Golf in Spain?

[huphtur]

I'm going on a little vacation to Alicante, Spain in April and was wondering if anybody had any experience playing in Spain? Do I need one of them "Golf Certificates" (this may sound weird, but in Holland, you need one)?

[Rafcin]

I'm thinking of making a beach/golf trip that direction this summer... haven't done much research yet though. I'm glad you'll be back to tell me all about it

[iacas]

I'm thinking of making a beach/golf trip that direction this summer... haven't done much research yet though. I'm glad you'll be back to tell me all about it

Right after your trip to Hawaii?

[Rafcin]

Right after your trip to Hawaii?

I wish. We're still debating - good excuse to waste some big money though - my 40th birthday and our 10th anniversary...

It's a toss up right now between Hawaii and a Spain/Scottland combo. St. Andrews of course... I'll let my wife decide, I'll be fine with any of these choices... break my arm

[iacas]

I wish. We're still debating - good excuse to waste some big money though - my 40th birthday and our 10th anniversary...

Screw Hawaii, dude, HOME OF GOLF. Your birthday. The end.

[Rafcin]

Screw Hawaii, dude, HOME OF GOLF. Your birthday. The end.

You're right of course... however... (shhh... don't thell her that!) I think I just MIGHT potentially enjoy St. Andrews more with 3 other golfers in my foursome... if you catch my drift.

[huphtur]

Olla amigos.

I'm back from my little vacation in Spain to visit my family etc. I only had time to play one round of golf at La Marquesa in San Fulgencio (near Alicante). It was a really cool course located in some sort of valley with a nice little breeze. They didn't ask for a "handicap card".

However the ground was incredible hard. I've never hit my driver so far, the ball just kept rolling and rolling. That's the good part, the bad part was that the greens were even harder and it was impossible to stop yur ball. No matter how high I lobbed my ball, I couldn't even dent the green. Even worse were the bunkers, half an inch of sand on top of a layer of "concrete".

And eventhough I'm European (Dutch) and grew up with the metric system, I learned to play golf in California. Right before I left, I finally figured out my club yardages, so it was rather hard trying to calculate which club to hit since everything on the course was in meters (I overshot a lot of holes).

But all bitching and complaining aside (that's a Dutch treat) I had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back.


Me on their range with the worst balls ever!

[GH2013]

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