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The coast’s catering industry relies more than most on winter golf tourism. There are hundreds of excellent restaurants between Málaga and Marbella that remain unknown to visiting golfers, most of whom will dine out every evening during their stay and who are famed for being good spenders. But how to let them know about your restaurant? [...]
Tags: Malaga, Marbella, Restaurants
On Monday 13th., Paul Parry, an 11 handicapper who competes regularly in the Golf Leisure Breaks competitions, played the best golf of his life, taking 73 strokes gross round the Sta. Maria course. What makes this such a special achievement is that Paul is 75 years of age, which makes him a member of a [...]
Tags: competitions, Golf in Spain, Golf Leisure Breaks, Marbella
By the year 2000, the Costa del Sol could already boast more than forty golf courses between Málaga and Gibraltar. Due to the natural geology of the area, many of these were euphemistically described as “undulating”, but since buggies are usually the order of the day, this has not been a serious problem. But for [...]
Tags: Costa del Sol, Gibraltar, Malaga, Marbella
The Magna Marbella nine holer in Marbella’s Golf Valley is a real eye-opener, far removed from the usual concept of a par three nine hole golf course. In the first place, it boasts seven par threes and two par fours. All quality holes.
Secondly, it boasts some of the finest greens on the coast and is [...]
Tags: Magna Golf, Magna Marbella, Marbella
In the mid-nineties, El Chaparral had become one of the more popular courses east of Marbella, with it’s distinctive lay-out of six par threes, six par fours and six par fives, which many consider to be the perfect balance for a par 72 golf course. Problems concerning ownership of the land, not to mention financial [...]
Tags: el chaparral golf, Marbella
Every Monday for the past 8 years, Sta Maria has hosted our regular stableford competitions and is consistently one of our most popular venues. At 72€, the green fee for these competitions is by no means the lowest, but proves the point that price in itself is not the be-all and end-all. The true measure [...]
Tags: golf, Marbella, Santa Maria Golf
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