Fore! in a row for Mallorcan course
Club de Golf Alcanada is celebrating after readers of an influential German golf magazine voted it the best golf course in Europe for the fourth year in a row. The Robert Trent Jones JR designed course is located on Mallorca’s Northern coastline and was voted best in Europe by readers in Golf Journal’s 2011 poll [...]
Son Gual soars up rankings
Mallorca’s number one golfing address. German investor Adam Pamer spent 30M EURO on Golf Son Gual. It opened in 2007. Golf Son Gual is now Mallorca’s number one tee-time and is quickly climbing the rankings into the elite of European golf. The latest Top-100 European Courses ranking from Golf World magazine shows that Son Gual [...]
In Harmony with Nature – Canyamel Golf
In an unspoilt northern coastal tip near the Mallorcan town of Capdepera, Pepe Gancedo created a golf course in perfect harmony with nature. “My first priority in designing Canyamel was to spoil Mallorca as little as possible,” said the renowned Spanish course designer. At Canyamel Golf, Gancedo has succeeded in his goal and has created [...]
Picture perfect golf at Capdepera
The North of Mallorca is blessed with some of the island’s best courses and Capdepera Golf is no exception – especially as it boasts a true postcard golf hole in the par three 15th. The creation of North American architect Dan Maples, it’s mature by Mallorcan standards having been designed in 1989 and opened two-years [...]
Tour test at Pula Golf
Pula golf in Mallorca’s North East hit the world golf stage when it first hosted the European Tour’s 2004 Turespana Mallorca Classic. Situated in the island’s north easterly Levante, near Son Servera and the bay of Cala Millor, Pula is a young course that has achieved great recognition in a short time. Built in 1995, [...]
Spirit of Independence: Vall D’or Golf
Vall d’or Golf stands alone as the only golf course on Mallorca’s south eastern coast and is more than worth the drive from the capital Palma where most of the island’s courses are situated. Close to the water sports hub of Portocolom, and near Cala D’or, Vall d’or enjoys a sublime setting in the tiny [...]
Arabella Golf: the aristocrats of Mallorcan golf
Nestled between the hills of Son Vida and the island capital Palma is Mallorca’s first golf course, Son Vida Golf – the flagship and patriarch of a trio of courses at the Arabella Golf Resort and Spa and Sheraton Hotel. Son Vida golf, Son Muntaner Golf and Son Quint golf combine to make the Arabella [...]
Links-style golf on a sunshine isle
They say in Scotland that the truest test of a links course is its proximity to the sea. In the northerly tip of Mallorca, close to the popular port of Alcudia, a new Robert Trent Jones Jnr course has been built on a spectacular beachfront. Club de Golf Alcanada opened in 2003, and while it [...]
Golf Son Antem Mallorca
Close to the south eastern town of Llucmajor, the Mallorca Marriot Son Antem Golf Resort and Spa is a good base for any Mallorcan golf break. This 36-hole golf resort boasts two Francisco Lopez Segales courses, the championship standard West course, and the East, more suited to beginners and intermediate golfers. If you’re hoping to [...]
Hills alive with the sound of golf
Many Mallorcan courses are situated on the south west coast near the cosmopolitan Palma and vibrant Magaluf, but Golf Son Termens is a golf course set in isolated tranquil surrounds – inland amongst the hills – yet only 20-mins from Palma. Son Termens is a golf course harmonized with its natural surroundings and appealing for [...]
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