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The travel body IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators) has designated Marco Polacci to be its official representative in Spain. Marco is a long-time member of IAGTO whose role will be to ensure that the hundreds of IAGTO members of Spain make the best use of services in order to develop the golf tourism [...]
For the last couple of decades the Algarve has been the Costa del Golf’s main competitor. One has to take one’s hat off to the Algarve with respect to their aggressive marketing policies and the way the essential components of a golfing holiday – tourist board, hotels and golf courses – present a united front. [...]
Home to the Volvo World Matchplay Championship and designed by long-time Robert Trent Jones collaborator, Cabell Robinson, Finca Cortesin, along with a handful of courses on the Costa del Golf, is one of those, ‘must plays.’ At 6808 metres long it is not for the faint-hearted but is one of those experiences golfers strive for [...]
Amongst over 60 golfers participating in the III Marbella Golf Cup circuit at El Chaparral recently was Golf Leisure Breaks member, Phil Dermott. Playing off a handicap of eight Phil had an excellent round of golf finishing with 38 points claiming second prize in the first division, winning a weekend’s spa pampering at a hotel [...]
As regular players in the weekly Golf Leisure Breaks stableford competitions will attest one of the most sought after prizes is the dinner for two at several restaurants along the Costa del Sol such as the Villa Paradiso in Calahonda and curry house, Rajdoot, Fuengirola. Golf Leisure Breaks would like to express its thanks to [...]
A peculiar take on the Saint John festivities at Lauro Golf saw the traditional bonfires and midnight dip to cleanse the soul replaced by a golf competition and Flamenco gala. Even the high temperatures did not detract from a good turnout; in some part due to the promise of many prizes donated by generous sponsors [...]
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The Jason Floyd International Golf Academy, part of the Making Golf Group, is pleased to announce the graduation of their first batch of students from the inaugural course in Sotogrande. In total ten students from seven countries (Sancho Rodriguez, Miguel Angel Jimenez, (!?) Jean Paul Piedje, Joaquim Perez, Maria Victoria Cantarini, Lazlo Szombor, Mario Lopez [...]
Since January 2009, Golf El Chaparral has implemented an attractive membership scheme offering unlimited golf, courtesy buggy, reserved parking space and other benefits. In times of crisis, the club is pleased to announce that it has reached the upper ceiling of 150 members; a figure introduced by the management to maintain a high level of [...]
Word is reaching this page of a rogue operator offering supposedly discounted green fees on the Costa del Sol. Already, several bona fide golf booking agencies have been picking up the pieces of distressed bookings: Golf Leisure Breaks made one for a group last week which totalled around 2000€ – they had also unwittingly paid [...]
With more than 300 days of sunshine per year little wonder that our stretch of coastline is justly labelled the ‘Costa del Golf.’ Unfortunately, the saying, ‘when it rains it pours’ has often rung true over the last couple of years with two of the wettest winters I can certainly recall. This has led to [...]
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