SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 1

b The joys of playing golf on the beautiful island of Majorca. GOLFGOLFb Full coverage of today´s Bulletin golf SPECIAL Cup: Page 2 and 3. MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 2 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GOLF SPECIAL

MAJORCA DAILYBULLETIN GOLF CUP

Below: Last year´s event, which was a huge success and Top: the presentation of this year´s tournament. by Jason Moore

ELL, today is the day. The Bulletin gets into full swing this morning with our an- W nual golf tournament, which proved to be such a huge success last November. We are pleased to wel- come back First Mallorca, as the principal sponsor and Blevins Franks as one of the key backers of the event. A big thanks also to Jaguar/Quality Centre, El Corte In- gles, Ocean TV, Real Mallorca FC, Balearic Bulletin gets into full Helicopters, Oli de Mallorca, Macia Batle, Number 12 Solutions, Imperial Proper- ties, Mood, Son Amar, Mallorca Gold, Ticket and Laura for all their support. Not forgetting of course the Andratx golf club swing today at the and the Campino restaurant which will be providing all the food and drink for to- day’s event. The programme is as follow: ● 8.30a.m. Registration and collection of Camp de Mar course gift bag (which consists of a copy of the Ma- jorca Daily Bulletin golf special, a copy of First Mallorca’s excellent Passion maga- The Bulletinfirst decided to organise a golf zine, a bottle of oil courtesy of Oli de Mal- tournament to underline the importance lorca, a bottle of wine and sea-salt courtesy of the sport to Majorca and especially dur- of Macia Batle and a Bulletin golf cap.

● 9a.m. Breakfast is served at the Campino restaurant for all players.

● 12p.m. Helicopter from Balearic helicop- ters will touch down close to the half way house bar. The two overall winners of the event will receive a free 30 minute flight around the island.

● Between 2p.m. and 3p.m. Golfers return and lunch is served at the Campino restau- rant.

● At about 4p.m. The prize giving cere- The contents of the gift bag which all mony will be taking place and tombola. players will receive this morning just ing the low season months. Majorca has after registration. Right: some of the some excellent golf facilities which can be ● 4.45p.m. Toast to the winners. tombola prizes. enjoyed by all. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 3

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Top (L): A free Majorca flight for the winners.

Above: Some of the tombola prizes which can be won today.

GOLFCUP LIST OF PRIZES

● Golf prizes. ● The top prize for the overall winners of the golf tournament are two Majorcan food hampers courtesy of El Corte In- gles, a flight around the island courtesy of Balearic helicopters. Other lesser prizes have all been donated by our friends at Laura Ashley and El Corte Ingles. ● Tombola. ● The top tombola prizes include a Bose surround music system courtesy of Ocean TV, Pop art paintings cour- Jaguar Landrover will be send- tesy of Number 12 Solu- ing some of their latest models tions, and lots more. to the course today. MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 4 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GOLF SPECIAL

INTERVIEW “Golf tourism is of major importance to the island”

b “Whatever you are looking for,you will be able to find it on Majorca.”

irst Mallorca, the lead- “Majorca is a micro-cosmos. The ing local real estate keyliesinaconsolidatedsocietywith company is once again the necessary understanding be- F the principal sponsor of tweenallnationsenjoyingthispara- the Majorca Daily Bulletin golf dise. Tourism is of paramount im- competition. Heidi Stadler, portance for the island, so is real es- Chief Executive of the company tatebutthefactofthematteristofeel tells Bulletin editor Jason Moore and continue to feel welcome. We about their recipe for success. should never forget to be a good host.” 1. Jason Moore: First Mallorca, is one of the most successful 5. Do you think that Majorca is companies on the island. What one of the most desired places is your recipe for success? on earth? Heidi Stadler: “Passion is the best “I travelled for 11 years before set- ingredient for success! We all have tlingdownontheisland.FormeMa- not only a right but also a responsi- jorca is special.The world has many bilitytobehappyinourlife.Ourpro- magic places. Majorca certainly has fession is part of it. I love what I am many ingredients of this magic and doing and Robert Maunder who attractsthereforemanypeopleofdif- owns the company with me always ferent walks of life. Desire is a strong sharedthesamepassionwithme/us. feeling and comes from a wish. This was and is the motto of First When you are ready for paradise, Mallorca.” you will find it.”

