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
Voting in the nineteenth annual election of the Desert Springs Golf Club 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 closed at 17.00 hrs. on the 31st March. Validation and counting of…read more
Dear Members & Owners, We wish to inform you that, David Fernandes has been appointed Golf Operations & Sales Manager at Desert Springs Resort & Golf Club to commence Monday 20th March. David, a Portuguese National who is fluent in both English and Spanish joins Desert Springs from Barceló Montecastillo Golf & Sport Resort,…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
The 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, is announced. Since April, 2005, Club Officers have been elected annually from and by Members to work with…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
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 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
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
The Indiana course at Desert Springs has been recognised as the 8th Best Golf Course in Andalucía out of a total of 110 courses and the 23rd Best Golf Course in Spain from a total of 402, based on the reviews of players who rated the course on the Leading Courses website. The Leading Courses…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
As previously announced, Desert Springs Resort & Golf Club will be host to this years’ 2nd Stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School (DPWTQS) between Thursday 3rd and Sunday 6th November 2022. Since 1976, the Qualifying School has been held at the end of each season to establish which players, not otherwise exempt, will gain…read more
A MESSAGE FROM THE TEAM CAPTAIN Dear Member, Owner Charity Day Auction – Items attached Please see attached the varied list of items which will be auctioned on 8th October. Please start preparing your bidding strategy now. A very big thank you to all those who have donated these items. If you would…read more
