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courses - Club de Golf Alcanada
Alcanada Adds The Finishing Touches
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Club de Golf Alcanada is “just a few
weeks away” from being at 100 per cent,
following its ambitious winter revamp.
club professionals from other Mallorcan
courses at a recent event.
An extensive €700,000 renovation
project took place over the winter
to replace all 18 greens, upgrade the
irrigation, renew all sand in the bunkers
and various other improvements. But director of golf, Kristoff Both,
believes there is further improvement
to be seen at the course – not because
of the quality of the new greens, but
because of the associated works which
will take just a little longer to settle.
The course reopened on March 1 and
the new greens have already earned
rave reviews, especially from visiting Both explained: “I guess some people
always expect the course to be
absolutely perfect and it’s probably at
about 90 per cent at the moment. It was
impossible to have everything at 100 per
cent on the first day and most people
understand it takes a couple of weeks
more until the other re-turfed areas
perfect.
“As well as the greens, we have also
renewed the entrances to the greens –
around five metres of new turf. It’s not
the ideal time to plant Bermuda grass
because it is dormant in the winter so it
looks a little yellow but then becomes