2. Do you think golf, and Ma- 6. How is the real estate market jorca’s golf courses have helped at the moment? Majorca over the years? “It seems the whole world wants a “Clearly golf tourism is of major piece of paradise . So many nation- importance to the island. The golf alitiesarereadytoinvestinMajorca courses have created an additional andconcludetransactions,bringing qualityoflifeforforeignersandlocal prices partly to a higher level than inhabitants alike. It is a superbly beforetheleanyearsafterthedemise Heidi Stadler, the CEO of First Mallorca. healthy and positive addition to the of Lehman Brothers. Only positive island.” news from us.” “It seems the whole world wants a piece factors.Anyone who really wants to discover Majorca knows of course, 3. How would you define Ma- 7. Do you think that the major- of paradise. So many nationalities are that there is so much more to it! jorca? ity of people who buy a home ready to invest in Majorca and conclude Palmaisthebestexampleforthenew “Majorca is a heaven. Majorca is on the island are looking for quality of life with so many fantas- becoming a brand, and for me, sun and beach? transactions...” ticnewboutiquehotelsopennow.Be stands for beauty of life. Majorca is “Tourists are to be guided to open- “Passion is the best ingredient for it be walking, climbing, cycling or an inspiration and an opportunity uptomorethansunandbeachasthe success!” simply sitting in the sun in winter to enjoy life fully. Whatever you are majority seems to only look for these and philosophy - Majorca is the per- looking for, you will be able to find fect setting for a soul to relax.” it. In my personal life Majorca is good energy, light and a sun rise full 8. And on a final note, would of opportunities every day ...” you like to learn to play golf? “I would be fully in the hands of a 4. Majorca is continuing to patient, humorous and caring Pro! evolve, how do you see Majorca If I get the right CV, I start immedi- in 20 years time? ately jajaja...” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 5 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 6 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GOLF SPECIAL

GOLF TOURISM Putting a value on GOLF TOURISM

BY ANDREW EDE tion, but if this figure is tween 2008 and 2013, the ists rose, and they were Chamber of Commerce land and Ireland, neither he number of golf taken at face value, it indi- number of cyclists is said spending more than regu- published one of the most of which is exactly blessed tourists coming cates a significant increase to have increased by a stag- lar tourists. The 2014 offi- important and most in- with convenient or abun- to the Balearics in in golf tourism: a figure for gering 75%. cial figure for this was depth pieces of tourism re- dant air connections in the T the course of a 2008 put the number at Like cycling, therefore, slightly more than 215 search ever conducted. In- low months. The same year is put at around 115,000. It would, though, golf tourism appeared to million euros. Or put an- cluded in this research was might be said of Sweden, 190,000. Statistics can be be in line with the growth be unaffected by economic other way, it represented a a breakdown of every con- where there are over half a open to some interpreta- in cycling tourism. Be- crisis. The number of tour- spend of over 230 euros ceivable tourism niche, million golfers. more per stay than regular and for some of these Given the number of tourists. Moreover, the niches there was an golfers and the fact that a length of stay had also evaluation of how tourists golf tourist is said to make gone up - the average spend their money. In the four trips a year, the scope number of days had almost case of golf, the highest to develop the market into doubled. spend was not on golf a genuinely all-year tour- The value of golf tourism courses - they ranked ism activity would seem to is unquestionable, though third. Accommodation exist, but only if there are it needs placing in some represented 30% and res- the air routes. Majorca context. Spread principally taurants 19%. Shopping struggles to compete with over the months of Sep- was fourth with 13%. High the Costa del Sol in this re- tember to November and spending power therefore gard. The challenge exists then February to May has benefits for sectors as ever for airlines, tour (similar also to cycling), it other than golf alone. operators and government equates to roughly 1.5% of Since that research was to come together and de- annual tourism numbers put together, there has velop a coherent and effec- to the Balearics. Neverthe- been one very notable de- tive strategy for a niche less, it forms a significant velopment in Majorca - that is of major value to niche which, when added the upgrading of the hotel tourism. to other niche segments of stock. The Chamber of This coherence needs to the tourism market, assists Commerce observed that take account of how golf in making ever more in- the golf tourist going to can combine with other roads into the islands’ any destination in Spain niches. Gastronomy, shop- tourism seasonality. The will, in more than 70% of ping, culture are just three. further growth of golf, and cases, opt for hotel accom- There is also business tour- so therefore its promotion, modation that is four-star ism, and with Palma’s should remain high on the superior or five-star. At the Palacio de Congresos con- regional government’s time of the research, Ma- vention centre finally agenda. jorca didn’t have a high ra- about to become a reality, There are other rea- tio of hotels on these rat- here is further potential sons why golf should ings. It now has far more, good news for Majorca’s be treated with so the accommodation in- golf and economy. some priority. In frastructure has become The future looks bright 2010, the Ma- more suitable for the ex- for golf. Majorca very jorca pansion of the golf tourism much fits the mould of

