How to play golf 24 hours a day … without artificial light

The summer solstice is approaching and golf lovers have in Finland an original proposal to enjoy their favorite sport, particularly in the north of the country, where the sun shines…

Those green shoots…

Eduardo García Palacios We all know that the golf business as a tourist industry has been given thirteen blows with the increase of the VAT in that percentage is something…

Andalucía Golf Challenge Circuit

Antonio Sánchez Marcos For the third consecutive year Andalucía Golf/España Golf is organizing a golf circuit to be played next summer at five of the best golf courses on the…

Only the world number one could beat Carlota Ciganda in Texas

Carlota Ciganda has been one step away from becoming the fourth Spanish player to win on the American Women's Tour (LPGA), but she came up against the world number one,…

Willie Anderson, the only one to win three U.S. Opens in a row

In the history of the U.S. Open, Willie Anderson (Scotland, 1876) is on a par with Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus. Anderson was the first to win four…

Emma Villacieros, winner of the National Sports Award

The Honorary President of the RFEG, Emma Villacieros, has been awarded the 2012 Francisco Fernández Ochoa National Sports Award in recognition of a "lifetime of dedication to sport". The awards,…

David Barrionuevo, the cycling odyssey of a golf teacher

He left his comfortable life in Madrid as a golf teacher and started pedaling towards an uncertain and very, very distant destination. He crossed nine countries and traveled for almost…

Golf tourism, a priority segment for Andalusia

It is common knowledge that golf is one of the main products of the destination, a strategic segment in which Andalusia is especially competitive in relation to other areas. The…

Peter Walton, president of IAGTO, advises on the promotion of Andalusian golf

"ANDALUSIA HAS TO DEVELOP A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR EACH ISSUING MARKET". If there is anyone who knows the global golf tourism industry in depth, it is undoubtedly Peter Walton, president…

José María Zamora, Tournament Director of the European Tour

"IT SEEMS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT THERE IS NO TOUR TOURNAMENT IN ANDALUSIA". He is one of only two Spanish tournament directors on the European Tour and also holds the…