Golf under the sun

July and August are tra­di­tio­n­a­l­ly quiet months for our golf courses as temperatures soar and most golf tourists spend the summer playing on their home courses. But a significant num­ber have already chosen to take advantage of bargain base­ment greenfees, many of which in­clu­de a buggy. In fact, despite gloomy predictions about the effects of a global recession, the numbers of visitors during June & July are already greater than for the same period last year, judging by the popularity of the Golf Leisure Breaks re­g­u­lar competitions (see details of these elsewhere on this page).

Seasoned summer golfers are always well prepared for the high temperatures, taking plenty of water with them (beer is a no-no out on the golf course!), wearing a hat and keeping to the shade whenever pos­si­ble. En­suring the availability of a wind­screen-less buggy adds to the comfort, while 90% ac­cess onto the dry fairways en­sures a rea­sonably quick round.       Con­gra­t­ulations to the Calanova club who have adopted this  ser­v­ice as standard, so that   gol­f­ers can enjoy a round in under four hours, without     ha­ving to walk 100 metres to the other side of the fairway, ca­rrying an armful of clubs. It also does away with the futile ex­cer­cise of golfers having to beg for the coveted blue flag and cad­dy­mas­ters ha­v­ing to   in­sist on a medical cer­tif­icate. Tempus fu­git and the win­ter high season looms, even as we are talking about cheap summer golf. There are signs that lessons are being learnt, as se­v­eral  cour­s­es have re­duced their   win­ter green fees to ac­ce­pt­a­ble le­vels, which should lead others to fo­llow, if so­me­what        re­luc­tan­tly Golf Lei­su­re Breaks are re­cei­ving plenty of requests for in­for­ma­tion about where to play and how much to pay from Oc­tober on­wards, and those cour­s­es whi­ch have re­duced gre­en­fees  – not nec­es­sar­ily the cheapest - are proving to be the most po­p­ular se­lec­tions.      De­tails of these are avail­able on our website www.golfleisurebreaks.net, or by telephone; 952 582 943. Ask for Julie or Paul.

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