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The hottest course on Spain’s Costa del Sol is Real Club de Golf Las Brisas. This previously very exclusive course which did not accept outside play has opened its door to PerryGolf with a very special arrangement. In terms of quality and lineage it ranks with the best on the coast. Additionally, it is close to Marbella where most of the hotels are located. It has hosted the Nations Cup and many Spanish Open’s over the years and well worth adding to your schedule while in Spain.
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The recent edition of GOLF magazine with their 2009 rankings of their Top 100 golf courses around the world is always the subject for great debate and discussion amongst golfers. You may view entire list at;
http://search.golf.com/top-courses-and-resorts/top-100-world-courses-2009.html
One of the criticsms of the (ranking) lists are the relative inaccesibility of many of the courses, e.g. Pine Valley or Augusta National Golf Club. So with pen and paper in hand and my 25+ years of playing experience in the US and overseas I did a very simple analysis of course access of the two lists;
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There is the long standing comment about Britain and America being divided by a common language. Golf contributes it’s fair share to this confusion. Case in point, “Private” golf clubs.
In the British Isles “private” golf clubs imply they have a membership. In the U.S., a club that is designated as private probably restricts access to the course and facilities to members only. The British “private” does not, indeed most “private” courses in the British Isles welcome and are somewhat reliant on visitors for revenue.
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