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Nearly 100 golfers turned up at El Chaparral last Sunday to play in the inaugural ‘I Master Jamones Ibericos Guijelo’ tournament. Whilst many of us will be thinking of detoxing in January it was interesting to note that all the prizes on offer were cured ‘Pata Negra’ Iberian Hams; after Huelva and Extremadura the area [...]
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The sun shone on El Chaparral with milder than usual temperatures for the time of year, setting the scene for a great day to celebrate the II Open Golf Fuengirola un Sol de Ciudad” Quite apt considering the name of the competition! Special thanks to the nearly ninety players who made the effort to get [...]
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A meeting was recently held attended by the Mayor of Mijas, Angel Nozal, various town councillors and representatives of the 13 golf courses which comprise the locality of Mijas. In terms of number of golf courses Mijas is actually the most densely populated area in the whole of Spain and, to fulfil its obvious potential,a [...]
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The 5th President’s Trophy took place at Santa Maria Golf & Country Club on 08 October whereby upwards of 130 golfers participated in an individual stableford event followed by double that number enjoying a formal prizegiving dinner at the 5* Hotel Don Carlos in Elviria. The evening was all the more special given that 2011 [...]
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Southport’s Lee Slattery earned his maiden victory the hard way on the European Tour seven years and 179 starts after he joined its ranks from the Challenge Tour. In a tense finish he teed off on the 18th with a three shot advantage over his nearest challengers – Argentinian Cesar Monasterio and Italy’s Lorenzo Gagli [...]
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The Hotel Guadacorte Park in Los Barrios, Cadiz, was the unlikely venue (golfing heritage?) for the official inauguration of the Andalucia Masters to be held at Valderrama from 27 – 30 October. Representing the Junta de Andalucia was Luciano Alonso from the Tourism, Business and Sport Ministry who outlined that there would be 96 players [...]
The first round of the Spanish Ladies Open got underway at La Quinta Golf & Country Club yesterday with 120 of Europe’s leading players aiming to make the cut to be amongst the 60 vying for the title over the weekend. Favourites for the title include three of Europe’s Solheim Cup team – England’s Melissa [...]
Last week it was confirmed that Martin Kaymer, World Number Four, will be playing at the Andalucia Masters being held at Valderrama from October 27th-30th. Citing it as one of his ‘favourite courses,’ he also professed to feeling very comfortable golfing in Spain, coming over to play whenever his schedule allowed. He also counts a [...]
The second round of the ‘Lacoste Promesas’ Circuit took place at La Cañada Golf in Guadiaro, Cadiz, last week. This being the closest event to the Costa del Sol the event,naturally, attracted a high number of entrants; a fair number taking advantage of the summer holidays to travel from other regions as far afield as [...]
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Embracing new technological developments Golf Leisure Breaks is pleased to announce that it has its very own site on the fast-growing social network, Facebook. Over the forthcoming weeks the page will be administered to incorporate our updated competition calendar along with regular weekly results and photos, as well as exclusive golfing offers. Golfers will be [...]
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