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Feel-good factors might be thin on the ground as the world economic recession bites, but it seems clear that millions of Europeans are determined to enjoy themselves for the next week or two, whatever repercussions may be lying in wait in 2009. High street spending on Christmas presents continues to defy the gravity of the [...]
Tags: Christmas Golf, Costa del Golf, Golf Leisure Breaks
If there is a best time to visit the Costa del Golf, it must be during the months of December and January. These two months have now become our “mid-season”, with golf being offered from as little as 45 euros, including shared buggy. Air travel is still cheap and the weather is better than anywhere [...]
Tags: Christmas, Christmas Competition, Costa del Golf, Europe
Congratulations to Manolo Fernandez, who far from being new, has been on the Costa del Golf scene for more than twenty years. Manolo is a golf man through and through, with a vast knowledge of golfers and their needs, including those who visit these shores and the increasing number of resident golfers. He also happens to be [...]
Tags: Aymerich Golf Management, Calanova Golf, Costa del Golf, Costa del Sol, Golf Leisure Breaks, Manolo Fernandez
Leisure Breaks stableford competions have been a reliable barometer, measuring the ups and downs of the Costa del Golf’s tourist industry, regarding both the numbers and comments of visitors. The summer months have been far busier than in recent years, due largely of course to green fee offers which couldn’t be refused. However, the welcome [...]
As the summer season draws to a close, with its bargain basement greenfees, local courses are preparing for a winter high season anticipating an increase in the numbers of visiting golfers between now and May 2009. This despite prophecies of worldwide economic gloom. In order to achieve this, many of our golf course administrators have [...]
Tags: Costa del Golf, Costa del Sol, Golf Courses, new season
The past couple of years have been difficult for our golf tourism industry – not helped this year by forecasts of a universal economic recession and a weakening pound which is obviously giving some Brits food for thought. But the Irish, having had the good sense to adopt the euro when they joined the E.U., [...]
Tags: Costa del Golf, golf tourism, Golfers
By Autumn next year, Finca Cortesin will be seen by millions of golf fans on TV throughout the world, as it welcomes the world’s best golfers to play in the 2009 Volvo World Matchplay Tournament. Thus, this magnificent new golf course will be taking over from Valderrama as the host of the most prestigious tournament [...]
Tags: Costa del Golf, Finca Cortesin Golf, Valderrama Golf
he proliferation of golf societies on the coast in recent times has come about because of the lack of affordable access to regular golf for those who live and work here. Most golf societies are affiliated to bars located in different towns which provide a convenient meeting place for members and a convenient source of [...]
Tags: Costa del Golf, Costa del Sol, Golf Leisure Breaks, Golf Society
The importance of pricing our golf correctly here on the Costa del Golf was brought home sharply when I approached the Sta. Clara club to host an additional Golf Leisure Breaks competition every Saturday. A short while ago, the club decided to reduce their green fee from a little over 100 euros (including Buggy) to [...]
Tags: Costa del Golf, Golfers
At last it appears to be dawning on some of the Costa’s golf courses that their future lies in their willingness to combine pay & play with club membership. The huge increase in immigration to the Costa del Sol has created a demand by resident golfers for regular affordable golf which can no longer be [...]
Tags: Costa del Golf, Golf Courses
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