One of Scotland’s leading families of professional golfers is said to be thinking of buying a home alongside one of Spain’s top golf courses, in order to ensure ideal conditions for year-round practice prior to international tournaments. Pictured outside the golf clubhouse at Desert Springs are the Saltman brothers, (left to right) Zack, Elliot and…read more
El Día de Andalucía (The Day of Andalusia) is a celebration held on the 28th February each year enjoyed by the community of Andalusia in order to commemorate the referendum that gave full autonomy to Andalusia in February 1980. To celebrate this historic event, Desert Springs Resort & Golf Club will host for the first…read more
Jeremy Bennett working with one of the girls squad on the putting green The Golf Union of Wales (GUW) Elite Girls Squad held their first winter training camp of the 2008 season from the 3rd to the 9th February at Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club, the international award winning family leisure resort located in…read more
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ FEBRUARY 2008 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in December which was designed to keep you up to date with all of the important maintenance procedures which were scheduled to take place on The Indiana course in January,…read more
Desert Springs Golf Club today announces the fourth annual election for members to choose a Vice-captain and two members each for the Club’s Handicap and Competition Committees to take office for the period 1st April 2008 through to 31st March 2009. Since April, 2005, Club Officers have been elected annually from and by the Members…read more
Members of Desert Springs have been invited to enter a team in the XI Dia Del Interclub Tournament to be held at La Cala Golf Resort on Sunday 1st June 2008. Teams of 8 players will compete in an individual stableford tournament, with the 4 best scores counting towards the team total. The event is…read more
If the game of golf wasn’t difficult enough, it is not surprising that the majority of golfers find the rules of golf difficult to get to know and even more difficult to understand! There are 34 rules, over 100 sections and over 200 explanatory decisions, probably giving golf the most complicated rules of any sport.…read more
Desert Springs Golf Professional Alfonso Castiñeira became the 2008 Champion of the ‘National Peugeot Loewe Tour’ Qualifying School last week in El Rompido, Huelva. Alfonso shot rounds of 72+78+73+67 (290), to beat Juan Andrés Vizcaya and Gorka Guillén by 2 strokes. Alfonso’s fourth round 67 (-5) was the best 18 hole score of the tournament…read more
Desert Springs Golf Professional Alfonso Castiñeira became the 2008 Champion of the ‘National Peugeot Loewe Tour’ Qualifying School last week in El Rompido, Huelva. Alfonso shot rounds of 72+78+73+67 (290), to beat Juan Andrés Vizcaya and Gorka Guillén by 2 strokes. Alfonso’s fourth round 67 (-5) was the best 18 hole score of the tournament…read more
Last week, in the municipality of Vera in Almeria, Spain, the Andalucían government demolished the home of Mr. & Mrs. Prior, a retired British couple from Berkshire. Confusion reigns but the planning and legal situation was simple enough and not much different from what one would expect in the UK. The demolished dwelling was built…read more
