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For the next few weeks, resident and visiting golfers will be enjoying the pleasures of affordable golf, as green fees have been substantially reduced for the summer low season. In many cases, these green fees have included the shared use of a buggy, essential during the heat of the day. Ironically, despite the ongoing effects [...]
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Spanish golfers may be issued with a new driving licence in 2010. Don’t worry as this refers to those who ride the new fleet of Segways vehicles at Lauro Golf. You may have already seen them being ridden by staff in the IKEA car park? These are two-wheeled vehicles which run on batteries. Furthermore, the [...]
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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Well nearly, but not quite yet. In many cases the price is right, with green fees often being reduced to 2003 levels, but service and quality in the way some courses are presented leave room for improvement. This is the feedback we receive from many of our original clients, who have chosen to return to [...]
Tags: Costa del Golf, Costa del Sol, Europe, Golfers, Spain, tourism
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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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., [...]
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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 [...]
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Fair or impossible?
Is it really fair to set out to deliberately humiliate the most talented golfers in the world?
“Beat me, beat me!” cried the masochist, but the sadist refused. To some players and fans, the Oakmont course seemed to be set up by a committee of sadists and was played on by a select group [...]
For some who could afford it, purchasing a share in a golf club is the answer to joining to club membership, although it could hardly qualify as a wise long-term financial investment.
Many disappointed ex-pat golfers will testify to the fact that their dream of retiring to the Costa del Golf and playing regular golf [...]
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