Posted January 9th, 2009 by admin
Since 2004, La Cala Resort has hosted this annual team event, which this year featured teams of four from nine of the regional Spanish golf federations. Each team comprised two girls and two boys, playing 36 holes of stroke-play, with the best three cards counting. Since its inception, the event has featured some of Spain’s best junior golfers, [...]
Tags: Andalucia, European Tour, Junior Master, La Cala Golf
Posted May 9th, 2008 by admin
The reason that there are now so many golf agencies based here on the Costa del Sol is that most visitors now recognize that their services can guarantee a trouble-free visit while saving a significant amount of money. However, there is a catch. The majority of the most recently established agencies are operating illegally, in [...]
Tags: Andalucia, Costa del Sol
Posted May 2nd, 2008 by admin
Salvador Gallardo is the golf director of the Santana Golf Club and he recently contributed an article to the Andalucia Golf magazine under the heading “Russian Roulette”. In the article, he brought to public attention the spineless habit of many golf clubs of treating any Tom, Dick or Harry who promised to introduce a few [...]
Tags: Andalucia, Golf Club, Golf Leisure Breaks, Internet
Posted October 12th, 2007 by admin
However, there is another side to the coin. A recent turn of events has seen the introduction of the new “mid” season in December and January, which sees the return of drastically reduced green fees, similar to the summer deals which we have been enjoying over the past few months. The number of courses subscribing [...]
Tags: Andalucia, Spain
Posted September 14th, 2007 by admin
There is no shortage of par 3 courses on the coast, but here’s one with a difference. Set in Golf Valley in Nueva Andalucia, close to the Los Naranjos course, Magna Marbella Golf is a little gem, ideal for those who cannot always spare a whole day to play golf. The course has seven very [...]
Tags: Andalucia, Golf Valley, Magna Marbella
Posted August 3rd, 2007 by admin
Over 600 golfers are hoping that they have written their names into the Guinness World Records for the highest number of golfers in a single competition in one day.
More importantly this event raised 13,000 pounds sterling for UNICEF, which will be used to alleviate the suffering of children in Iraq and in refugee camps in [...]
Tags: AEHCOS, Andalucia, Diario Sur, Guinness Worl Records, La Cala Resort, Mijas Hippodrome, Sur in English, Turismo Andaluz, UNICEF