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
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
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
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ JUNE 2012 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in April 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…read more
The golf course and its landscaping is laid out to discourage golfers hitting balls that end up within private property. Although no golf frontage property can be totally immune from the occasional really badly hit ball, the Club constantly reviews what it can do to improve and use the landscaping to make this even…read more
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ May 2012 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the 'The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter' sent to you in March 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…read more
Handicap Committee Member Paul Taylor has requested that the Club issue the following announcement for all members at Desert Springs: Failure to submit a handicap certificate as above may result in a golfer being disqualified from a competition that they have played in. <span style=""text-decoration:" underline;"="">The Desert Springs Handicapping System The Handicap…read more
It is a pleasure for me to be your Captain this year at Desert Springs and to represent you during the period 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013 and welcome all our Members and Owners to enjoy their golf and social events. Firstly I would like to introduce you our committee for this…read more
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ APRIL 2012 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ?The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter? sent to you in February 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…read more