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GOLF COURSES IN MAJORCA

Golf in Majorca by John Little Comes of age With some of the courses now ranked amongst the best in Europe, for the dedicated golfer,Majorca is a must visit destination.

ovember 14 the world. An accolade not 2016 - not a sig- to be underestimated. nificant date Majorca, with it’s N for many. How- twenty two golf courses, ever, for the world of golf punches way above it’s and more specifically, golf weight as a golfing in Majorca, the date marks destination, but the opening of the Inter- it’s not just the national Golf Travel Mar- quantity and ket(IGTM).Onceayear variation the the world of golf travel island has to of- comes together to meet in fer, it’s also the a location associated with quality. With some golfing excellence. of the courses now ranked This year it’s Majorca’s amongst the best in turn to host the global Europe, for the dedicated gathering of movers and golfer, Majorca is a must shakers that drive one of visit destination. It all the most lucrative sports started way back in 1964, and leisure industries in when Prince Rainier of

Monaco hit the opening pointed. John Little, direc- tee shot at Son Vida and tor of Mallorca Golf Holi- Majorca joined the world days, the islands’ oldest es- of golf. From those early tablished golf travel agency, beginnings the island has confirms a bumper year. gone from strength to Established in 1999, pri- strength, expanding and marily to deal with the UK adapting to cater for an Brand new and modern villa with sea viewsi ever growing appetite The 2016 from the followers of the summer Son Vida - Palma small white ball. How Ref. 92732 many hundreds of thou- season has sands, no millions, now broken all Bedrooms: 5 · Bathrooms: 5 · Living Area: 755 m² totally disagree with Mark records for Plot area: 2,700 m² · Price 3,500,000 € Twain? His infamous in- sinuation that golf was no tourism and more than ‘a good walk spoiled’, couldn’t be fur- golf has ther from the truth for played its part. the many enthusiastic golfers that chose to come and Irish markets, his com- to Majorca every year. pany has seen extensive The 2016 summer season growth from other north- has broken all records for ern European countries. tourism and golf has John comments; ‘Whilst played its part, with many our traditional client base courses close to capacity. remains incredibly impor- Yet with the variety and tant to us, we now welcome variation, few are disap- clients from Germany, Swe- pointed and the perfect den, Denmark, Norway and golfing experience is in- pretty well every other variably delivered with European country.’ most vowing to return. As With global interest in events in other fringes of golf being at an all time the Mediterranean have Pula Golf high, the significance of contrived to effect visitor hosting the International numbers to those coun- Golf Pollença Golf Travel Market in Ma- tries, many golfers have jorca is put firmly in per- Cami de Son Rapinya, 40 07013 Palma de Mallorca chosen to explore Majorca *Executive Pitch & Putt spective. As far as golf is Tel. 971 790 701 as an alternative and they concerned, Majorca has haven’t been disap- *Pitch & Putt Santa Ponsa trulycomeofage. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 9 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 10 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GOLF SPECIAL

GOLF FASHION Golf fashion - BELOW PAR b Common sense started to prevail, thank goodness, in the 1930s when trousers descended from the knee (or four below) to the ankle. Yep, flannel trousers that could take you comfortably from the office to the .

