Golf under the sun

July and August are tra­di­tio­n­a­l­ly quiet months for our golf courses as temperatures soar and most golf tourists spend the summer playing on their home courses. But a significant num­ber have already chosen to take advantage of bargain base­ment greenfees, many of which in­clu­de a buggy. In fact, despite gloomy predictions about the effects of [...]

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DON’T KNOCK IT ‘TILL YOU’VE TRIED IT!

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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COLOURFUL GOLF

The “Costa del Golf Page” goes back many years and has been presented in many different formats. During these years, many of the coast’s golf clubs have enjoyed long term success by advertising on our page, none more so than the Santa Maria Golf & Country Club. Considering the current economic climate, we feel that [...]

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LACK OF ATTRACTION

According to a report in last week’s edition of the “Sur in English”, the Junta de Andalucía is to spend 6 million euros on a plan to entice senior citizens from the most recent countries to join the European Community, to visit Andalucía during the quiet winter months. How commendable. However, over the past 20 years, more [...]

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FOURTEEN YEARS OF COMPETITIONS

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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