Golf Course Spain - Costa del Sol

The Costa del Sol has over 30 golf courses so has also become known as The Costa del Golf in recent years. It owes this name to the number of golf courses between Málaga and Algeciras . Designers include such names as Gary Player, Seve Ballesteros, Folco Nardi, Jorge Rein, Luis Lopez Martines and Trent Jones. In 1997 Valderrama was host to the Ryder Cup. Golf enthusiasts will find a variety of courses in the area ranging from technical and demanding, with challenging lakes and bunkers, to the straightforward with wide easy fairways.
Nearest airports are Málaga and Gibraltar.

Golf Course Spain - Costa Tropical

The Costa Tropical is the coastal region of the province of Granada. This is the home of flamenco and is world famous for the beautiful Alhambra , the summer palace of the last Moorish Sultan in Spain. The Costa Tropical is a relatively small stretch of coast. Although there are not many golf courses actually in Costa Tropical, the surrounding areas provide a huge selection only a short drive away.
Designers of golf courses include such names as D Jose Maria Canizares, R Espinosa and E Mena and Ibergolf and Manual Pinero.
Nearest airports are M álaga and Grandada.

Golf Course Spain - Costa Almeria

Costa Almería is situated in the south eastern corner of Spain – east of Málaga and the Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical. The Tabernas Desert is situated in Costa Almería and boasts the first desert golf course in Europe. It has been built to the same specifications and standards of the desert courses of Arizona and California. The course provides a totally different aspect to golf from any other course in this part of Spain.
Famous designers of golf courses in this area include Rob Kirby, Gary Player, Jose Canales, Francisco Mendoza and Peter McEvoy.
Nearest airports are Almeria and Alicante

Golf Course Spain - Costa Calida

The Costa Cálida is situated in the south east of the Iberian peninsula. To the north lies the Costa Blanca and to the south lies Costa Almería.
La Manga is the most important tourist centre in the region and stretches between the Mar Menor (largest salt water lake in Europe) and the Mediterranean. It is an area the size of Monaco and features 3 golf courses. It is also home to Europe's finest tennis centre and has many other excellent sporting and recreational facilities.
Designers of golf courses include such names as Dave Thomas, Arnold Palmer, Robert Dean Putman and José Gancedo.
Nearest airports are Murcia and Alicante .

Golf Course Spain - Costa Blanca

The Costa Blanca or White Coast as it is known, stretches for 170 miles along Spain's Mediterranean east coast with its centre at Alicante. It runs from Valencia in the north to La Manga in the south.
A proliferation of new course developments means that, almost wherever you go in the Costa Blanca you are bound to come across a top-class golf course.
Designers of golf courses include such names as Seve Ballesteros, Ramon Espinosa, Angel Perez de Leza, Robert Trent Jones Jr and Javier Arana.
Nearest airport is Barcelona Airport .

Golf Course Spain - Costa de la Luz

The Costa de la Luz (Coast of light) is in the western part of the Andalucian coastline and faces out to the Atlantic. The sand is finer and a more golden colour than the neighbouring Costa del Sol. The beaches here are more expansive and usually backed by sand dunes and pine trees. This part of the coast has not seen the high rise development of other areas in Spain.
It was in this province that the first game of golf was played in Spain, by British mining engineers at the Rio Tinto mines. The makeshift course they built was moved several times until it was sited on what is now the nine-hole Corta Atalaya.
Famous Designers include Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus, Manuel Pinero, Alvaro Arana and Stirling and Martin.
Nearest airports are Jerez and Sevilla.