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Keep your distance: golf courses in Spain reopen with coronavirus rules in place
AS Spain’s golf courses start reopening, players will have to stick to new protocols or risk disqualification. A whole...
GOLF: Spanish Championships postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus
THE Spanish Golf Federation (RFEG) has postponed the Spanish Championships due to fears of coronavirus.
GOLF: Britain’s Lee Westwood and Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn will return to Spain for the Andalucia Masters
RYDER cup stars, Thomas Bjorn and Lee Westwood have announced they will return to Valderrama.
Spain’s Jon Rahm misses chance to become world number one for the first time
JON Rahm has missed the chance to become world number one for the first time in his career.
Golf can help reduce the risk of early death
PLAYING golf once a month can reduce the risk of an early death, a study has announced.
GOLF: Spain’s Sergio Garcia pipped to Abu Dhabi Championship by England’s Lee Westwood
ENGLISHMAN Lee Westwood has won the Abu Dhabi Championship, with Sergio Garcia finishing in eighth place.
Andalucia DOUBLES prize money at Women’s Spanish Open 2020 featuring Azahara Muñoz and other golf stars
Local golfer Azahara Muñoz, 32, from San Pedro, is the top name on the poster for next season’s event
Guide to golf Marbella in 2019
This city in Spain's Costa del Sol is one of golf’s finest destinations in Europe. Marbella, with its amazing sceneries, warm weather, and ideal...
Which Costa del Sol golf course was voted number one in Spain and Portugal?
A record-breaking 600,000 Conde Nast Traveler readers worldwide submitted votes to the prestigious magazine.
Spain’s Jon Rahm defends Spanish Open title in Madrid and beats record of golf legend Seve Ballesteros
Rahm has now overtaken Open champion Shane Lowry to top the European Tour's Race to Dubai leaderboard, with seven events still left to play
Expat and Marbella resident returns to golf after two years maternity leave, dramatically wins the Solheim Cup with the...
Suzzan Pettersen had been away from the sport on maternity leave for two years. Many doubted that she should even be selected, having only played in two events prior to the competition.
Prince Andrew golfs at Spain’s most expensive course as he flees allegations surrounding paedo pal Jeffrey Epstein and ‘sex...
Buckingham Palace has defended Andrew as it said: “Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue”
Marbella mayor invites Barack Obama back to Costa del Sol to play golf
The invite to Obama comes amid a 30% increase of American tourists to Marbella during the last year
South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout claims Andalucia Masters title as Spain’s Garcia fails to bag back-to-back triple
Victory for 39-year-old Garcia, the tournament favourite, would have secured a consecutive trio of titles, after he won in 2017 and 2018
Spanish golfers Garcia and Rahm joined by wealth of British stars at Andalucia Masters on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A big crop of British talent is also among the 144 golfers teeing off on Spain’s most famous course for the €3 million prize
PORT OF CALL: These are the hottest holiday apartments in Estepona just in time for summer
OUTDOORS: The apartments with balconies allow holidaymakers to soak up the sun on the terrace ESTEPONA now has...
Leading European golf club cancels annual Spain break after member arrested for ‘drunkenly groping’ barmaid at 5-star Costa del...
According to a regular guest at the hotel, Habersatter was ‘drunk’ with his friends
British teen makes history in Spain’s Andalucia by being first girl to finish under par in prestigious tournament
PROUD: Holly celebrates with her mum and dad AN 18-year-old Brit shot herself into the record books as...
Homeless man who allegedly stabbed Spanish golfer to death previously told friend he ‘had urge to rape and kill...
A SPANISH golfer has been ‘stabbed to death by a homeless man’. Celia Barquin Arozamena, 22, was found dead in the pond of her university...
Estepona boasts two of the Costa del Golf’s founding courses, and a whole lot more
TWO of the genuine grandes dames of the Costa del Golf are found in Estepona. Both El Paraiso and Atalaya rank with the oldest courses...
Mallorcan golf course wins coveted award for 2018 for Europe’s top 100
Club de Golf Alcanada, already one of Spain’s most popular clubs, is now one of Europe’s most sort after courses, coming in 81st place.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia is named best golfer in Europe after phenomenal season
The 37-year-old has been named the Hilton European Tour Golfer of the Year for 2017, voted on by members of the golfing media.
Rafa Nadal stops in to visit Tiger Woods at Hero World Challenge in Bahamas
Woods came joint ninth scoring eight under par and beat the No.1 player in the world by eight strokes.
Spanish golfer Rafael Cabrera-Bello wins gold medal for global success at Rio Olympics
He was the highest ranked Spanish golfer at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro coming fifth with fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia just three places behind him.
Spain’s greatest golfer speaks out against continuing Cataluyna tensions
Sergio Garcia pleaded for people to come together following a recent rally in Barcelona that saw 750,000 protesters take to the streets demanding the release of the separatist leaders.
Britain’s Sam Horsfield dominated Tarragona green to claim his place in the European Tour
Horsfield scored 63 winning an impressive 27 under par with eight shots left to clear, to secure his European Tour card in style.
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BREAKING: England officially scraps quarantine for tourists returning from Spain, France and elsewhere
ENGLISH tourists will not have to quarantine after returning from Spain, it has been confirmed. Other countries included...
