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Few footballers warrant ‘legend’ status but Bobby Lennox, MBE, rightly finds himself inducted in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. In two spells with Glasgow Celtic he collected 11 League medals; eight Scottish Cups; five League Cups not forgetting the crowning glory – being a member of the ‘Lisbon Lions’ that beat Inter Milan to [...]
Last weekend clear skies and warm climes awaited the golfers participating in the second edition of the Andalucia Classic over three days at Calanova Golf and Santa Maria. Numbers were up on 2010 which was affected by the volcanic ash crisis and, to the organizers’ consternation, contingency plans had to be enacted as the weather [...]
Since January 2009, Golf El Chaparral has implemented an attractive membership scheme offering unlimited golf, courtesy buggy, reserved parking space and other benefits. In times of crisis, the club is pleased to announce that it has reached the upper ceiling of 150 members; a figure introduced by the management to maintain a high level of [...]
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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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 [...]
Tags: Calanova Golf, Golf Competitions, Santa Clara Golf, Santa Maria Golf
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 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 [...]
Tags: Golf Academy, La Quinta Golf
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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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 [...]
Tags: Costa del Sol, Golf Holidays
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 [...]
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