bockers made to match… woollen stock- ings of a fairly heavy weight… in many colours and patterns” followed by “a by Sarah soft shirt is, of course, an essen- tial for comfortable golfing, Drane and flannel will be found to be a very desirable material” topped off with “a cap of Shetland homespun, a soft hat which will stay on the ’ve been wracking my brains and head well”. Quite. Good ad- gorging on recent Olympic coverage vice Vanity Fair.Ifyou to try and identify a sport with were very affluent you I worse fashion sense than golf. De- added four inches to your spite finding Tom Daley’s micro trunks knickerbockers to make borderline indecent and coming out in ‘plus fours’. hives when I see a man of a certain age Common sense started to poured into skin-tight lycra on a bicycle prevail, thank goodness, in (not to mention *that* Columbia the 1930s when trousers descended women’s cycling team uniform in 2014 – from the knee (or four below) to the an- Google it) I cannot think of anything as kle. Yep, flannel trousers that could take offensive to the discerning eye as golf at- you comfortably from the office to the tire. What is it about ‘hitting a very small golf course. The neckties, more often ball into an even smaller hole with weap- ons singularly ill-designed for the pur- pose’ that sinks any sartorial sense? Right now, the First of all, we can blame . Al- professional circuit has though the Dutch like to claim they in- vented golf in the 13th century, modern its fair share of golf played across 18 holes was most trendsetters who are likely conceived in Scotland in the 15th century with ‘the home of golf’, St An- almost as well known drews in Fife, founded in 1552. North of for their outfits as they the border is hardly known for its balmy are for their grasp of climate so in order to take the harsh North Sea winds head on, golfers had to the game. fortify themselves with knickerbockers, jackets and caps fashioned from heavy tweed, completing the look with starched than not, got ditched. shirts, neckties and good solid shoes. And then we entered the fashion era of The golf boom came proper in the late more recent memory – short-sleeve 19th century. Thanks to Victoria and Al- shirts, sleeveless v-neck pullovers (AKA bert building their Highlands Balmoral re- tank tops), comfy slacks, spikes. Imagine treat in 1850, enthusiasm for all things circa 2005 in the kind of Scottish reached a crescendo and by the roomy pleated trousers your Dad would 1860s fast frequent train services be- wear. Ok, you can stop imagining it now. tween London and Edinburgh became Right now, the professional circuit has 27-year-old the norm. Mass-produced natural latex its fair share of trendsetters who are al- American golfer golf balls replaced feather-filled leather most as well known for their outfits as Rickie Fowler in and, having taken Scotland by storm, the they are for their grasp of the game. his top to toe or- sport gradually filtered south. 40-year-old Arsenal fan ange. had 12 courses by 1880, 50 by 1887, over leads the pack. He’s never been back- 1,000 by 1914, and, skipping across the wards in coming forwards sporting Pond, America had over 1,100 golf clubs pillar-box-red striped hair at the Irish by 1932. What were the golfers all wear- Open in 2003, highly subtle Geri- ing now? esque Union Jack trousers followed A 1918 article from Vanity Fair magazine by a Payne Stewart floppy- gives us this insight: “brown linen single- hat-plus-four tribute at the breasted jacket with waistcoat… knicker- British Open in 2004, and SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 11

GOLF FASHION

about the accompanying socks. Some “For me, Tiger Woods does golf clubs require long socks so that the fashion well. Remember when only bare bit of flesh left is a knee Tiger Woods, among others, cap, others only allow short socks used to play tour events in a when they are white while, for the roll-neck shirt? Well what Tiger rest, anything goes. I have always wears, sells, so you could buy found shorts the most attrac- these shirts in pro shops mar- tive attire for guys on the keted as ‘golf attire’. The only course and would suggest trouble was lots of golf they go for Burberry Argyle clubs wouldn’t actually let socks every time - in every you wear them out on colour way too.” the course. #Awkward.” “If trousers are more your “If in doubt go for a thing, a variation on the Ralph Lauren polo shirt chino is the most acceptable. and chinos or cargo trou- Cargo trousers with bulky sers - that will get you on outside pockets are also bang any course anywhere, on trend. Denim is a definite and you’ll look cool.” St Andrews, the oldest and most iconic golf course. no-no.” “For the ladies try the ul- “Shoes can be an issue. Train- timate go-to website ers used to be ‘out’ as it has to www.swingoutsister- top-to-toe pastel pink in Graeme McDowell who loves a vintage be golf shoes at most courses. golf.com for the best selec- the 2010 Match Play button-down collar or a splash of polka They still are ‘out’ but merci- tion in hats, head bands, Championships in Ari- dots. However you’d be pushed to call any fully the modern golf shoe jackets, short skirts and leg- zona – he certainly was of it ‘fashionable’ and they’re certainly often looks so much like a gings. Calvin Klein can kit in the pink, he won it. Un- looks that will never translate to the high pair of trainers it is hard to you out perfectly too. Take surprisingly Ian owns a suc- street – unless you have extreme (mis- work out what people are my advice and keep it cessful golf clothing label – IJP placed) confidence, like Donald Trump wearing. Just don’t display tight and sexy. That way Design – tartan trousers feature for example. your Nike tick. Spikes are we put off all the guys aplenty. So what *should* you be wearing on the another matter. Many while we score the hole in Other style ‘icons’ include 27-year-old golf course to satisfy the fashion police? courses require plastic one…” American golfer Rickie Fowler (he has a Blogger of impeccable taste, Amanda cleats these days rather penchant for top-to-toe luminous or- O’Riordan from ‘Amanda Zips it Up’, has than metal spikes so as ange), 25-year-old Japanese golfer Ryo this to say: not to leave nasty i Ishikawa who doesn’t shy away from flo- “Shorts, and short skirts, on the golf marks on the green For more information at ral, Hawaiian (or even flamingo) print and course are a tricky subject. Most clubs pre- – they’re not a great visit www.www.amandazipsi- 37-year-old Northern Ireland golfer fer tailored and longer length but it’s all look.” tup.com MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 12 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GOLF SPECIAL

