Golf Course Maintenance

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ SEPTEMBER 2012   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…read more

2013 ‘Golf 4 All’ Pro-Am

  Desert Springs will host the fifth annual ‘Golf 4 All’ Pro-Am, to be played over the Championship Indiana course on the 4th and 5th January 2013. Desert Springs residents and touring professionals, Trish Johnson and Becky Brewerton will be joined by their colleagues from the Ladies European Tour for this unique Pro-Am Tournament. Played…read more

Golf Course Maintenance

  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

Hole 15 Remodeling

  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

Hole Enhancement Completion

    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 Maintenance

    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

Indiana Course Slope Rating

  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 Maintenance

    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

Hole Enhancement

  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 Maintenance

  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