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RORY WORLD NO. 1 AGAIN IN OWGR LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR – FINAL QUALIFYING Hi5 PRO TOUR – 2012 SCHEDULE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR – Q SCHOOL Seve – your legend will last forever. Changes to 2012 Ryder Cup Qualification A Load of Balls – I don’t think so! LONG STAY GOLF – LOSE THOSE WINTER BLUES! BOOK REVIEW: SEVE – IN HIS OWN WORDS JOIN THE RFEG!
 
RORY WORLD NO. 1 AGAIN IN OWGR

RORY WORLD NO. 1 AGAIN IN OWGR

Such are the vagaries of the OWGR – the Official World Golf Ranking system – that Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy has returned to the World Number One position once again – without having to hit a ball! The OWGR has many critics due to the rather complicated method it uses to arrive at a player’s [...]

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR – FINAL QUALIFYING

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR – FINAL QUALIFYING

We made it! Out of a total of over 230 entrants and exemptions, Celine finished in a tie for 7th place and has now earned her Full Card on the LET for 2012. Now all she needs is some healthy sponsorship to enable her to play in as many tournaments as she can to enable [...]

Hi5 PRO TOUR – 2012 SCHEDULE

Hi5 PRO TOUR – 2012 SCHEDULE

7 Tournaments €200,000 January 31st – March 12th 2012   The 2012 Hi5 Pro Tour winter series will feature 7 events for its annual winter series schedule and a total of €200,000 for young aspiring professionals and top amateurs. The tour will begin on January 31st with a Pairs Challenge event followed by the ever [...]

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR – Q SCHOOL

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR – Q SCHOOL

  We are currently in the thick of the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School at La Manga in SE Spain and I am delighted, once again, to be on the bag with France’s Celine Palomar. We had a good run last week at the first stage of qualifying and Celine made it through to the [...]

Seve – your legend will last forever.

Seve – your legend will last forever.

Severiano Ballesteros, arguably the greatest golfer ever, passed away at home in the early hours of Saturday morning, 7 May 2011, in his beloved Pedrena on the Cantabrian coast of northern Spain. Fighting the greatest battle he ever had to face for the last three years, not even the great ‘Seve’ could come back from [...]

Changes to 2012 Ryder Cup Qualification

Changes to 2012 Ryder Cup Qualification

Jose Maria Olazabal, the Captain of the European Team for the 2012 Ryder Cup, due to be held at Medinah Country Club in Chicago, has exercised his prerogative to amend the selection criteria for Europe’s attempt to retain the trophy once again. I feel that he has been quite cute in reversing the main criteria [...]

A Load of Balls – I don’t think so!

A Load of Balls – I don’t think so!

Fellow golfistas – the Spanish word for golfers – this article is not a joke but a serious piece on how your game could change radically with just a little bit of professional advice and some research on the internet into which is the preferred type of ball that best suits your game. Note that [...]

LONG STAY GOLF – LOSE THOSE WINTER BLUES!

LONG STAY GOLF – LOSE THOSE WINTER BLUES!

GOLF LINKS SPAIN were invited by KICK BACK NINE to stay as guests of the CS Hotel Group to view the golf and accommodation facilities on offer at their resorts in southern Portugal. KICK BACK NINE is a new company offering exceptional value in the market of long-stay golf breaks. This enables golfers to escape [...]

BOOK REVIEW: SEVE – IN HIS OWN WORDS

BOOK REVIEW: SEVE – IN HIS OWN WORDS

Editor’s Note: This article was written and published a few months ago and is reproduced again following his recent passing. I have just finished reading ‘SEVE’ – The Official Autobiography, in his own words. From the ‘Master’ who was probably the main inspiration for many of us in pursuing the ‘ludus ludorum’, we must first [...]

JOIN THE RFEG!

JOIN THE RFEG!

The Real Federación Española de Golf – RFEG – established in October 1932, is a non-profit making organisation with the role of organising and managing golf within Spain. Each autonomous region within Spain has its own Federación, responsible for the organisation of competitions and the administration, management and regulation of the sport in their region, [...]

BANESTO GOLF TOUR FINAL

BANESTO GOLF TOUR FINAL

16 November 2011

GOLF LINKS SPAIN attended the final leg of the Banesto Golf Tour held at the Villaitana Golf Resort just outside Benidorm on the Costa Blanca in SE Spain in the first week of November. The Banesto Golf Tour attracts lady professional golfers from all over Europe and began back in March at the Novo Sancti [...]

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EUROPEAN TOUR Q-SCHOOL AT LAS COLINAS

EUROPEAN TOUR Q-SCHOOL AT LAS COLINAS

31 October 2011

One of Europe’s most exciting new golf developments will host European Tour’s up and coming stars.   Las Colinas Golf and Country Club, one of Spain’s grandest leisure facilities is delighted to announce that it will be hosting the prestigious second stage of The European Tour’s Qualifying School. The development, heralded by many as one [...]

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FedEx Farce

FedEx Farce

06 September 2011

Is it just me or is it that the US PGA’s year-end finale is the most boring, over-rated, overpaid piece of golfing crap that only the American’s could have come up with? This is not to take anything away from a fine  and well-respected international company in FedEx, it’s just that I find the entire [...]

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VISIT WALES – GOLF AS IT SHOULD BE!

VISIT WALES – GOLF AS IT SHOULD BE!

18 August 2011

Golf Links Spain were invited by VISIT WALES and the Welsh Tourist Board to visit this wonderful Land of the Dragons and Song along with some of our fellow members of the European Golf and Travel Media Association. VISIT WALES uses the slogan – Golf as it should be – to promote the game there [...]

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DARREN CLARKE – OPEN CHAMPION 2011

DARREN CLARKE – OPEN CHAMPION 2011

17 July 2011

Unbeeleevable! Fred Daly – Open Champion in 1947; Graeme McDowell – US Open Champion in 2010; Rory McIlroy – US Open Champion 2011; DARREN CLARKE – OPEN CHAMPION IN 2011! As Rory has apparently Tweeted immediately following his win – Northern Ireland, Golfing Capital of the World! As a fellow Ulsterman I am so proud [...]

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THE 140TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY – DAY THREE

THE 140TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY – DAY THREE

16 July 2011

Well there is an Ulsterman at the top of the leaderboard of the 104th Open Championship, it just doesn’t happen to be the one we all wished for and expected. 42 year old Darren Clarke, who hails from Dungannon but who now lives close by the magnificent links of Royal Portrush, goes into the final [...]

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NEXT UP – MOVING DAY!

NEXT UP – MOVING DAY!

16 July 2011

Just back from the pub so a little bit the worse for wear! As it turned out, those at 4-over par didn’t make it so bye-bye Padraig and Lee and several others to boot! This leaves just 70 players all within seven shots of the lead vying for the coveted Claret Jug come Sunday. They [...]

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THE 140TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY – DAY TWO

THE 140TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY – DAY TWO

15 July 2011

As we begin our second day of coverage of this year’s Open Championship, pre-tournament favourite, Rory McIlroy has just commenced his round with a cracking shot into the first hole but it was fellow Ulsterman, Darren Clarke who stole the headlines with his morning round of a second 68 to finish on 4 under par [...]

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