Champ amongst champions

Barely had a month elapsed since the curtain call on the European Tour that is the race to Dubai than the golfers and their caddies have packed their suitcases and decamped to South Africa for the beginning of another gruelling season. Volvo, celebrating its 125th event as a sponsor of golf tournaments, is hosting an [...]

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Tasty start to year at Chaparral

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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Luke at the double

Luke Donald made golfing history by  becoming the first golfer to win the order of merit on both sides of the Atlantic. Having clinched the American title there was the small matter of Rory McIIroy standing between him and success on home soil. However, as the young Northern Irishman imploded on the greens, performing a [...]

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Spanish Open for Sevilla

The first good news for Andalusian golf in 2012 is that the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla has been chosen to host the Spanish Open again from 03 -06 May. It has also been the setting for two Andalucia Opens on the European Tour calendar and numerous prestigious national and international amateur events of [...]

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II Open de Golf Fuengirola

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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Mijas Golf Valley

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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Sergio finds mojo

After three years in the golfing doldrums Sergio Garcia enjoyed a welcome return to form by winning the Castello Masters in some style by the impressive margin of eleven shots; in football parlance the equivalent of Manchester City demolishing their Stretford neighbours 6-1 last weekend. To be fair, he has shown glimpses of his talent [...]

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Santa Maria G&CC Presidents Trophy

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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Maiden win in Madrid

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 best ever Andalucia Masters

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 [...]