Luis Ignacio de Arana e Ybarra

Luis Ignacio de Arana y Ybarra (1909 – 15 January 1999) was a Spanish amateur golfer who won multiple titles in Spanish amateur tournaments.

He was the younger brother of Javier de Arana, who also played golf.

Early and personal life Luis Ignacio de Arana was born in 1909 as the son of Luis Arana y Urigüen and Dolores de Ybarra y Lope de Calle. His father was a successful businessman who was deeply involved with the introduction of sports to Bilbao at the beginning of the 20th century, practicing football, athletics, sailing and golf. The book Veranos en el Cantábrico (Summers in Cantabria) delves into the family album of the aristocracy and upper bourgeoisie who spent their holidays in the Basque Country, Cantabria, and Asturias, and includes a picture of Íñigo in the arms of his mother Sofía in and another shows the little Iciar on board of the yacht "María del Carmen", property of the Count of Cadagua, amidst a group of girls, governesses and a sailor from the ship.

Sports career Luis Ignacio started playing golf at the age of 10 years, in the 11-hole course of the Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri,

Later life In his later life, Arana became a professor at the J.L.T Higher School of Bilbao.

Death Arana died on 15 January 1999, at the age of 90. The funeral service was celebrated on the following day, at seven in the afternoon, in the parish church of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes in Las Arenas.