Author: Hfallon

We are feeling lucky this morning that our request to change the 2pm tee time at Santa Clara GC was granted, and we were given the 8:20 slot instead.  Finally we get to see what playing in the morning is like in Costa Del Sol, but first we have to make sure we can get…

Today we play The Old Course at Atalaya GC., having played the New Course last week………remember the one with the sloping fairways where Sibylle got her new nickname “The Hillside Strangler” because of her ability to play the banked slopes beside the fairways where she typically wound up centre cut after fabulous rollouts. The Old…

A day off from golf today and we are turning tourista and heading to Gibraltar. THE ROCK. We don’t have any tour planned or anything, just going to wing it. There are operators who will pick you up at your hotel/condo in Estepona or Marbella and take you there, tour you around and drop you…

A scheduled day off golf was changed to a golfing day after the goats and I felt we could squeeze one more in.  News from Sheila in Morocco is that she is having a great time, and has decided to explore some more and not come back to Spain…….I think she is rockin’ the casbah……..hooked…

Some of these golf courses we play have names that you might think were named after famous Spaniards from the past, or even Spanish opera stars or the operas themselves.  Today we play Dona Julia, having already played Attalaya……La Reserva…….and will be playing Sotogrande, Santa Clara, and Santa Maria…….just something that crossed my mind.  …