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This is a question I have been asking our many clients for the past 7 or 8 years. Apart from a few jokers who would like to play for nothing, the majority answered fairly, with logical explanations for their opinions. Most took into account the difference between what they pay as members of golf clubs [...]
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WELCOME BACK SEVE Those of us who followed in the press and on TV news of Severiano Ballesteros’ fight for his life, feared that he might not survive the numerous operations to remove a tumour from his brain. So it was a relief and a pleasure to witness recent interviews, in which Seve looked fit [...]
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There are approximately 50 golf courses along the 80 kilometre stretch between Málaga and Gibraltar. Some might be categorised as “easy”, while others might be described as “challenging”. Very few, in fairness, deserve to be described as unfair, or impossible. Unfortunately, not every golfer is capable of making objective judgements when describing a recently played golf course. Ergo, a rotten [...]
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The Golf Leisure Breaks Golf Society is unique in that it was formed with visiting golfers in mind, rather than residents, who are adequately catered for by the plethora of pub societies which have mushroomed along the coast. A feature of these popular stableford competitions which take place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, is that [...]
Tags: Fair Play, Golf Competitions, Golf Leisure Breaks, Golf Society
What do you look for when choosing a golf society to join? Probably you just want a regular weekly game with a competitive edge, on a decent golf course in good company and with affordable green fees. Most pub societies can offer just this, but why limit yourself when you could enjoy so many more benefits? The [...]
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In April 1995, Golf Leisure Breaks organised its first stableford competition. The company was feeling its way into the unexplored territory of golf tourism and was the first locally based golf tour operator. The initial aim was to provide visiting golfers with the opportunity to meet and compete with each other in a friendly environment, [...]
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Well, it’s not a club, exactly. It’s a golf society. The GLB Golf Society, to be precise. Many of our readers spend a great deal of their time here on the Costa del Sol, but not enough to merit joining a golf club and paying an annual sub as well as a green fee. Membership [...]
Tags: Costa del Sol, Golf Club, Golf Leisure Breaks, Golf Society, Sur in English
…the tough get going. Many satellite industries rely on winter golf tourism for their existence. Restaurants are a typical example, so GLB are creating a programme designed to introduce visiting golfers to twenty of the finest restaurants in Fuengirola. The programme will be symbiotic, in that visitors to the selected restaurants will be made aware [...]
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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 [...]
Tags: David Crumpler, Fuengirola, Leisure Breaks, Sur in English
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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