Ignacio Apolinario, Santa Clara Golf Marbella manager

“Last year was the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of this course and I can assure you that during this time we have evolved quite a lot,” notes Santa Clara…

Carlos de Avilés, La Estancia Golf manager

Designed by Dutchman Alan Rijk and located on the Chiclana coast amidst the Sancti Petri pine forests, next to one of Cádiz province’s most attractive and tourist-orientated beaches, La Estancia…

Liam Greasley, Director of regions and members of the PGA

A force in world golf for over 100 years, the powerful PGA of Great Britain and Ireland has almost 8,000 members in 65 countries around the globe. These professional golfers…

Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, The doyen of Andalucian golf

If there is any one single person the Andalucian golf industry should be especially appreciative of – for his invaluable work in promoting the region on the international stage –…

Valderrama: Indisputable number one in Europe

Why is it that Valderrama has – for many years now – been rated the number one golf course in continental Europe, and still holds on to that coveted position?…

Benahavís, top level golf on the Costa del Sol

Bordering two of the Costa del Sol’s tourism heavyweights (Marbella and Estepona), Benahavís is a golf destination with its own character and many reasons for being included in a place…

Calle Carlsson, General Manager of Lumine Golf & Beach Resort

Lumine Golf & Beach Club general manager Calle Carlsson arrived at the resort two years ago through Troon Golf, a leading management company that operates in numerous countries and runs…

Ignacio Del Cuvillo, Real Club de Golf Guadalmina manager

It’s a demanding task, but he has broad enough shoulders to – in the nicest sense of the word – cope with the huge membership at one of the Costa…

Passion for golf, brothers Luis & Guillermo

Their start in golf was family orientated. The Navarros were members of Málaga club El Candado and it was there they caught a bug they were never to lose. Luis…

Juan Carlos Fernández-Rañada, General manager of Acosol

The huge amount of water involved in irrigating golf courses has long been a source of controversy in certain sectors of society, especially environmentalist organisations. In actual fact, however, the…