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Spain is an ideal spot for golfers. The warm temperature, superb visibility, lack of wind and sun at any time of the year transform Spain in the perfect place to play golf. There are a wide range of quality courses throughout the country and you can easily travel from one region to another.

There are 250 golf courses in Spain. Although Costa del Sol - Malaga is currently the countries most popular golf holiday region, with more than 60 courses, many other regions boast equally as impressive facilities, not to mention the renowned La Manga club, consisting of 3 championship courses designed to accommodate all levels of ability.

Spain now has 200,000 officially registered golfers. The game has experienced exceptional growth over the past decade, becoming the third most popular sport after soccer and basketball – (i.e. on the basis of number of licensed players). In 1966, just 2,500 players were registered with the federation. This grew to 10,000 in 1974, 25,000 in 1983 and 50,000 in 1989, then a “boom” in the game doubled the figure to 100,000 within seven years (Alicante golfer Leandro Cerezo becoming the 100,000th “federado”) – and now to 200,000 (201.606 at January 31, to be exact: 200, 538 amateurs and 1,068 professionals). At the start of 2001, the number of registered golfers in Spain was 177,409.

Nevertheless, even taking into account the increase during 2001, Spain remained in 15th place in the international ranking of officially registered golfers at the end of the year. US led the way with more than 25 million and Japan was next with just over 20 million, followed a long way back by Canada (5.2 million), Australia (1.9 million) and the United Kingdom (1.2 million). Also above Spain - in Europe - were Sweden, Germany, France and Ireland.

In number of golf courses, Spain was 13th with 250. Again, the US led the way with nearly 17,000, followed by the United Kingdom and Japan (both over 2,000), and Canada and Australia (each with more than 1,000). Italy joined Germany, France, Sweden and Ireland with more courses than Spain.

Info about golf in Spain
Golf in Spain

Real Federación Española de Golf
Provisional Arroyo del Fresno Dos, 5
28035 Madrid
Phones: +34 91 555 26 82 / +34 91 376 91 30
Fax: 91 556 32 90
E-mail: rfeg@golfspain.com

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