GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWSLETTER’ SEPTEMBER 2008 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 August, we…read more

The II Ryder Cup match held at Desert Springs in October 2007 between 12 members of both Redbourn Golf Club in Hertfordshire and Desert Springs, was resolved with a comfortable win for the local team of Desert Springs that ensured that the trophy stayed in Spain! The return match is scheduled to be held over…read more

The Club has been asked to issue the following statement made by Desert Springs Golf Club Captain, Martin Symington.The Club Captain.” “Dear Fellow Members & Property Owners, I wish to advise you of a change of dates for the ‘All Saints Day Stableford’ and ‘Captain’s Charity Day’ within the 2008 Desert Springs Golf Club Tournament…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWSLETTER’ JULY 2008 JUNE COURSE MAINTENANCE UPDATE Irrigation Modifications Modification work to the irrigation system on green surrounds 1 and 18 and on tee complexes 5 and 15 to improve the efficiency of irrigation coverage and thus the quality of the grass, commenced as per the schedule and will continue into July.…read more

It is with great disappointment that we must inform you that we have received notification from the management of La Cala Resort that their Club Captain Bryan Gray has decided to withdraw La Cala from the La Cala versus Desert Springs Ryder Cup Match event that was scheduled for Saturday 12th July, 2008. The reason…read more

The second annual ‘Golf 4 Women’ Team Trophy will be held over the Indiana Championship Course at Desert Springs on Thursday 26th June. An amazing field comprising 20 teams of 4 players, 80 lady golfers in total from the Almeria and Murcia regions have now entered the event, including the defending champions Hacienda del Alamo.…read more

In May, we announced that Desert Springs had been invited to be host to the Grand Final of the ‘Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic Series’ from Thursday 30th October to Saturday 1st November 2008 to raise funds for Leukaemia Research. All home owners and Members at Desert Springs were sent a letter from Sir…read more

The Club has been asked to issue the following statement made by Wikkie De Graaf, a member of the Competitions Committee acting on its behalf, explaining the recent decision of that committee concerning the draws for future competitions at Desert Springs. “Dear Members & Property Owners, We are pleased to inform you about some recent…read more

The Club has been asked to issue the following statement made by Paul Taylor, a member of the Handicap Committee acting on its behalf, explaining the recent decision of that committee concerning the way in which handicaps will be applied in future to play at Desert Springs. “The Desert Springs Handicap Committee has met and…read more

Desert Springs members; Ann and Mike Thorpe, Paul and Lynn Taylor, Alan Patterson, Freddie Beames and Wikkie de Graaf all made the journey to La Cala Golf Resort in Andalucía to represent Desert Springs Golf Club in the ‘IX Día del Interclub Tournament’ on Sunday 1st June, conquered and returned with the title! The tournament…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWSLETTER’ JUNE 2008 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 in May, we…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 30th October to Saturday 1st November 2008. Sir Ian commented: ‘Last year, we jointly managed to raise in excess of 60,000 Euros for Leukaemia Research, thanks to the support of our presenting…read more

Dear Member / Property Owner, The current Desert Springs tournament calendar for 2008 had been designed by the Club and its elected officers to reflect the established pattern and frequency of visits to the Resort experienced during different periods over recent years and the degree of consistency of interest and support for the events demonstrated…read more

We have challenged La Cala Resort, located in Marbella, to a Ryder Cup style competition against our Members on the Indiana at Desert Springs.  This is all part of a continuing promotion and effort to attract more people to Desert Springs and to provide our members with new social and fun events. La Cala Resort…read more

The 2007 marketing of the Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club included presentations to a number of selected Golf Clubs in Madrid, Spain. Part of this particular promotional initiative was to develop close relations with these Golf Clubs with the intention of encouraging their members to visit Desert Springs for short golfing breaks. With this…read more

The second annual ‘Golf 4 Women’ Team Trophy will be held over the Championship Indiana Course at Desert Springs on Thursday 26th June. To date 13 teams from the Almeria and Murcia regions have entered the event, including the defending champions Hacienda del Alamo. The tournament will be played in Texas Scramble format, with teams of…read more

Members of Desert Springs Golf Club are invited to enter a team in the ‘Inaugural Desert Springs Inter – Club Trophy’, to be contested for on the Indiana course on Saturday 28th June 2008. The event has been limited to 15 clubs on the Costa Blanca and Costa Càlida and is by invitation only. Teams…read more