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2 Magnolia Golf Design is an experienced company in golf course design, as well as project production, work supervision, redesign, maintenance and preparation of documents required: Master Plan, feasibility studies, development plans, etc. The members of the company are those who worked for Severiano Ballesteros in his golf course design company, and his other companies to do with his work as a professional golf player. This unsurpassable experience, gained alongside one of the most important sport icons in the world, is the work Magnolia Golf Design continues to perform. 1 The most outstanding representatives of this specialized team are Gonzalo and Antonio Lavín. They are the technicians who deal with all of the abovementioned matters, and Baldomero Ballesteros as the person in charge of tournament creation, including feasibility studies, management and event organization. Maestro and Professional Golf Player, as well as Severiano s elder brother, Baldomero has been Seve s top collaborator in all of his companie. In summary, he has been the maximum person in charge of the Ballesteros companies for over thirty years. Baldomero will now contribute his vast experience in all facets of the golf world to our company Magnolia and will be the maximum guarantee that Seve s legacy is entirely continued with regards to the design of golf courses. In order to do this, Baldomero places his trust in Gonzalo and Antonio Lavín, the same collaborators who have worked worldwide for Seve, as well as for Baldomero himself, for over the past twenty-seven years.

3 This experienced team is responsible for fifty golf courses in Japan, England, Ireland, Spain, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Thailand..and which all have Seve Ballesteros unmistakable hallmark. Magnolia Golf Design develops a philosophy which has been created for over various decades and disseminates a particular design concept, based on a Natural Design with the utmost respect towards its environment. The site and its surroundings are the leading characters and not the designer. 2 Although memorable from a professional and humane point of view, it is extremely difficult to summarize in words the experience accumulated over 30 years regarding Golf Course Design, Project and Construction alongside someone as unique and special as Seve Ballesteros. We, as Seve s exclusive work team, were in charge of reflecting all the ideas that flowed through Seve s mind, onto the land. Now it is our pride and duty to continue to spread that legacy which he left only to us, in new golf courses which will be as exciting as those designed up to the present day. As before, we will continue to search for a natural design, always in harmony with terrain conditions, attempting to emphasize its characteristics and integrating the environment within the course. In this way, construction work will be lighter and subsequently maintenance will be feasible technically and economically. Master Plan. Obtaining a balanced planning of the available land is one of the most important facets for achieving the desired success in a Project. Bearing in mind the promoter s opinions, environment conditions and our experience of over three decades in

4 this kind of work and that we are able to contribute, and after successive approaches, we reach a planning which is dimensionally balanced. This work is essential for acquiring the necessary environmental and legal work permits, as well as economic feasibility. For this reason, professional elaboration is fundamental, since any changes made in future phases would be very complicated. Assisting with multi-disciplinary teams supplying all the links for these processes, guarantee us solid foundations on which all the elements of the complex can be designed, irrespective of its typology (golf courses on protected land, social sports clubs, residential areas, hotels, shopping centres, urban areas ) 3 Feasibility Study. Both in the previous stage as in the present stage, it is important to have topographical information, vegetation plans, as well as aerial photography. These are complementary to the on-site visit, therefore obtaining a wide range of all the special features of the area to be studied, so that all the elements which compose the development can be integrated. In this way the landscape s characteristics are composed on the course as a fundamental element within the design. The Designs which are compatible with the Master Plan prepared, are analyzed and made feasible with our design philosophy. Likewise, progress is made regarding construction solutions and budget enforcement so as to create the final model. The use of the most modern technology to be included in the maintenance budget is also estimated.

5 Once all of this is confirmed, a preliminary design is prepared and will be used as the foundation for continuing with the following phases. Project. This document is fundamental in the construction work, not only does it refer to the characteristics of the design, but is also a complete engineering project which includes a specification report and each chapter is valued in due form. 4 Whilst elaborating the Project, analysis of the environment takes on an important role, so minimizing the environmental impact at the time of solving any technical problems which may arise during the construction. The final integration of the course in its surroundings will depend on the success of such valuations. The Project s specific nature and the use of advanced technology, assures us that the work to be carried out has the very best budget. Work Supervision. The followup of the different construction phases is essential for impregnating the course with its own personality as well as achieving a perfect coordination of the work to be carried out, guaranteeing budget control and keeping work on schedule. This is the only way of completing the construction within the estimated time limits which should also be in harmony with the vegetation cycles, essential where seeding is concerned and guarantees the object of the design and its strategic concepts. In this way, the course will be vivacious, have a life of its own, and there will be no evidence of our intervention, giving importance to the site and not the designer.

6 Maintenance. Complementary to the design, project and construction is the maintenance. An excellent design may be perfectly carried out and constructed, but without the appropriate maintenance, it will be lacking the brilliance it requires to catch the eye of the investors and players. Also, in some cases, an excellent maintenance is good for dazzling its visitors even though it may possibly lack in other aspects. At the time of attaining a design that is integrated in its environment and also sustainable, our intention is to prepare a maintenance which is neither complicated nor has a high budget. 5 Management. The main goal after design, project, supervision, construction and maintenance works of the golf course have been completed is to be successful in the course s day-to-day management. In this respect, it is not only important to achieve maximum profitability, but to offer first class services and the common denominator should be convenience for the customer. It is important that the person using the installations should feel comfortable, whatever the area he may be enjoying, and this should be an extra element within the golf course network.

