Parador Malaga
Strength and strategy are the keynotes to
successfully negotiating the oldest course on
the coast. Inaugurated by the Spanish Royal
Family in 1925 it was designed by Scottish
architect Tom Simpson, of Turnberry and Muirfield renown.
In 1992 the Royal Club de Campo hosted the inaugural
Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía won by Vijay Singh.
State owned and run in conjunction with the adjoining
Parador the club is part links, with natural lagoons formed
by sea water and part parkland where the holes form
avenues between stands of trees which are home to flocks
of colourful parakeets. Although the course is flat with wide
fairways the tre es make things more difficult. The 12th is a
good example of lurking danger with its stand of eucalyptus
to the right requiring a perfect drive to reach the green in two.
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