Course News & Blog

Finally, but that’s enough Finally, but that’s enough In the last newsletter we were praying for rain – two weeks ago I was praying for it to stop. Although the grass is loving it, too much too quickly causes damage and it unfortunately did.  Month upon month of recycled water takes its toll on the […]

Dear northern Europe, can we borrow some rain? I understand we all migrate to the southern lands for those clear blue skies and hot sunshine, but for the love of all things green, just a little rain please. Since it’s July now I guess I shouldn’t get my hopes up.  The golf course took a

Rome wasn’t built in a day However, what they did build stood for millennia. I’d like to think what we are doing here resembles that in a small way. The last few months of low season has given us the chance to take our focus off cutting grass and make some structural improvements which, to

Ho Ho Ho & Merry Christmas Wishing you warm festive greetings from us all here at La Resina Golf & Country Club. Thank you for all of your support during 2023. It was a rocky start to the year, but it did fix some long standing problems for the golf course. However, once we got

Do the rain dance The hottest summer since 2016 has been a challenge for every golf course on the Costa Del Sol. Keeping grass happy in 35º and above day after day with no rain was no easy feat and things were looking grim at the end of August. Fortunately at that moment we had

The smell of fresh cut grass The smell of fresh cut grass in the morning is something only golfers can understand. It excites our senses and like Pavlov’s dogs, it prepares our brains for an activity we all enjoy.  That smell has been sewage for the past few months, as many of our neighbors can

Let the games begin Finally we can officially say WE ARE OPEN. It’s not at 100% yet, I would be honest and give it 80%, but the work we’ve put in recovering the grass over the last year can be noticed. There is still a list as long as my arm of jobs to do,

Sewage Works Underway Finally, we are happy to report, the Hidralia works have commenced. Even better news is that they will not go through the middle of the new 1st teeing ground as originally planned. Diverting instead through the rough areas will mean less of an effect on the golf course, less repairs and sooner

Delayed Sewage Works Our sincere apologies, but we have to report that the sewage works, as of writing, is yet to be started. The date has been delayed twice for reasons out of our control, however it is looking imminent, hopefully as soon as next week.  Currently there is an overflow of sewage running down

Merry Christmas from La Resina On behalf of everyone here at La Resina Golf & Country Club, we would like to wish you a very merry Christmas and all the best for the new year. Thank you again for the support and patience during 2022, hopefully the year that will go down in history as