Colourful new Spanish courtyard homes are in traditional beach style

  Las Casitas Beach Cottages, Playa Marqués This new ‘courtyard collection’ of 24 colourful two- and three-bedroom casitas, or beach cottages, in an unspoilt coastal region of Almeria in south east Spain, is a walk of less than one minute from El Playazo – the 7 km Great Sandy Beach at Playa Marques. Restaurants and…read more

Golf Course Maintenance

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ May 2009   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…read more

Golf Tournament

The Club Phase of the El Corte Inglés Golf Circuit that Desert Springs was selected to host duly took place on Saturday 11th April. On offer to the winner of the Men’s and Ladies section was that all important place in the Area Phase, scheduled to take place at Antequera Golf Club on 31st May,…read more

Sergio García Foundation

As previously announced, Desert Springs Golf Club has been selected as one of the 16 venues for the nationwide ‘2009 Sergio García Foundation Golf Circuit’. The tournament will be held on Saturday 20th June 2009. The tournament is an 18-Hole individual stableford competition, open to all competitors. The exact handicap limit is 24 for Men,…read more

Ryder Cup match

The Club has been asked to issue the following announcement by Desert Springs Golf Club Vice-Captain, Philip Lockyer. Dear Members, La Herrería Golf Club has contacted the Club to request a change of dates for the Ryder Cup Match between Desert Springs and La Herrería Golf Club to be played at La Herrería scheduled to…read more

Warm weather football training

Pictured during warm weather football training at Desert Springs are players from Norway’s second division Bryne Fotballklubb.   The warm weather football training facilities at Desert Springs in Spain are the talk of the footballing fraternity in Norway, it seems. The news follows a visit by Norway’s second division Bryne Fotballklubb to Europe’s only international…read more

Ryder Cup Event

It is with regret that we must inform you that the Madrid Clubs V’s Desert Springs Ryder Cup Match event scheduled for Sunday 2nd August 2009 has been cancelled. This is due to the Clubs’ of Madrid finding it difficult to get the commitment of their members to form a team. In the past few…read more

Green Fee Offers

Desert Springs has today introduced a ‘Sundown Green Fee’ for all reservations made after midday through to 31st May 2009. Director of Golf, Simon Coaker remarked: As announced in January, the published seasonal offers were designed to encourage use of the golf course during certain periods, when use is bound to be low, i.e., from…read more

Ryder Cup Matches

The Club has been asked to issue the following statement made by Philip Lockyer, a member of the Competitions Committee acting on its behalf, explaining the recent decision of that committee and the Club concerning Desert Springs entrants for future Ryder Cup competitions at Desert Springs. Dear Members, I am delighted to inform you that…read more

Golf Competitions

The committee has decided following feedback from members that for this year the Club Championship and Handicap Salver will be played as two separate competitions on the same days. This decision was reached in order to allow maximum participation from all members regardless of Handicap. The Club Championship will as usual be played from the…read more