Desert Springs is holding its sixth elections amongst members to choose a Vice-Captain and two members for each of the Club’s Handicap and Competitions Committees, for the period 1st April 2010 through to 31st March 2011. The closing date for all completed ‘Club Officials Election Nomination’ forms to be returned to the Club was 18.00…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ MARCH 2010   Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in January 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 announced on 29th January, Desert Springs is holding its sixth annual election for members to choose a Vice-Captain and two members for each of the Club’s Handicap and Competitions Committees, for the period 1st April 2010 through to 31st March 2011. All members were sent a ‘Desert Springs Golf Club Officials Election Nomination Form’,…read more

Club Captain Barry Carver together with past Captains, Freddie Beames, Pat Craig and Helen Lavis welcomed Club members and friends to take part in the inaugural Captains’ Team Challenge on Tuesday 20th October 2009. Teams were selected at random from a list of 45 applicants. Each team played Individual Stableford with the best 7 scores…read more

Club Captain Barry Carver and the members of the Golf Club Committee held the Captain’s Charity Day on Saturday 24th October 2009. The day started with a Texas Scramble Competition, shotgun start, with 95 Members and Guests competing in perfect weather. Everyone enjoyed the Fun Day. Prizes were presented to the winners and runners up…read more

The Club Captain, Past Captain’s and Club Officers are pleased to announce the introduction of a new competition; ‘The Past Captain’s Team Challenge’ scheduled to be played on The Indiana Course at Desert Springs on the 20th October 2009. This event will be a Team competition. Each team will be captained by either a past…read more

Dear members, Club Captain Barry Carver and the Club’s officers, cordially invite Members and their guests to the Captain’s Charity Day on the 24th October 2009. All players must wear black and white outfits to participate in the event. The format for the competition will be Texas Scramble with teams of 4 players. There will…read more

Dear Members, It is with regret that we must inform you that we have now received confirmation from Redbourn Golf Club of Hertfordshire that they must cancel the forthcoming Ryder Cup Match scheduled to take place on the 2nd and the 3rd October 2009 at Desert Springs. Redbourn Golf Club has supported this event for…read more

Dear Members, It is with regret that we are forced to cancel the upcoming Ryder Cup Match between La Herrería Golf Club and Desert Springs scheduled to be played at Desert Springs during the 25th, 26th and 27th September 2009. As previously advised, the closing date for entries was set at 20th September. To date…read more

Desert Springs will host the fourth annual ‘Golf 4 All’ Pro-Am, which will be played over the Indiana Championship course on the 4th and 5th January 2010. Desert Springs residents and tour stars, Becky Brewerton and Trish Johnson will be joined by their colleagues from the Ladies European Tour for this unique Pro Am Tournament.…read more

Dear Members, As previously advised, this year’s Ryder Cup Match against La Herrería is to be played at Desert Springs on the 25th, 26th and 27th September 2009, and now is the time to get a strong team of 12 of our members to defend our home turf. We have successfully claimed victory in the…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ SEPTEMBER 2009   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

It is with regret that we must inform you that the inaugural ‘Gullivers Sports Travel Seniors Golf Championship’ scheduled for Monday 14th to Wednesday 16th September 2009 has been cancelled. This is due to Gullivers Sports Travel finding it difficult to get entrants into the event. Gullivers Sports Travel is the UK’s leading and longest…read more

Dear Members, Following the last committee meeting I am delighted to inform you that the following local rule will be adopted immediately for general play and for all Club Competitions from the 1st January 2010. Distance-Measuring Devices (“DMDs”): For all play at this course, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that…read more

Dear Members, Following requests from a large number of members to be able to play a Stableford competition from the back tees, I am pleased to inform you that at the last meeting of the committee it was agreed that the All Saints Day Stableford on Sunday 1st November 2009 will be played in that…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ AUGUST 2009   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 previously advised, La Herrería in Madrid has invited us for a reciprocal fixture on the 31st July, 1st and 2nd August. This is a match we are anxious to maintain and as those of you who have played in Madrid before know that it is well worth the trip. A number of people have…read more

Desert Springs has been invited to be host to the Grand Final of the ‘Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic Series’ from Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th October 2009. Sir Ian commented: ‘Last year, we jointly managed to raise in excess of 70,000 Euros for Leukaemia Research, thanks to the support of the Desert Spring…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ July 2009   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 course in…read more