Captain’s Thank you Dear Member, Owner I would just like to thank everyone for making my Drive-In last week such a special day and evening. There are so many thankyou’s. To everyone who contributed food and drink for the Hacienda and who donated raffle prizes. To Karen, Hettie, Bonnie & Julie at the Hacienda, for…read more

Captain’s Drive-In 2023 Dear Member, Owner Firstly, I would like to thank everyone that was able to make it to the Club Championship dinner and who welcomed me in as Desert Springs Captain. You could probably all tell that it was pretty emotional for me. I am so very proud to be Captain and am…read more

Dear Member, Currently members are required to hold a current RFEG handicap if they wish to enter Desert Springs Golf Club Competitions. This will be reviewed as and when the WHI / RFEG systems are updated. This newsletter summarises why you need to have an RFEG handicap. The WHI was implemented worldwide before the necessary…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 2023 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the last Golf Course Superintendent’s Newsletter, which was designed to keep you up to date with all the important maintenance procedures which were scheduled to take place on The Indiana Course, we are pleased to be able to give you…read more

  GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE MACHINERY INVESTMENT UPDATE Dear Member / Property Owner, As previously announced, maintaining with the commitment of course investment, the Club had committed to a further investment of €630,000 for the purchase of a new fleet of state of the art golf course maintenance machinery to aide golf course superintendent Zach LaPorte and his team in maintaining the…read more

CLUBHOUSE CHANGING ROOM LOCKERS   Dear Member, As published and displayed within the locker room notice boards, in the interest of all, the lockers provided within both the Gentlemen’s and Ladies changing rooms are strictly for day use only and must not be used to store golf clubs and /or golf trolleys. Additionally, the locker…read more

Desert Springs is holding its nineteenth annual election for members to choose a Vice-Captain, Treasurer, a Fixtures & Events Supporter and two members each for the Club’s Handicap and Competition Committees, for the period 1st April 2023 through 31st March 2024. The closing date for all completed ‘Club Officials Election Nomination’ forms to be returned…read more

Captain’s Drive-In 2023 Dear Member, Owner It is not too long until my year as Desert Springs Golf Club Captain starts and so I thought it would be a good time to send you a message. It is a huge honour for me to be taking up this role and I am really looking forward…read more

GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE MACHINERY INVESTMENT UPDATE Dear Member / Property Owner, As previously announced, maintaining with the commitment of course investment, the Club had committed to a further investment of €630,000 for the purchase of a new fleet of state of the art golf course maintenance machinery to aide golf course superintendent Zach LaPorte and…read more

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Desert Springs Resort will be host to this years’ 2nd Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School (DPWTQS) between Thursday 2nd and Sunday 5th November 2023. Since 1976, the Qualifying School has been held at the end of each season to establish which players, not otherwise…read more

NEW 4th HOLE FORWARD TEE TO OPEN FOR PLAY 1ST DECEMBER Dear Member / Property Owner, As advised in September, in the knowledge that many golfers struggle to reach the fairway from the current tees of Hole 4, our course maintenance team embarked on the construction of a new forward tee. The new tee is…read more

GOLF 4 WOMEN WINTER GOLF FESTIVAL DINNER FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER   Dear Property Owner and Member, Desert Springs Golf Club is celebrating the annual ‘Golf 4 Women Winter Golf Festival’ between Sunday 13th – Friday 18th November. The programme of events culminates with dinner at El Torrente restaurant on Friday 18th November, with a pre-dinner…read more

18th HOLE MEN’S TEE EXTENSION NOW OPEN FOR PLAY Dear Member / Property Owner, We are pleased to advise that the works to extend the right-hand side of the Men’s tee on hole 18 by four metres, to act as a further preventative measure against golf balls entering properties located on the right-hand side of…read more

Desert Springs Resort & Golf Club will be host to this year’s 2nd Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School (DPWTQS) between Thursday 3rd and Sunday 6th November 2022. As previously advised, for those who would like to be part of the event, the DP World Tour had invited our members to act as…read more

It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce that Desert Springs Resort, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course in the Almeria region of Andalucía, south-east Spain, has been awarded as one of the top 100 Golf Resorts in Continental Europe by Golf World Magazine. The ranking criteria used by…read more