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

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

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

From January 1st 2008 new rules come into force for all golfers regarding “driving clubs” – which means drivers in normal parlance.  These rules have already been operative since January 2005 for UK County and National events, and in the USA for all competitive golf. These are rules of the R&A, approved by the RFEG, and…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ JANUARY 2008 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in November 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 December,…read more

Some of the top players from the Ladies European Tour (LET) will be at Desert Springs in the New Year for the ‘GOLF 4 ALL PRO-AM’ to be played on the championship Indiana Course between 7th- 8th January 2008. Desert Springs’ touring professionals and Solheim Cup players, Trish Johnson and Becky Brewerton will be joined…read more

Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in October 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 November, we are pleased to be able to…read more

Desert Springs members and home owners, as well as many local golfers from the surrounding area, wholeheartedly supported the opportunity to compete in the company of some of Spain’s most illustrious Senior and Lady professional golfers over 18 holes of tournament golf on the Indiana. A fully subscribed field of 26 teams, some 104 players,…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ NOVEMBER 2007 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in September 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 October,…read more

It is with great pleasure that we can let you know that the Spanish Seniors & Ladies ‘Pro-Am’ is now fully subscribed. Scheduled for Thursday 1st November, to precede and celebrate the 2007 Spanish Seniors and Ladies Professional Championships being held from the Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th November, the Pro-Am was planned to give…read more

Thursday 4th October saw the arrival at Desert Springs Resort of the Ryder Cup team of 12 golfers from Redbourn Golf Club and they were here on a mission: To take on, beat and gain revenge for their defeat in 2006 against 12 members of Desert Springs Golf Club in this, the second Desert Springs…read more

We announced in an earlier NewsFlash that the Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club had been selected as the host venue for the 2007 Spanish Seniors and Ladies Professionals Championship between October 31st – November 4th, 2007.   To celebrate the hosting of this prestigious tournament, a ‘Pro-Am’ event has been scheduled to take place…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ OCTOBER 2007 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in August 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 September,…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ OCTOBER 2007 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in August 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 September,…read more

Desert Springs Club Captain, Helen Lavis has unveiled her plans for the Captains Charity Weekend scheduled for 26th-28th October 2007. The PINK WEEKEND will be an event full of surprises and fun for all with a real party atmosphere. The Autumn Cup will be played on Friday 26th but for non –golfers and sybarites there…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ SEPTEMBER 2007 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in July 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 August,…read more

We announced in an earlier Golf News that the ‘Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic’ presented by CGTV Games Ltd. with Java Trading Company as an Event Sponsor, to be held between Thursday 11th – Saturday 13th October 2007 to raise funds for Leukaemia Research is fully subscribed.   Sir Viv Richards, Ian Woosnam, Nasser Hussain, Steve…read more