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Just a few short weeks ago, Parador’s Royal Málaga Golf Club was battling to get the course in shape for next month’s Open de Andalucía, and it looked like being a losing battle. Now with just a few short weeks to go, the green staff have worked wonders, despite adverse weather conditions. The greens are [...]
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Spain’s southwest coastline, the Costa de la Luz, is fast becoming an increasingly popular destination, both Spanish and from whole of Europe has visitors discover what the area has to offer, compared to the far more robust Costa del Sol. Certainly, golf and the Costa de la Luz are growing hand in hand, with more [...]
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We’ve reached that time of the year when golf clubs are carrying out maintenance work on their courses, especially the greens. By juggling the Golf Leisure Breaks competition venues and dates, we’ve managed to avoid the worst effects of what is an essential excercise if greens are to be kept in good condition. As a [...]
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Head just off the coast into the foothills of Spain’s Costa Del Sol, and you’ll encounter Valderrama Golf Club.
Navigating subtle doglegs on gently undulating parkland terrain through a cork forest, the Robert Trent Jones Sr. design in so many places seems so simple and effortless, one wonders why every golf course can’t be this good.
Of [...]
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The course is an 18-hole, par 72 and 5.866 metres long and has been built according to United States Golf Association (USGA) rules and regulations with regard to the tees, bunkers, drainage and greens.
Extraordinary landscape views, including sea and La cala de Mijas Mountains, in nearly every hole.
We can assure you that your players [...]
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Not everyone can devote the time needed to play 18 holes of golf. There are plenty of par 3 courses around, but a realistic alternative is the superb La Noria course at La Cala de Mijas. La Noria features 4 par threes, 4 par fours and a par five. The course is imma-culately maintained and the greens [...]
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Most keen golfers follow the exploits of the star players on TV as they tackle increasingly long golf courses. Courses measuring in excess of 7,000 yards now seem to be the norm on the European Tour, which is fair enough for the top pros, most of whom can wallop their drives well over 300 yards. Those [...]
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I am lucky enough to be able to play the course at Parador’s Royal Málaga Golf Club fairly regularly, so it was really gratifying to see the drastic improvements in the condition of the course over the last two months. The Parador, as it is popularly known, is unique among Costa del Sol golf courses, most [...]
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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
Unfortunately, there seems to be a gang of thieves working the coast’s golf courses, stealing valuables from unattended buggies. These people choose spots where buggies are left unguarded – usually near a teeing area – and where they can conceal themselves in convenient shrubbery. They cannot succeed if one person from each group stays with [...]
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