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La Cala revaluates its
golf offer
La Cala Resort strengthens
its offer with the
continued improvement of
their golf equipment. The
Resort has embarked on
an ambitious program of updating and improving its golf offer,
which comprises three 18-hole golf courses and a driving range.
Their management team would like to endorse their prestigious
facilities. One of the key developments has been the expansion
of the fleet of buggies incorporating 25 new units.
Orizonte attracts Record
Golfers to Lisbon in 2016
The appeal of Lisbon as
a first-class destination
for stay-and-play breaks
is greater than ever to
European golfers with
ORIZONTE – Lisbon Golf reporting a rise in bookings of more
than 40 per cent for the first five months of 2016 compared
to the same period last year. Offering outstanding value and
choice on golf packages in and around the Portuguese capital,
ORIZONTE has quickly become a firm favourite with travelling
golfers, with total international sales increasing by 42 per cent
between January and May.
Marriott Golf Son Antem
Mallorca invests a E700k
to ensure quality of golf
courses
Currently a watertreatment plant is being
built and it will optimize
the quality of the irrigation
water, removing the organic matter and salts and improve
the pH levels. This improvement will have a direct impact
on the turf of all playing areas and it will result in a more
homogeneous, dense and sustainable surface. In addition, the
grass on 4 greens will be changed, new generation grass variety,
more suitable for our warm climate and with more resistant to
diseases, 3 lakes on the East course will be renovated during
July. A total area of more than 9.000 m2 will be waterproofed
which will reduce water consumption by eliminating leaks, as
well as improve the aesthetics of the course.
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Destination Golf .TRAVEL
Kids Play Free at
Oceânico Golf this
summer. Family-friendly
specials announced as
Oceânico World Kids Golf
countdown gets into full
swing. Free golf for juniors,
special green fee rates and
reduced prices on buggies and rental equipment headline this
year’s Summer Specials at Oceânico Golf in Portugal. They will
apply throughout Oceânico’s collection of eight courses on the
Algarve. Each paying adult will receive a complimentary green
fee for an accompanying junior this summer, applicable to
players up to 17 years of age. With the annual Oceânico World
Kids Golf Championship (25-29 July) now just five weeks away,
this is one more way in which Oceânico Golf is reaching out to
younger golfers
Golf industry veteran
Roddy Carr joins Nicklaus
Design as international
representative
Roddy Carr has
been named a
Senior International
Representative for
Nicklaus Design, the world’s leading golf course design firm.
Carr, the son of the late great amateur golfer Joe Carr, brings
30 years of experience in global golf and event management,
development, and tourism to make him ideally suited to work
with developers, resorts and golf clubs who want a Nicklaus
Design golf course as their centerpiece amenity. The connection
between the Nicklaus and Carr families extends 57 years to
when Jack Nicklaus met Joe Carr at Muirfield in Scotland, in the
Walker Cup.
FLC Group to build 20
new golf courses in
Vietnam
Publicly-listed Vietnam
company, FLC Group, has
announced plans to build
20 new golf courses in
Vietnam in the next five years. The Hanoi-based company – a
major developer of apartments, shopping centres, industrial
parks and resorts – already has USD1 billion of golf resort
development under way or completed at four locations on
Vietnam’s 3260-kilometre coastline. Its first integrated resort,
at Sam Son, 170km south-east of Hanoi, opened earlier this
year. The second, with a Nicklaus Design course that opened in
March and another designed by Schmidt-Curley under way, is
near Quy Nhon on the south central coast between Nha Trang
and Danang. The links-style courses are in dramatic oceanfront
settings that provide an extra dimension to golf in Asia and
create new golf tourism destinations for local and foreign
golfers.