THE HISTORY OF GOLF

by As for the well, that remains. The fac- tory has long since closed, but it too re- Andrew mains, occupying a corner of Alcudia’s Ede market area. The well, though, has been From a well accorded a certain status in the town’s history, which speaks of it having a well- deserved place in the economic develop- ment of Alcudia and of Majorca. How here is a well in Alcudia which, much greater or swifter that develop- in August 1707, was covered ment might have been is purely hypo- in Alcudia over by the order of what then thetical. The golf course and resort pro- T constituted a town hall. The lo- ject were killed off by war. It wasn’t until cal authority was concerned about the the 1960s that the plan for the resort, number of stones that children were minus the golf course, was revived. throwing into it and possibly also by how The importance of the well and there- to Prince many children might have disappeared fore the provision of water cannot be un- into it. derestimated. An indication of this was A well from over three hundred years the fact that the Alcudia course wasn’t ago might seem like a peculiar starting- strictly speaking the first. Mas i Reus and point for considering Majorca’s golfing Ensenyat were both heavily involved heritage, but it was to prove to be crucial with the Majorca Tourist Board. Mas i Rainier in the creation of the island’s first golf Reus, though known more as an engi- course. The well came to eventually be neer, had joined its governing board as a sited within Alcudia’s electricity plant in spokesperson for the association of ho- the early years of the last century. The teliers in the mid-1920s. Both he and water was used to drive that plant, and Ensenyat would almost certainly have the owner of the electricity distribution attended a function at the Hotel For- network in the town was a gentleman by mentor in 1930, which was specifically the name of Pere Mas i Reus. for members of the tourist board. They In 1933, Mas i Reus and Jaume Ensen- would probably have observed that the yat acquired 198 hectares (around 490 hotel had a golf course. acres) of land. It was sold to them by Joa- quim Gual de Torrella, who himself had obtained the land from the bankrupt The hotel was called the New Majorca Land Company, estab- Hotel Golf. It is now the lished by the British engineer Frederick adults-only Vanity Golf, Bateman for the purposes of draining and cultivating the Albufera wetland. thehomealsotoTeam Mas i Reus, Ensenyat and Gual de Tor- Sky when they train in rella’s son, Mariano, were involved with an ambitious project. They planned to Majorca in the winter. create a resort. Some one hundred plots The golf course was were to be sold, a hotel was built and, central to the whole project, a golf officially opened in course was created. Which was where February 1934. the well came into the story. Its water was needed for the course and for the properties that were to be built on the Little is known about this course and it plots. The well was, by then, no longer seems that it was never actually used. inside an electricity plant. The building And the reason why not was that there had become a textile factory - Tapices wasn’t sufficient provision for water to Vidal - and Mas i Reus paid the factory maintain it. A subsequent plan for the two centimos of a peseta per cubic metre Formentor course never got off the for general use of the water and seven ground. The year was 1936. centimos for watering purposes. In addi- The Civil War and then the world war tion, he had to install a pipeline for the put everything on hold, including an- water to be supplied from the old town other plan for a resort with a golf course. to the site. Habitat Golf Santa Ponsa was founded in The hotel was called the Hotel Golf. It 1932, the garden city design of the whole is now the adults-only Vanity Golf, the resort having principally been the work home also to Team Sky when they train of two Germans - a building ty- in Majorca in the winter. The golf course coon Heinrich Mendelssohn and archi- was officially opened in February 1934. tect Max Säume. Ensenyat, in addition to believing that It wasn’t to be until 1964 that a golf tourists could be attracted, felt that the course - a sustainable one - was inaugu- course would be of value to the British rated. The concept for the Son Vida (and American) residents in neighbour- course, originally just nine holes, was ing Pollensa. Some members of this for- mainly that of one of the partners in the eign community were invited to the hotel, the American Steve Kusak. An- opening. other of the partners, Jose Luis Ferrer of Majorca’s golf What they witnessed and what they Binissalem wine fame, was said by his played was rudimentary. The course had daughter to have had no idea about golf nine holes, all of them on totally flat or golf courses. Once he had visited land. The greens were indistinguishable courses in Monaco and Zurich, his en- from the fairways, which were marked thusiasm for the development of the 1934 to 1964 out with stones and shells. How success- course was kindled. It was Prince Rainier ful (or not) the course was to prove to be, of Monaco who teed off for the first its life was short. The Civil War came, time. Majorca’s golf was finally, and after and the course was taken over and used the stuttering attempts before the war, Prince Rainer of Monaco teeing off on the Son Vida golf course in 1964. as a landing-strip. on course. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 13

