Spain golf – International Day of Friendship

Vale do Lobo Ocean Golf Course. Day of Friendship

International Day of Friendship

Celebrate this day with your best friends at your favorite golf courses in Portugal & Spain and share a buggy with your buddy!
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Take that Junior to the fairways. Some golf courses are giving free green fees to junior when accompanied by an adult.

Palmares and Boavista Golf Courses

Amendoeira O’Connor and Salgados Golf Courses

Quinta do Lago North and San Lorenzo Golf Courses

Monte Rei, Quinta do Vale and Quinta da Ria Golf Courses

Vila Sol Golf Course

Take that Junior to the fairways. Some golf courses are giving free green fees to junior when accompanied by an adult.

Aroeira Pines Classic (ex Aroeira I) and Troia Golf Courses

Royal Obidos Golf Course

Penha Longa Golf Course

Take that Junior to the fairways. Montebelo Golfe is giving free green fees to junior when accompanied by an adult.

Palheiro Golf Course

Finca Cortesin, La Cala America, Los Naranjos and Rio Real Golf Courses

San Roque New Golf Course

Chaparral Golf Course

Mar Menor and Las Colinas Golf Courses

Alicante and Font del Llop Golf Courses

Take that Junior to the fairways. Some golf courses are giving free green fees to junior when accompanied by an adult.

Las Americas and Costa Adeje Golf Courses

Take that Junior to the fairways. Son Quint is giving free green fees to junior when accompanied by an adult.

Alcanada Golf Course

Son Antem Golf Course

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Portugal Golf – Summer Fever

Vilamoura Pinhal Golf Course. Summer Fever

Summer Fever

Fantastic Summer Offers to enjoy during your summer holiday.
  Don’t miss this opportunity to play your “bucket list” golf courses with special summer deals.
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Vilamoura Old Course & Vilamoura Pinhal

 

Salgados, Amendoeira Faldo & O'Connor Golf Courses

 

Alamos & Morgado Golf Courses

 

San Lorenzo, Laranjal & Quinta do Lago North

 

Quinta do Vale Golf Course

 

Vale do Lobo Royal & Ocean Golf Courses

 

Tee Times Prestige Tournament 2021

 

Nation Cup Golf Tournament 2021

 

 

Aroeira Pines & Challenge Golf Courses

 

Lisbon Sports Club

 

Praia del Rey & West Cliffs

 

Cabopino, Rio Real & Santana

 

Mar Menor & Alicante

 

Real Club de Golf El Prat

 

Barcelona 3 Golf Courses Golf Pass

 

Isla Canela, El Rompido North & South

 

Costa Blanca & Valencian Community are outraged by the closure of the golf courses and demand its controlled reopening

El Plantio Golf Course. Costa Blanca & Valencian Community are outraged by the closure of the golf courses and demand its controlled reopening

El Plantio Golf Course

Costa Blanca and Valencian Community

As implausible as it may seem, since last January 21, the citizens of the Valencian Community can meet in closed spaces such as shopping centres, go to the cinema, the theatre, get a tattoo, nails or go to the hairdresser, but sports facilities are closed, even those sports that are practised in natural spaces and outdoors, without any physical contact, without public, in very small groups and with distances of hundreds of meters between players, as is the case of the game of golf.

For those unfamiliar with the golf sport, we explain that the distance between players must necessarily exceed two meters to avoid being hit by a ball or golf club. The games cannot be of more than four players, each one playing his ball, being able to also practice alone or in pairs. This particular idiosyncrasy makes it especially safe, golf was one of the first sporting activities to be reopened throughout Europe after the first lockdowns, and the sport that has had the greatest growth in many countries as it has been unanimously recognized as the safest sports activities that can be practised in these times of pandemic.

So, how is it possible that its practice is not allowed in the Valencian Community? So far no one has been able to provide any objective reason, from the Association of Golf Courses of the Costa Blanca and the Valencian Community in total consensus and coordination with the Valencian Golf Federation, it has tried by all possible means to explain to the authorities of Valencia and, specifically, of the Department of Health. Several letters have been sent, officials have been spoken to, meetings have been requested, but all have been in vain.

The golf courses affected by these measures have been; La Finca, Villaitana, El Valle, Mar Menor, Alenda, Alicante, Las Colinas Golf & Country Club, Las Ramblas, Villamartin, El Saller GC Parador, El Plantio, La Sella, Excorpion and La Galiana.

The sector is fully aware of the seriousness of the situation we are experiencing, but it cannot be understood that such a safe and health-beneficial activity is prohibited. Golf has been declared a heart-healthy sport and its practice is very beneficial both physically and mentally, especially for the group of elderly players, undoubtedly the most numerous who practice this sport, who find in the practice of golf a healthy and safe exercise of which they are now being deprived with the consequent damages to their health. On all courses, some eighty-year-old players find golf one of the few physical activities that they can practice with the peace of mind of not being exposed to COVID-19.

Economically, this forced closure is creating a real disaster since a golf course works with a “living component” such as the grass, its fauna and flora, which must continue to be maintained, whether the activity is open or closed. Therefore, you have to continue assuming those expenses, even if it is closed and there is no income. The damages will be irreparable in the short and medium-term, also causing an increase in the immediate public spending followed by the closure and dismissal of hundreds of people. Let’s not forget that golf generates almost ten thousand jobs per year, just in the Valencian Community, almost seven hundred and fifty million euros of economic impact and half a million overnight stays in hotels.

The rest of the neighbouring and tourist Autonomous Communities have taken into account how healthy and safe it is to practice outdoor sports in small groups and without physical contact. In Catalonia, Castilla y León, Murcia, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, etc., the golf courses are open with other similar restrictions. Is there any special risk for practising outdoor sports in the Valencian Community that does not exist in the rest of Spain? What can be the objective sanitary criteria by which the practice of sports outdoors is not allowed, in small groups and without any physical contact, but if we can meet en masse in a shopping centre?

Nor can we forget the “tractor effect” that golf has been playing for the tourism and economy, pushing other tourism subsectors and generating wealth in the territory (seven out of eight euros generated by golf go to other subsectors). Similarly, it is necessary to underline the strategic nature that golf will represent for the recovery of tourism, precisely because of its ability to generate wealth and jobs in other economic subsectors.

For all the above, from the golf sector of the Valencian Community, an urgent reflection is requested regarding all sports activities that take place outdoors, in very small groups and without any physical contact. It is inexplicable that a practice that offers maximum security, that is so physically healthy and so necessary psychically and emotionally, is not allowed now more than ever.

We at Tee Times Golf Agency are certain that the pandemic situation will be overcome in the best way for everyone and very soon we will be able to return to our sport that we love so much.
Reopen as soon as possible we recommend the excellent and very competitive golf courses on Costa Blanca & Valencia; La Finca, Villaitana, El Valle, Mar Menor, Alenda, Alicante, Las Colinas Golf & Country Club, Las Ramblas, Villamartin, El Saller GC Parador, El Plantio, La Sella, Excorpion and La Galiana.

Source: golfindustria.es