As you can see the bunker on the left of the fairway on hole 14 of the summer Master (1 & 2) course is being filled in. It is the bunker that is close to the 13th tee on the same layout. In the winter the hole is Blue 1 and bunker is close to the Red 9 tee.

This is one of a number of simplifications of a lot of holes at Almerimar this summer. Ready for when the course will be busy again over the winter.

There are bunkers being filled in, trees being removed, new orange (shorter) ladies tees being created and some new bunkers being created close to a couple of water hazards. The new bunkers are there on the edges of a couple of greens (summer Master (1&2) holes 11 and 12) to stop wayward shots going in the water hazards.

My guess is that when all the work has been done there will be some new slope tables as the course difficulty will be re-assessed. Plus it is likely that the companies providing golf sat-navs will have to re-map the courses as well.

I lifted this photo from the Facebook page of the golf course. Here is a translation of the text that went with it:

"Congratulations to all the winners of the Diversso Distribución tournament and especially to our abonado Alan Sly who, at the age of 84, scored 44 points and was proclaimed the winner of the 2nd category. Thanks to the Diversso team for another great tournament."

Congrats Al.

For most of this week Almerimar is hosting a national Spanish ladies amateur competition. With 16 autonomous regions being represented.

The first couple of days was medal play. After that, the 16 teams of very talented lady golfers were split into a top 8 and a bottom 8. The top 8 are playing match play in a knock out event. The bottom 8 are also playing match play in a separate knock out event.

If you have a look at the photo above you can see that Andalucía are through to the semi final of the main competition. With a local player, Marina Escobar, taking part in the competition in the Andalucía team.

While the competition is taking place the locals are playing the Master 3 (Classic) course. Jacqui and I had a knock around yesterday. It was great fun watching the ladies playing holes 10, 11, 12 and 13 as we were walking to and from the Master 3 course.

If you want to see the photo in a bit more detail click on it and then click on it again.

Fingers crossed for Andalucía today.

The article here on the La Voz de Almería site has the details of this upcoming golf competition at Almerimar.

Just a quick note to say that the link for entry into the competition(s) in the article is not working at the moment (14:46 on 19 May 2022).

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

After over 14 years of organising golf competitions and other events in Almerimar the FGS committee members (Alan, Sharon, Jacqui and myself) have decided to retire.

The FGS email account, website and Facebook page have all now been closed.

The FGS bank account will be closed in the near future. With the remaining funds being donated to a charity supporting the people of Ukraine.

We (Alan, Sharon, Jacqui and myself) look forward to continuing the association with our golfing friends in the future, either on the course or socially.

The article here on the Andalucía Golf Federation website has a write up of the recent Spanish seniors professional golf competition at Almerimar.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

Thanks to Victor from the golf course for posting a link on Facebook. It is to the article here describing the upcoming Spanish Senior Professional golf competition that is taking place in Almerimar later this week.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

The article here on the La Voz de Almería site has details of the return of foreign golfers to the province.

The article has a focus on Alborán golf. Locally, it is clear that we are getting more people playing the Almerimar course again this winter.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

For reasons of personal safety of the committee and the golfers taking part, the Friday Golf Society (FGS) has not run any competitions in Almerimar for the last 18 months.

The FGS committee are pleased to announce that FGS regular Friday competitions will restart in just over 1 weeks time.  On Friday 1 October 2021. The first tee time is 12:40 on the Blue & White course.

Read More for details.

Welcome back to Friday golf with the Friday Golf Society.

Following a long break for reasons of personal safety the committee will be re-starting FGS regular Friday competitions in early October 2021.

Prior to that the committee are arranging a couple of FGS Friday knock-arounds in September 2021. In preparation for the restart of FGS Friday competitions in October.

The committee have booked a few tee times FOR A WEEK ON FRIDAY (3 SEPTEMBER 2021) from around 11:00. The golf will be followed by some drinks on the terrace of the club house.

If you would like to join the committee for a friendly round of golf on that day please get in touch with one of the committee members. Or contact us via the contact form on this site. Or comment on this post once it is posted to the Almerimar Today Facebook page.

The article here on the La Voz de Almería site has details of Marisa Parrón ambassador role at the Solheim Cup.

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I took this photo a few days ago. Then forgot to post it on here.

This went up on the noticeboard in the golf clubhouse recently. As you can see it is a list of official competitions for 2021.

There is an article about Alborán golf on the La Voz de Almería site today:

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/12/almeria/200849/el-campo-de-golf-de-el-toyo-se-hace-mas-sostenible

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

For a few reasons this article is a sign that things are progressing towards the "new normal" in Almerimar.

For me, there is still some nervousness about the risk of infection. For myself and also for many others.

A large part of the Almerimar community is elderly. Also, I would guess that a significant number of people here will need to continue to be shielded from infection to some extent.

I feel that this is the first of what I hope in the future will be more baby steps towards some form of normality.

Firstly, Golf Almerimar has provided an updated list of official golf competitions for the rest of the year. As you can see above.

Secondly, this is just about the first article on here I have written for a long time where the focus is not coronavirus.

Thirdly, I am not planning to write a daily coronavirus story on here today. I will continue to write them some days. If there is something I feel it is worth reporting on.

Jacqui spotted this list of 2020 golf events on Facebook yesterday. Note that you have to enter the seniors competition on Saturday 25 January online. Via the link on this page of competitions.

UPDATED 17 JANUARY 2020 - they have now announced which categories of players are playing at Almerimar and Playa Serena on 25 January. See below:

Playa Serena

- Ladies first category - exact handicap up to 20.4

- Men second category - exact handicap of 12.5 up to 18.4

- Super seniors (anyone aged 70 or over can choose to play in the Super Seniors competition (mixed - both men and ladies)

Almerimar

- Ladies second category -  exact handicap of 20.5 up to 36

- Mens first category - exact handicap up to 12.4

- Mens third category - exact handicap of 18.5 to 26.4

Congratulations to all the winners in the Spanish Seniors Professional golf competition at Almerimar. In particular Jesus Maria ARRUTI INCHAUSTI, the winner of the seniors competition with a score of -4 over 36 holes. Plus Jose Antonio SALGADO MARTINEZ, the winner of the super seniors competition with -2 over 36 holes.

Hopefully the weather will be more friendly next year. So we can see a full 54 hole competition.

This morning Jacqui and I popped down to the golf club to watch a little bit of the Spanish senior professional golf competition.

Looking at the weather forecast for the next few days it appears that the golfers might only get a single day of play instead of three. Fingers crossed for a late change in the weather.

It is that time of year again. Last Wednesday the White course was closed so they could paint the greens. Today the Red and Blue courses are closed.

The grass on the new greens goes dormant in the winter. So they paint the greens green to make them look a bit better.

Something that was announced in September of this year. However I have only recently found a link to the details.

Almerimar is to host the Spanish senior male professional golf competition for the next 3 years.

For those in Almerimar just before Christmas there may be the opportunity to spot a few well know older Spanish players on the course.

The article here on the PGA Spain website has more details. It also mentions a new golf course to be built near Sorbas.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

Something for the golf playing readers.

I spotted recently that the golf World Handicapping System website has been updated to say organisations are on track to implement the new system in 2020. You can see more details here.