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PLAYING GOLF THE PERFECT ROUND will always be out of reach b My first golf instructor gave me a tip ... first learn to hit the ball, which isn’t as easy as it sounds, then to hit it straight. by at a par three hole and I can still hear the year after the age of 70, I’ll soon be going cry of “perfecto” from my partner, the backwards.” Donald Spanish pro Sebastian Miguel, as the ball I was lucky enough to play in a number soared through the air and landed a few of pro-am tournaments when I was Trelford inches from the hole. much younger. At one event at La It is that occasional perfect shot - one Manga I found myself sharing a locker that even the great players couldn’t have room with film stars such as Sean Con- hit better – that keeps us all going. Put- nery, Ray Bolger and Fred MacMurray. ting four good shots together at one hole Joe Di Maggio, the great American base- Golf sounds like a simple game: all you is a target that we can rarely reach. Put- ball player who married Marilyn Mon- have to do is hit a ball with a stick. My ting 18 good holes together is only a roe, was also there, along with the first golf instructor gave me a tip which hat makes golf so addic- dream. But then the perfect round – de- Manuel Santana, the Spanish tennis I recommend to all beginners. First learn tive, my father used to fined perhaps as 18 birdies – has eluded player who won the Wimbledon title, to hit the ball, which isn’t as easy as it say, is that you can never all the golfers in history. and golf legends , Tony Jack- sounds, then to hit it straight. When W beat it. No matter how My father learned to play golf during lin, Bernard Gallagher and . you can do those things consistently, good you are, or how many years you the General Strike in Britain in 1926, I was paired with a South African pro, then you can try to hit it a long way. have played the game, or how well you when he was 15. He was taught to play Dale Hayes, in a match where we both In practice, however, it isn’t as simple have been coached, the perfect round by one of his teachers, for all the schools got money if we won. At the final hole as that. Your whole body is involved in will always be out of reach, even for the were closed by the strike. He took him he played the ball within a couple of feet the drive and the correct movement of world’s top professionals. out to play golf every day and fuelled an and all I had to win the match was make your hands and legs, and the turn of Yetmostofushavehitatleastoneper- enthusiasm for the game that lasted into the simple putt. I missed. Hayes scooped your hips, play a crucial part in deter- fect shot in a round, sometimes more. I his eighties. I remember my father say- up my errant ball on his putter and mining whether your ball soars through remember playing in a pro-am event in ing in his later years: “If it’s true that hurled it about 30 yards into a lake. He the air or dribbles a few feet along the Spain many years ago and hit a five iron you lose ten yards on your drive every didn’t say a word, but I got the point. ground. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 15

