GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWSLETTER’ MAY 2008 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 in April, we…read more

Golfplayer is one of the most popular golf magazines in Spain and its II Golfplayer Circuit is a nation-wide golf tour that comprises 24 qualifying golf tournaments held at selected golf courses throughout Spain, with the Grand Final being held at Golf del Sur, Tenerife. Desert Springs Golf Club has been selected to be host…read more

Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club has been developing a special relationship with City Golf & Health Club, located on Coleman Street, London. City Golf & Health Club is a unique and contemporary Club combining London’s finest golf academy with superb entertainment and relaxation facilities.  It has become a well known and popular City venue.…read more

The 2008 El Corte Inglés Golf Tournament is a nation-wide golf tour that takes place in three separate phases; Club Phase, Area Phase and Final Phase. Desert Springs Golf Club has been selected as one of the venues for the Club phase on 18th of May of 2008. The tournament is an individual stableford competition,…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ – April 2008 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 in…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ APRIL 2007 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 in March,…read more

Desert Springs´ Academy Director and Ladies Golf Ambassador Christine Langford has been made an Advanced Fellow of the Professional Golfers Association.  Chris received her award at a ceremony at the PGA´s West Region Headquarters in March. PGA chief executive Sandy Jones said: "PGA Advanced Fellow Professional status is awarded to members who have made a…read more

Since the summer of 2005, as hopefully you have noticed when playing the course and as mentioned in the Course Superintendent’s letter, we have been gradually introducing stone free topsoil into the rough areas.  The soil has then been sprayed with round up to prevent weed growth and then rolled, resulting in a desert hard…read more

Desert Springs is holding its fourth elections amongst members to choose a Vice-Captain and two members for each of the Club’s Handicap and Competitions Committees, to take office for the period 1st April 2008 through to 31st March 2009. The closing date for all completed ‘Club Officials Election Nomination’ forms to be returned to the…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ MARCH 2008 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 February,…read more

As announced on 31st January, Desert Springs is holding its fourth annual election for members to choose a Vice-Captain and two members for each of the Club’s Handicap and Competitions Committees, to take office for the period 1st April 2008 through to 31st March 2009.   All members have been sent a ‘Desert Springs Golf Club…read more

El Día de Andalucía (The Day of Andalusia) is a celebration held on the 28th February each year enjoyed by the community of Andalusia in order to commemorate the referendum that gave full autonomy to Andalusia in February 1980. To celebrate this historic event, Desert Springs Resort & Golf Club will host for the first…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ FEBRUARY 2008 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in December 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 January,…read more

Members of Desert Springs have been invited to enter a team in the XI Dia Del Interclub Tournament to be held at La Cala Golf Resort on Sunday 1st June 2008. Teams of 8 players will compete in an individual stableford tournament, with the 4 best scores counting towards the team total.  The event is…read more

If the game of golf wasn’t difficult enough, it is not surprising that the majority of golfers find the rules of golf difficult to get to know and even more difficult to understand! There are 34 rules, over 100 sections and over 200 explanatory decisions, probably giving golf the most complicated rules of any sport.…read more

Desert Springs Golf Professional Alfonso Castiñeira became the 2008 Champion of the ‘National Peugeot Loewe Tour’ Qualifying School last week in El Rompido, Huelva. Alfonso shot rounds of 72+78+73+67 (290), to beat Juan Andrés Vizcaya and Gorka Guillén by 2 strokes. Alfonso’s fourth round 67 (-5) was the best 18 hole score of the tournament…read more

From January 1st 2008 new rules come into force for all golfers regarding “driving clubs” – which means drivers in normal parlance.  These rules have already been operative since January 2005 for UK County and National events, and in the USA for all competitive golf. These are rules of the R&A, approved by the RFEG, and…read more

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ JANUARY 2008 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in November 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 December,…read more

Some of the top players from the Ladies European Tour (LET) will be at Desert Springs in the New Year for the ‘GOLF 4 ALL PRO-AM’ to be played on the championship Indiana Course between 7th- 8th January 2008. Desert Springs’ touring professionals and Solheim Cup players, Trish Johnson and Becky Brewerton will be joined…read more