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October 06 is a date for your diary when the European Tour bus arrives on the Iberian Peninsula, beginning an unprecedented run of four tournaments starting in Madrid and finishing with the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama. Should you find yourself with a few days free from October 13 – 16 why don’t you travel to [...]
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 [...]
A glorious August summer’s day saw a bumper turn-out of 96 players take part in the ‘Trofeo 20 Aniversario’ at Santa Maria Golf & Country Club on Saturday 13th August. A shotgun start saw the competitors, replete with a complimentary goodie bag as a souvenir of the day, tee off from their respective starting holes [...]
After winning three consecutive awards in the Faldo Series for promising young players, Oliver Wilson went on to become the youngest player to compete in the Walker Cup in 2005. Turning professional at an early age he didn’t exactly go the way of Justin Rose, who missed a series of cuts, but, rather, over the [...]
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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 [...]
The first nine holes at Santa Maria were designed by Spaniard, Antonio Garrido, twenty years ago followed by the addition of a second nine in 1996. Regarded as being one of the best designs on the Costa del Sol it is certainly one of the more playable; borne out by its popularity amongst resident members [...]
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 [...]
”Darren obviously has the ability to play great golf. It all depends on how dedicated he is.” Thus opinionated Tiger Woods after being soundly thrashed by Ulsterman Darren Clarke in the WGG-Matchplay a decade ago. During an intermittent career on the European Tour spanning two decades, providing many highs and lows both on and off [...]
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