Posted August 7th, 2008 by admin
EuroPro Tour golfer Peter Appleyard has credited the Head Instructor at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy at La Cala Resort, Quintin van der Berg, with helping him qualify for the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Peter, who turned pro in 2003, beat a field of over 3,500 professional and amateur golfers to gain one of [...]
Tags: Championship, Golf Academy, La Cala Resort
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 [...]
Tags: AEHCOS, Andalucia, Diario Sur, Guinness Worl Records, La Cala Resort, Mijas Hippodrome, Sur in English, Turismo Andaluz, UNICEF
Posted July 6th, 2007 by admin
The Costa del Sol Hippodrome in Mijas is also collaborating with the event, renaming the first race of their meeting on July 14th as the Record de Golf Solidario La Cala Resort – UNICEF. La Cala Resort’s attempt to write its name into the Guinness World Records for the highest number of golfers to play [...]
Tags: Hippodrome, La Cala Resort, Mijas, UNICEF
Posted April 27th, 2007 by admin
The attraction of La Cala Resort for warm weather golf training lies not only in its practice, coaching and fitness facilities, but in the fact that it boasts three 18 hole courses and a par three 6 hole course. The latest visitors were the Czech Republic’s national squad, comprising eight boys and six girls aged [...]
Tags: La Cala Resort
Posted March 30th, 2007 by admin
La Cala Resort continues to attract squads of top amateurs, taking advantage of not only great weather, but the superb training facilities which La Cala has to offer. Recently, the resort was visited by the Middlesex county under 18 elite squad, who spent a week there for the second consecutive year. Nick Davis, manager of [...]
Tags: La Cala Resort
Posted March 9th, 2007 by admin
Park your buggy/golf bag on the side of the green nearest to the next tee; above all, don’t embark on a shaggy dog story when your audience is about to play his shot! Back in the good old days, our threesome in the monthly medal used to complete our round in about three hours. Over [...]
Tags: La Cala Resort
Posted January 16th, 2007 by admin
La Cala Resort obviously has a special attraction for ladies playing the Ladies European Tour. Having established itself as the preferred venue for that tour’s annual qualifying school, La Cala Resort was recently chosen by Iben Tinning as an ideal place to prepare for the World Cup at Sun City later this month, where she [...]
Tags: European Tour, La Cala Resort
Posted January 12th, 2007 by admin
Alvaro Quirós attended at La Cala Resort where he actually participated in this title during his junior days Last week, 8 teams of four juniors – two girls and two boys – competed for the annual La Cala Resort Junior Masters title. The teams represented 8 Spanish golf federations; Andalucia, Madrid, Galicia, Castilla La Mancha, [...]
Tags: Junior, Junior Championship, La Cala Resort
