On Wednesday we’re teeing off at a respectable 12:00 (not like one other day where we have a 9:30am tee-time!). La Quinta is “one of the finest golf courses on the Costa del Sol, Spain” (says their site – hell, it gets better and better doesn’t [...]
Los Naranjos was voted “course of the year” in the Costa del Sol in 2005 and 2008, so they must be doing something right! It was opened back in 1977 and has been host to tons of competitions including the Spanish Open. On their web site they say that [...]
Gary Player must have been having a good day when they invited him to design this incredible course set in the peaceful El Paraiso valley. Majestic mountains form an incredible silhouette to the north, while the cool waters of the Med lap away to the south. It’s been around since 1973 and apparently [...]
For those of you who like to prepare in advance it looks to me as if Quinta do Lago have just relaunched their site in a slick cool iPhoney kind of way. It’s a beautiful site – I hope it helps you.
Our first day: http://quintadolagogolf.com/golf/south-course/
Viv had the difficult job of trying out the new Laranjal Course in Quinte do Lago this Friday. The ideas was to see if it was suitable for our summer Masters tournament.
After finishing up a solid 19 holes Viv gushed:
“It is quite fabulous [...]
Here’s a little schedule of which courses we are going to be playing…
Monday 9th: Quinta do Lago North (click Golf and then choose the North Course)
Tuesday 10th: Quinta do Lago South (click Golf and then choose the South Course)
Quinta do Lago North is a stone’s throw from the Pinus Ria hotel. As the official site describes it: “The terrain is superb and typical of the area, sandy and littered with umbrella pines trees. In the spring, the rough is covered with a blanket of wild [...]
Here are the four golf courses that we will play in June 2008 at the VivThomas.com Golf Masters.
Quinta North Quinta South Pinheiros Altos The Ocean Course
I will elaborate more on each one later on – unless you want to make a comment with some interesting info about each course? Have you ever played [...]
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