The Capello “Stroke” index

Fear not as the title does not refer to the ongoing ‘player rating’ saga but to the news that Fabio  Capello will swap sports indexes to inaugurate a charity golf tournament at La Quinta Golf in aid of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation. Aided by his friend, Manuel Piñero, teams of four will compete over two [...]

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A MEANINGFUL ROUND OF GOLF

Playing in golf competitions may seem a little daunting to some, but they can be fun, as thousands of golfers who regularly play in the Golf Leisure Breaks Stableford competitions have found. The prizes are fun but not the kind to attract bandits, so anyone who just plays to his/her handicap has a chance of [...]

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WEBSITE COMPETES IN ANDALUCIAN FINALS

The Diaro Sur newspaper group is holding a competition to find the best Spanish website promoting Andalucia. Our website www.golfmasbarato.es has reached the final in the Tourism category and is the only site promoting golf holidays in the area. We ask all our friends and readers to help us win the award (we don’t yet [...]

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LA QUINTA’S TIGER CUBS

La Quinta’s Golf Academy has introduced special teaching courses for children from 5  – 8 and from 8 – 14 years of age. The kids will be known as the La Quinta Academy Tigers.  There will be 3 x 11 week courses each year, from January – March, from April – June and from October – December.  Of [...]

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RAIN RAIN, GO AWAY….

Practically no rain for a whole year has caused more than enough problems for greenkeepers along the coast, but too much too quickly, brings its own problems. Bunkers ruined faster than they can be repaired; grass too wet to be cut; soggy, slow greens – the last two weeks have been difficult for green staff and golfers alike. Many [...]

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2010 – A FRESH START?

As we approach the start of a new decade (where did the last one go?), the Costa del Sol’s golf tourism industry faces the same challenge as any other industry in any other country as the global economic recession appears to be nearing an end. That is, how to win back customers and how to attract new ones. There is [...]

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SPECIAL OFFERS FOR JULY & AUGUST AT ANTEQUERA GOLF

SPECIAL OFFERS FOR JULY & AUGUST AT ANTEQUERA GOLF
Through Golf Leisure Breaks tel: 952 582 943 or email: reservations@golflb.com
Monday to Sunday
4 golfers + 2 buggies for 100 € (25 € p.p.)
From 12:00 to 17:00 hrs
4 golfers + 2 buggies for 70€ (17.50 € p.p.)
1 Night in Antequera 4* Hotel
inc breakast + 1 Green Fee for [...]

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Thieves in Alhaurín Golf

The past two games we have had at Alhurin we have had kids hiding and trying to rob the buggies.
This time we very nearly got hold of one of them, its just as well for him we didn,t. Someone should be telling golfers not to leave valuables in their golf bags.
Anthony Smith.

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Green´s maintenance

Hello,
I recently played Cabopino and found that the greens are nowhere near as good as they were this time last year, I imagine it is due to the amount of players they have had in the high season. If there is something I think most golfers in common is that we do not enjoy playing [...]

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DO WE DESERVE GOOD GREENS?

But there is another side to the coin. Having carried out this maintenance work, thus providing immaculate greens, how annoying it must be for conscientious green staff and responsible golfers, to find the greens completely spoilt by the inconsiderate few who fail to repair their pitch marks. As a pitch park is more often caused [...]

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