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evidently rebounded from the wall onto the green. So I ignored the looks from the clubhouse windows, pretended I knew nothing about hitting the wall, and strolled nonchalantly over to my ball, popped into the cup and headed for the 19th hole. In Pollensa we have a delightful nine- hole course which can be pretty testing. Over the years I have lost many balls in the water or the trees, or in the road that is too close to hole number six on the right. Once a man came out of the trees with a tray of balls and offered them to me. When I looked at them I realised they were all mine – he had followed me round the course and made me pay to get my own balls back. mud and wearing only one shoe, making Water has a fatal attraction for my golf a shabby and amusing spectacle for the shots. At Valderama once I lost 14 balls neatly-attired Germans who were walk- as I kept trying stubbornly, time and ing by. To make matters worse, I was on I played a round once with Len Hutton, same mistakes on a golf course, even again, to clear a lake. When I saw that the far side of the course and had to suf- the great cricketer, who used to write though Sir Len died 27 years ago: “It’s all the lake at the third hole in Pollensa, fer many strange glances in the long for when I was the Editor. in the hands, Donald.” which had swallowed so many of my walk to the clubhouse. Len had lost three inches of his left arm I remember once, coming up to the fi- balls over the years, was being drained, I Fortunately, I had left my mobile in through breaking a wrist in a war-time nal hole at Roehampton and hitting a thought this was my chance to get some the golf bag, so I was able to ring my accident and having it badly set. After seven iron towards the green, which back. Hundreds of balls were lying on wife to come and collect me. Before al- the war he had to use a lighter bat and you couldn’t actually see for the lie of the surface of the mud. lowing me into the car, however, she in- couldn’t play certain shots, such as the the land and trees on the right. I struck So I stepped into the mud and reached sisted that I be sprayed down with a hook. As a result, he had learned a great the ball beautifully, but then I heard a for a few balls. At first this was fine, hose in full view of people in the club- deal about the use of the hands in sport. big crack as the ball had obviously hit then as I ventured further up the slope house. It was my most humiliating ex- As I was spraying the ball all over the something. As I approached the green, I my feet were sucked down into the mud perience on a golf course. Royal Wimbledon golf course, and even could see people staring out of the club- up to my thighs. I was stranded. My The next day I was shopping with into the adjacent gardens, I could hear house windows, suggesting that my ball shoes had come off in the mud. I man- some friends in Palma. As I picked up a Len’s voice behind my back saying, “It’s had struck the wall. aged to reach down and recover one, but newpairofgolfshoesandwenttopay all in the hands, Donald.” I can still hear Then I looked at the green and saw my the other was lost forever. for them, a friend leaned over and said that voice today whenever I make the ball a few inches from the hole. It had I emerged with my clothes covered in to the cashier “He only needs one.” MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 16 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GOLF SPECIAL

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b When I moved to Majorca in the early my fellow Real Mallorca “socio” Brian Sal- ter, who was the professional there. Sadly by Monro ‘80s, I played a few rounds at Poniente the 10th hole was my undoing and I spent more time in the water than the numerous Bryce with my fellow Real Mallorca “socio” frogs did. I decided then that my golfing days were well and truly over. Brian Salter,who was the professional Golf is, of course, massive business here on Majorca with some of the most pictur- there. Sadly the 10th hole was my esque vistas anywhere in the world. I’m sure the Bulletin’s second golf cup at Golf de undoing and I spent more time in the Andratx, Camp de Mar, will be a roaring rowing up in the Kingdom of- water than the numerous frogs did. success. I wish all competitors good luck. Fife (Kirkcaldy) and being only 20 minutes from the home of AND FINALLY G golf, StAndrews, it was inevita- the final day. Playing then were such fa- Balwearie, spending most of the time, as A wee golfing story: Big Jock staggered ble that young kids would pick up a golf mous names as PeterAlliss, the left-handed usual, in the rough, the water or in the bun- into a hospital emergency room, badly bat- club at some early stage and have a go. Fife Bob Charles, (who played in kers. From out of nowhere, this ball hit me tered and bruised. was littered with golf courses in the ‘60s, checked plus-fours!), , Welsh- fair and square in the back, knocking me A nurse and a doctor rushed over to help both nine and 18 holes, and there were man (who had hands like over. Marty Wilde had hit a 200-yard him to an examining room. “How did you probably more of them than coal pits, of shovels), Christy O’Connor Snr, Gary screamer and not knowing the etiquette of receive these injuries?” the doctor asked. which there were plenty.The Bryce house- Player and . golf, failed to shout “Fore” before hitting “I was playing golf with the wife,” Jock re- hold’s coal cellar was never short of some Going into the last round “Champagne” yours truly. He was very apologetic and in- plied. The doctor was incredulous. “How nutty slack! Tony Lema held a commanding lead of sisted we got in free to see his show, that could you possibly have been injured this Our golf gang of around six budding seven shots over the “Golden Bear” Jack was my golfing claim to fame. severely playing golf with your wife ?” he Palmers, Players and Nicklauses, played Nicklaus. Also playing in that final round Mark Twain may have dismissed golf as a asked. Jock explained what happened. most Saturday mornings and we stayed to- were the two top Scottish golfers, Eric “good walk spoiled” but millions of golfers He and his wife both hit their tee shots gether until we started discovering the op- Brown and , whose rivalry the world over would surely take issue with on the first hole off line. “I hooked mine posite sex and some drifted away and were went on for at least a decade. the celebrated American writer. The game into the woods, left” Jock said, “while my seen chatting up the wee “Woollies” girl Lema won the Open that year, beating certainly causes a certain amount of frus- wife hit a huge slice that flew into a cow who worked on the pick and mix counter, Jack Nicklaus by five and Roberto De tration at times but it more than ever holds field on the right side of the hole.” After who we’d been assured was a bit of all right! Vicenzo by six and collected the then first a sense of endless fascination for players Jock found his ball and hit it back into the To my chagrin, golf wasn’t for me, spend- prize cheque of £1,500 (!!) and, of course, and spectators since its early days when fairway, he explained, he went to help his ing hours in the woods looking for golf balls the famous claret jug. Scotsmen and some women, as far back as wife locate her tee shot. “I was walking which even back then didn’t come cheap. Sadly Tony and his wife were killed in a the 16th century, perfected the art and around amongst the cows,”Jock ex- There was also the fact that my mates who plane crash in 1966 when their twin-en- guile of hitting a small ball into a far off plained, “when I spotted something stuck with golf were invariably much bet- gined Beechcraft crashed into a lake near hole. white on the backside of a heifer. I went ter than me, so I decided my loyalties lay at the seventh green of a golf course in Lans- Today the world’s leading players are able over to it and lifted its tail and, sure Starks Park watching Raith Rovers. ing, Illinois. Not long after that a fading pop to sustain a level of supreme performances enough, my wife’s ball had lodged right in In 1964 my mate Mike and I decided we’d star called Marty Wilde (father of ‘80s week in week out for year after year over a the heifer’s rear end! So I pointed at the get tickets for the British Open which was singer Kim) came to my home town to ap- wide variety of courses and climatic condi- heifer’s backside and yelled over to the being held at theOld Course at StAndrews. pear in a Kensitas cigarette charity concert tions. missus ‘Hey, hen, this looks like yours.’ We could get a train back then directly into alongside Mike and Bernie Winters. I was a When I moved to Majorca in the early She hit me several times with her mashie the university town so we went on Friday, hole in front of them at our local course, ‘80s, I played a few rounds at Poniente with niblick !” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 17

