3 strokes | Mark James Gary Wolstenholme
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| 2010 |  Boonchu Ruangkit |
197 | −16 | 7 strokes | John Gould Carl Mason
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| 2009 | Carl Mason |
206 | −7 | Playoff |  Gordon Brand Jnr
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