7 In addition to all of the above, an adequate functioning of all the installations within the complex is top priority. This will be the result of all the professional work carried out in the first stages of planning, when preparing the Master Plan and Design. We offer our counselling for all of the above mentioned tasks. The name of the company, Magnolia Golf Design, is a tribute and is in honour of its friend and mentor Seve Ballesteros. The Magnolia tree is Augusta s maximum representative. It was Seve s favourite tree and for this reason he requested that his ashes be buried under the magnolia tree in his garden of his home in Pedreña, where he passed away. 6 All of the projects are based on the ideas developed with Seve, his thoughts, the design philosophy established together and which was always present when designing and constructing a golf course. On our website: find ample detail of all our projects and services. If you are thinking of designing and constructing a golf course, we invite you to contact Magnolia Golf Design. You will have the opportunity of continuing the path created by Seve and his team and we will be able to develop this path with you.

8 GOLF COURSES OPEN FOR PLAY Spain (1) Real Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri (Cádiz) Phase I: 27 holes. Opened in Phase II: 9 holes Opened in April (2) Golf Los Arqueros (Costa del Sol) 18 holes. Opened in August (3) Real Golf de Pedreña (Cantabria) 9 holes. Officially opened June (4) Alhaurín Golf and Country Club (Costa del Sol ) 27 holes. Opened May 1994 (5) Club de Campo Villa de Madrid 9 holes. Opened May (6) Izki Golf (Urturi - Alava) 18 holes. Opened June 1994.

9 (7) Can Sant Joan (Rubí - Barcelona) 18 holes. Phase 1: 9 hole construction. Opened January Phase II: Official Opening i n October-04 (8) Oliva Nova Golf (Oliva - Valencia). 18 holes. Phase 1: 9 holes. Opened May Phase 2: 9 holes. Opened June (9) Golf Alicante (Playa de San Juan). 18 holes. 9 holes. Open in January holes. Phase: Opened September 1998 (10) Campo de Golf Meis. (Pontevedra). Project 18 holes. Opened (11) Golf Las Pinaillas (Albacete). 18 holes. Opened in December (12) Golf Santa Marina (Cantabria) 18 holes. Officially opened in December 2001.

10 (13) Buenavista Golf (Tenerife) 18 holes. Officially opened in december 2003 (14) Ramón Sota Golf (Cantabria) 9 holes. Opened in July (15) La Valmuza Golf Resort (Salamanca). 18 holes. Official opening in June (16) Meaztegi Golf. La Arboleda (Vizcaya). 18 holes championship + 9 holes "par 27". Opening in (17) Campo de Golf Talayuela (Cáceres). 18 holes. Opening in (18) Golf Santander. Boadilla del Monte (Madrid). 18 holes. Opening in 2005.

11 (19) Campo de Golf Lagrán (Álava). 9 holes Opening in (20) Peraleja Golf (Murcia). 18 holes. 10 Opening in October Japan (21) "Seve Ballesteros Golf Club Izumi Course" (Fukushima Prefecture) 18 holes. Opened in 1990 (22) "BFR Golf Course" Higashi-Kunisaki-Gun (Oita Prefecture) 18 holes. Opened in 1991 (23) "Oakwood Golf Course"en Sapporo, Hokkaido 18 holes. Opened in May 1992.

12 (24) "Crescent Valley C.C." Minokamo (Nagoya) 18 holes. Opened in November France 11 (25) Pont Royal Country Club in Provence in Mallemort-en-Provence 18 holes. Opened in September Ireland (26) The Heritage Golf & Country Club. en Killenard 18 holes. Opened in July 04. Portugal (27) Porto Santo Golf Course en Madeira. (Porto Santo) 18 holes + 9 holes par 27. Official opening in october 04.

13 (28) Golf Quinta Do Vale. Castro Marim (Algarve) 18 holes. Opened in march (29) Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort. (Centro) 18 holes. Opened in January 12. United Kingdom. England (30) The Shire London (Barnet) 27 holes. Official opening in June 07. (31) West London Golf Centre (Northolt) 9 holes. Open in June 14 Thayland (32) Mountain Creek Golf Resort (Sikhio,Nakhonratchasrima) 27 holes. Opened in January 12

14 Redesigns (*) Golf Club Crans-Sur-Sierre (Switzerland) Remodelation of the Seve Ballesteros Golf Course, European Masters-Swiss Open is held at this golf course every year (*) Valderrama Golf Club (Cádiz, Spain). Remodelation hole nº 17 in Februry (*) Golf Las Pinaíllas (Albacete). Remodeling holes golf course (*) Golf Altorreal (Murcia). Remodelation some holes

15 GOLF COURSES IN CONSTRUCTION - SPAIN (1) Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri (Bizkaia). Projet and Construction Management bunker renovation. April-June, PORTUGAL (1) Cegonha Negra Golfe Resort & Spa (Guarda). Reform in the previous design. Responsible for the Construction Management golf course. 18 holes. Star construction summer 18.