Handicap Committee

The Handicap system introduced in May 2008 has now settled down and is generally accepted as a fairer method of managing handicaps for Spanish Federated Members, Non-Spanish Federated members and guests. The system we are using is as follows: 1) For those members who have both a Spanish license and another official handicap in a…read more

Golf Course Maintenance

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, we are pleased to be able to…read more

Officers Elections

Voting in the sixth annual election of the Desert Springs Golf Club to choose a Vice-captain and two members each for the Club’s Handicap and Competition Committees for the period 1st April 2010 through to 31st March 2011 closed at 18.00 hrs on the 31st March. Validation and counting of all votes received has been…read more

Discounted Green Fees

Following on from its introduction during 2009, Desert Springs has secured the continuation of the reciprocal agreement over green fees with the Golf Clubs of Almeria. Valid from today through to 31st December 2010, Members of Desert Springs Golf Club will benefit from the following discounted green fee rates: -Alboran Golf Club 35€, Mundo Aguilón…read more

Golf News

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 Maintenance

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

InVentaBrand Tournamnet

Desert Springs has been selected to host the ‘InVentaBrand Celebrity Golf Masters 2010’ between Friday 26th to Sunday 28th March 2010. The aim of the event is to raise funds for Caravan, the trading name of the National Grocers’ Benevolent Fund, which is the charity for the grocery industry. Caravan helps people all over the…read more

Golf Club Officials

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

100% Mortgages

“Today’s news could open the floodgates for property sales in 2010” Pent-up demand for property in Spain, stifled in the past year by the effects of the global recession but converted into sales since the start of the new year, thanks to a series of ‘buy now’ incentives, gets a further boost this month with…read more