3rd hole - Rioja Alta GC
David gives us more information about the course and
speaks with great pride about his association with his
great departed friend, Seve Ballesteros. “I grew up in
Pedreña, the same village as Seve,” he tells us. “When I
was about ten years old, we used to practise together
at Real Golf de Pedreña.” Apparently many other
players have followed in Seve’s footsteps too, with
the little village of Pedreña reputed to have produced
more professional golfers per head of population that
anywhere else in Spain.
Izki Golf
A 35 kilometre scenic drive north of Logroño into the
mountainous Basque Country province of Álava, and
we arrive at the small town of Urturi, home to Izki Golf
designed by Seve Ballesteros. Nestled within the Izki
Nature Park, the lush fairways of this 1994 layout wind
their way through dense woodland, offering excellent
panoramas of the surrounding Álava Mountains along
the way. The course is especially scenic in autumn, when
the leaves of the mainly oak and beech trees that line
the