La Cala America

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La Cala America

La Cala America

Ranked as 25th among the best golf courses in Southern Spain and 52nd in the top 100 golf courses in Southern Spain, La Cala America is one of the three golf courses situated in La Cala Resort and Golf Complex situated in the mystique valley of Mijas, at a 30-minutes drive from the Malaga Airport.

La Cala America is an 18-hole and 72 par golf course that could be rendered as the oldest golf course of the La Cala Resort. Although it was designed and constructed in tandem with its contemporary La Cala Asia, it took a little while more for La Cala America to be launched for the players and visitors.

Initially named as the North Course, La Cala America is also known as Campo America. The course is sprawled over the expanse of 6,009 metres, on a magnificent panorama that features the exquisite views of Sierra de Ojen as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

La Cala America golf course landscape features spiraled and undulating fairways, cavernous carries, and elevated tees. In addition to that, the course also features bunkers and hazards punctuated across the coarse and hilly landscape and contribute to the degree of intensity of the golf course.

Featuring swiftly graduated slopes of the golf course enhanced by the Pencross grass green and coupled with traps filled with marble chips as well as the strategically placed sand bunker – La Cala America is indeed the most difficult of all three golf courses of La Cala Golf Complex.

La Cala America golf course is perfect for a skillful and challenging game of golf and requires some immense precision and accuracy on the player’s part to make a swift and successful shot.

Holes 6, 9 and 18, par-5ths are particularly more challenging and the par-3 16th is a real treat to play. An emblem of the architectural brilliance of the designer Cabell B. Robinson, he takes pride in the complexity of the golf course and values it as one of its personal favorite works.

El Chaparral

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El Chaparral Golf Club

El Chaparral Golf Club

Doused in the soothing appeal of an exquisitely green wooden forest setting and sprawled over the expanse of over 6000 metres, El Chaparral is a sure-tell emblem of the artistic finesses Pepe Gancedo and is ranked as 45th among the 10 best golf courses in Spain.

El Chaparral Golf Club is situated right next to the beach and is environed on three sides by thick clusters of tall and magnificent pine trees. The Berkshire Red construct of the course enhances the allure of the environment by adding tinges of scarlet to the green panorama.

El Chaparral might not have much to offer in terms of length, however, it is the only golf course in the entire Costa del Sol region that offers 6 par-3’s, 6 par-4’s and 6 par-5 holes. The holes have been places, infusing a lot of variety in between that compensates for the short length and requires an additional precision, accuracy, and grip on part of the player to make a successful shot.

While you may find some as cake walks to score, the others will trap you into elevations, barrancas, bunkers and dramatic valleys that altogether take the challenging degree of El Chaparral to a whole new notch.

With bi-split 6 par-3, 2 short shots and 3 long iron shots, the course is ideal for a cautious and suspenseful game of golf. The 17th hole, in particular, has been designed by specialist curators and is one of the trickiest holes El Chaparral has to offer to golf enthusiasts.

Owned and run by Antonio Rubio and family, El Chaparral has been designed and maintained with full attention to detail. The playing fields of the course are regularly groomed and manicured by the skilled agronomists to ensure a smooth and unparalleled experience to the players as well as the spectators alike.

Alcaidesa Links

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Alcaidesa Links Golf Course

Alcaidesa Links Golf Course

Ranked as 35th in the Southern Spain and 71st among the top 100 golf course of Spain, Alcaidesa Links golf course is the older of the two golf courses situated in the Alcaidesa Golf Resort. The golf course was established 27 years back and underwent a tremendous renovation overhaul in 1999 to enhance its features and playability.

Unlike many of the golf courses in Spain that only feature grassy fairways, Alcaidesa Links is nestled in the middle of a valley that is environed by the altitude of Gibraltar and high heathlands on one side and the magnificent azure skyline of the Mediterranean on the other.

The heavenly panorama makes it a real treat for the golfers for a typical ye challenging game of golf. The layout and design of Alcaidesa Links golf course is such that demands a greater dab of precision and control on the player’s part.

Alcaidesa Links golf course as well the resort speaks for the architectural brilliance of Dave Thomas. Featuring 18 holes, par 72 the playing field of Alcaidesa Links has been designed on a strategic blueprint. The placement of the golf holes is such that associates uniqueness to each hole and adds a lot of depth and variety to the game.

Alcaidesa Links features wide and expansive that graduate through ascents and descents and are punctuated with dunes, bunkers, traps and alleyways. Some golf holes are situated on the wide open fairways and the others extend out in the alleyway. Holes 5 to 14 are punctuated along the coasts, where rushing sea breezes make an aerial hazard for the game. In addition to that, the river offshoots into its tributaries and bring about some intense water hazards to the game.

Alcaidesa Links Golf Resort also provides a magnificent practices facilities of 72 bays , half of them covered, allowing you to practice from grass. Driving range as 300mt in length and with magnificent views of the sea.In addition, the practice facilities also includes 2 approach zones and bunkers and an 18 hole putting green.

In short, the perfect place for perfecting your technique, for the professionals to give classes, or joining Alcaidesa golf academy where children’s are welcome.

Situated in the vicinity of the two golf courses, Alcaidesa Resort has a fine dine restaurant, a lounge, patios, a recreational club for kids as well as an interesting pro shop and provides a complete holiday experience to the sightseers and spectators.