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Mell Pyatt
Father of the Volvo Masters
The Volvo Masters, the Grand Finale of the European Tour season, celebrated its twentieth anniversary from 1st to 4th November 2007 at Club de Golf Valderrama, in San Roque (Cádiz).
Many have witnessed and have lived the event from its very first staging in 1988, but not many people know the story of how the tournament was born. Its ?father? is the English golf professional Mel Pyatt, now President and Chief Executive Officer for Volvo Event Management, who, incidentally, will be retiring at the end of the year.
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Westwood
Triumphs at Andalucian Open
British golfer, Lee Westwood, won the Valle Romano Andalucian Open yesterday with a final tally of 20 strokes under-par. The victory was the 34 year-old Westwood's 17th win on the European circuit and his 27th overall, with wins in the United States, China, Japan, South Africa, and Australia. The victory keeps Westwood in the realm of Europe's premier golfers as well as moving him among the top 50 players in the world.
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The Valle Romano Open of Andalucia,
May 10-13 2007. Aloha Golf, Marbella
May 10th, 2007 marks the beginning of the inaugural Valle Romano Open of Andalucia. It is being played at beautiful Aloha Golf in Nueva Andalucia, just minutes outside of Marbella.
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Still Rolling
New Golf Courses
Coming to Andalucia
Figures released by the Real Federacion Española
de Golf reveal that in May 2003 there were 35,462 registered golfers
in the region of Andalusia. This figure…in no way justifies
the existence of 60 golf courses within this most golf-friendly
area of Spain.
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Golf School for Andalucian
Children
Attracting youngsters to golf away from the competition
of gameboys, playstations or other pastimes is a challenge CG La
Cañada is keen to accept. Club President, Pepe Gil, speaks
about the club's amazing achievements from humble beginnings.
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Slow Play:
Don't only blame the Players
It's the Policies, too… It has been my good
fortune and privilege in recent months to be involved in debate
over a wide range of subjects that get to the very heart of our
sport and, essentially, to its future well-being as it grows and
spreads.
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1st World Conference On Junior
Golf 2002
The crucial issue of how to attract future generations
to take up golf as a regular sporting activity was discussed by
300 representatives of 35 countries at the inaugural World Conference
of Junior Golf in Rome in April.
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Role Models in Golf Sponsorship
A review of the PGA of Europe's experience in working
together in Andalucia with the entities "Selected Hotels"
and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board.
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Passing Time With Manuel Piñero
Manuel Piñero recently joined the European
Seniors Tour. Maria Acacia Lopez Bachiller spoke to the ex-World
Champion golfer about his career thus far and his plans for the
future.
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Lauro 27 Golf - An oasis of
tranquility inland from Malaga
The chances are that most visitors to the Costa
del Golf will have played Lauro Golf, but the friendly club, situated
in Malaga's Guadalhorce valley, is definitely worth a return visit
since the course was extended to 27 holes in January 2003.
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Hotel Villa Padierna Opens
Its Doors
Flamingos Golf Club & Resort's first five-star
Grand Luxury hotel opened its doors April 1, 2003. Flamingos Golf
Club & Resort is situated in one of the most beautiful enclaves
of Marbella, also known as the 'New Golden Mile'
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Golf Etiquette for Costa Visitors
One of the major criticisms of golfing holidays
on the Costa del Sol over the past couple of seasons has been that
of five or six hour rounds. The guilty parties are often unaware
of the tailbacks they are causing by not being aware of simple golf
etiquette.
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The Course at Cabopino
"Many Happy Returns" is an appropriate
message for a terrific new course on the Costa del Sol that celebrates
its second birthday in April. In its two years of operation, over
80,000 rounds have been played - many of them by recidivist golfers
forced to return after becoming hooked at first site.
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Tales From Pedreña
Although the Parador course in Málaga, dating
from 1925, is the oldest course in mainland Spain, RCG Pedreña
near Santander is considered the cradle of Spanish golf. Inaugurated
three years after its Andalusian cousin, Pedreña has produced
more professional golfers than any other club in Spain - possibly
in Europe. Pedreña's most famous son is Seve Ballesteros,
but there are many others.
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A Vaccine Against 'Holidaygolfitis'
One of the major criticisms of golfing holidays
on the Costa del Sol over the past couple of seasons has been that
of five or six hour rounds. The guilty parties are often unaware
of the tailbacks they are causing by not being aware of simple golf
etiquette.
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Who is the finest Spanish
golf course architect?
Here's a discussion for you as you sip your whiskies
on the terrace of the 19th hole...Who is the finest Spanish golf
course architect ? Put your mind to it and you will find there
are
a few names to debate... Arana (El Saler, El Prat, Río Real,
Guadalmina) Gancedo (Torrequebrada, Montemayor, Las Ramblas) Espinosa
(Bonalba, CC Mediterraneo)- just for starters.
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'New Course' Research…and
all in the cause of duty!
When the PGA of Europe recently renewed its Corporate
Partnership agreements with both Atalaya Park Hotel and the Costa
del Sol Tourist Board, the process was completed with matching enthusiasm
by all concerned because of the natural way that our three operations
complement each other.
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"I'll just get a Strokesaver..."
Travelling golfers can be overheard repeating this
mantra on the way to the first tee of clubs the world over. From
Texas to Timbuktu Strokesaver has become the generic name for
course
distance guides due to its accuracy, reliability and presentation.
How did Strokesaver become market leader in a sector which, like
the courses it measures, just gets bigger and bigger? Colm Gill
investigates the story behind golf's number one distance guide.
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Another Golf Rush
The winning combination of golf and gastronomy,
balls and bars, tee-times and tapas is unmatched by any other golf
destination and has established the Costa del Golf as the premier
destination for holidaying golfers. Colm Gill considers the story
behind the great Costa del Sol golf rush.
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Tee, anyone?
Colm Gill recounts the origins of the humble golf
tee.
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Fits You Nicely, Sir!
by Colm Gill
In simple terms, a 'clubmaker' is one who assembles
a grip, shaft and golf club head resulting in a finished golf club.
However, a 'Professional Clubmaker' is a qualified golf equipment
professional specialising in matching your unique swing characteristics
with the correct selection of components and meticulously assembling
each and every club for the individual customer.
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Costa del Sol Extends
Its Golf Offer With The Inauguration Of New Courses.
By Colm Gill
The Costa del Sol has significantly extended its
golf offer with the opening of five new courses since spring 2001
as a result of continuing demand from northern European golfers.
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