So how can Spain, with such a high caliber of golf courses a country selected as the venue for more important tournaments than any other, acknowledged by the Ryder Cup and accepted by European golfers as the Capital of European Golf, still be unfamiliar to American golfers? When the European Ryder Cup team emerged victorious under the captaincy of the great Seve Ballesteros, the world was convinced that Spanish golf in general and Valderrama in particular, were indeed, very special. In 1997 the controversial choice was made to have Southern Spain's now world renowned, Valderrama, as the host course. The Ryder Cup site selection committee was apparently equally as impressed when they selected Spain as the very first country outside of the USA and Britain to ever host this biennial battle between the best of Europe and the USA. In 2012 this amounts to almost 20% of all PGA events being held on European soil an impressive tribute to Spain and her golf. Boasting well over 300 golf courses, there is no shortage of world-class layouts to choose between, but more important than quantity, it's the consistent quality of these courses that really impresses every visitor and evidently none more so than The PGA's European Tour.įor years Spain has been selected by The European Tour to regularly host more of The Tour's tournaments each season than any other European country.
Make no mistake, Spain is the power-house of Continental European golf and ranks alongside Scotland and Ireland as one of the world's very small handful of truly great golf destinations. Or call Golf International at 1.212.447.5003 This is especially confounding when others with a particularly strong affiliation with the Royal & Ancient game, most notably the Scots and Irish (people with no shortage of excellent golf courses in their own back yards) rank Spanish golf as being among the best to be found anywhere.įor even more ideas on golf trips to Scotland, Ireland, British Open, Spain & Portugal, click here. For reasons that have been one of golf's great mysteries ever since Spain's very first golf course opened in 1891, the magnificence of Spanish golf has remained largely unfamiliar to many American golfers. Few other places can match the depth and breadth of all that Europe's third largest country offers every visitor, no matter what their interests might be - and that includes golf. Spain is without doubt, one of Europe's most enticing vacation destinations. For more information about this trip or any other of Golf International's destination trips. David Brice, CEO of Golf International, reviews destinations on PGATOUR.COM that can be experienced by purchasing a package with Golf international, a leading provider of high-end international golf travel.
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