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Back in 1990 Julie and David Crumpler founded Leisure Breaks sl (the first locally based golf tour operator) which latterly became known as Golf Leisure Breaks sl. The ethos of the company then was to build a business based on good client service and of course this remains the case today. Good service to clients [...]
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At this time of year, it is customary to review the past year’s local golf activities, but as regular readers will have noticed, the recession has already been felt. Having adopted an optimistic approach to the fortunes of the Costa del Golf during the past two years, I have to come clean and admit that [...]
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Feel-good factors might be thin on the ground as the world economic recession bites, but it seems clear that millions of Europeans are determined to enjoy themselves for the next week or two, whatever repercussions may be lying in wait in 2009. High street spending on Christmas presents continues to defy the gravity of the [...]
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10 MORE PLAYERS NEEDED TO PLAY A TEAM FROM ENGLAND 28th NOVEMBER at CALANOVA at 11:30 a.m. PRICE 48€ (inc. shared buggy) Tel: 952582943 or e-mail: info@golflb.com To reserve your place
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After twenty-one years, eighteen of them hosted by Valderrama, the Volvo Masters is no more. Next year (which starts next week) sees the birth of “The Race to Dubai”, which will be the new venue of the 2009 season finale. The winner of the final event will pocket 1.5 million euros, while the final leader of the [...]
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From Golf Leisure Breaks: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
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As the summer season draws to a close, with its bargain basement greenfees, local courses are preparing for a winter high season anticipating an increase in the numbers of visiting golfers between now and May 2009. This despite prophecies of worldwide economic gloom. In order to achieve this, many of our golf course administrators have [...]
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By the year 2000, the Costa del Sol could already boast more than forty golf courses between Málaga and Gibraltar. Due to the natural geology of the area, many of these were euphemistically described as “undulating”, but since buggies are usually the order of the day, this has not been a serious problem. But for [...]
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While Lee Westwood came close to winning the Bridgestone Invitational World Championship last weekend, Soren Hansen, Oliver Wilson, Justin Rose & Martin Kaymer will have to hope for better times in the U.S.Open if they are to hang on to their Ryder Cup Team places. Significant moves were made by Miguel Angel Jimenez and Paul [...]
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The reason that there are now so many golf agencies based here on the Costa del Sol is that most visitors now recognize that their services can guarantee a trouble-free visit while saving a significant amount of money. However, there is a catch. The majority of the most recently established agencies are operating illegally, in [...]
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