UD Almería training at the Desert Springs Football Academy A squad of 25 players and thirteen officials from Unión Deportiva Almería (Almeria Football Club) – which currently competes in Liga Adelante (Spanish Division Two) returned to the Desert Springs Resort for the second consecutive year to enjoy the facilities of the Desert…read more
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ AUGUST 2012 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in June 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…read more
As mentioned previously, the golf course and its landscaping are designed for enjoyable play whilst at the same time discouraging golfers hitting balls that may end up within private property. The Club constantly reviews what it can do to improve play and performance, using small changes in landscaping and course details to achieve this. …read more
Desert Springs will be host to the inaugural ‘Desert Springs & Millfield European Schools Team Championships’ between Wednesday 24th to Sunday 28th October 2012. The Team Championships is open to boys and girls of all ages with a maximum handicap of 24 and will be held over 3 days (54 Holes). The tournament format…read more
As previously announced, the Club recently embarked upon an adjustment of the existing landscaping of Hole 16 with the intent to improve the players focus from the tee, encouraging them to play the better shot and reducing penalties incurred for going out of bounds or losing balls. The Club wishes to advise you…read more
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ JULY 2012 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in May 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…read more
Union Deportiva Almeria (Almeria Football Club) training at the Desert Springs Football Academy last year. Following on from the success of their inaugural training camp in 2011, Union Deportiva Almeria (Almeria Football Club) have selected the Desert Springs Resort to be host once again to their pre-season training camp between Monday 23rd – Tuesday…read more
Prior to the Indiana Course opening in April 2001, the Real Federación Española de Golf (the RFEG) were invited to Desert Springs to evaluate the golf course and assign a Slope Rating. The ‘Slope’ is a measurement of the difficulty of a golf course relative to the Course Rating (which represents the difficulty for scratch…read more
The team form James Villa Holidays at Desert Springs, Jo Richardson with Jane Humphrey, Nikki Frampton-Fell & Sue Nye. In 2010 Kent-based James Villa Holidays added Desert Springs, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course in the Almeria region of south-east Spain, to its portfolio of leisure resorts for…read more
Due to the success of the innaugural event held in 2010, Desert Springs has been selected to host the ‘II Millfield Family Golf Open’ between Sunday 28th to Tuesday 30th October 2012. Widely recognised as a school with one of the most extensive range of sporting facilities in Britain – including two 18-hole…read more