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THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF TRAVELMARKET - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ORDER OF PLAY by Humphrey Carter SUNDAY13 NOVEMBER ● IAGTO Evening at Boulevard Maritimo Club in Palma 12:00 - 18:00 23:30 ● Stand Set-up & Registration at ● Transfers from IAGTO Evening Son Termes back to official IGTM hotels 15:00 ● Transfers from official IGTM hotels to Son Termes WEDNESDAY16 NOVEMBER 18:00 08:45 ● Transfers back to official IGTM ● Transfers from official IGTM hotels hotels to Son Termes 10:00 - 12:50 ● Appointment Session 4 (x7) MONDAY14 NOVEMBER Son Termes 09.30 - 16.30 12:55 - 14:05 ● IGTM Golf Tournament at ● Lunch at Son Termes & Son Club de Golf Alcanada, Vall d’ Or Termens Golf Club Golf, Golf Sta. Ponsa I, Golf Son 14:05 - 15:40 Vida ● Appointment Session 5 (x4) 10:00 - 18:00 Son Termes ● Stand Set-up & Registration at 15:45 - 16:05 Son Termes ● FreeTime (opportunity to net- 11:00 & 14:00 work) ● Transfers from official IGTM Son Termes hotels to Son Termes 16:10 - 18:10 15:00 & 17:00 ● Appointment Session 6 (x5) ● Transfers back to official IGTM Son Termes hotels 18:25 19:00 ● Transfers back to official IGTM ● Transfers from official IGTM hotels hotels to IGTM Welcome Recep- 19:30 - 22:30 The International tion ● Tapas Trail, in Palma 19:30 - 22:00 ● IGTM Welcome Reception at Es Moli d’es Comte THURSDAY17 NOVEMBER Golf Travel Market 22:00 08:45 ● Transfers back to official IGTM ● Transfers from official IGTM hotels hotels to Son Termes 10:00 - 12:50 comes to Majorca ● Appointment Session 7 (x7) TUESDAY15 NOVEMBER Son Termes 08:30 12:55 - 14:05 this week ● Transfers from official IGTM ● Lunch at Son Termes & Son hotels to Son Termes Termens Golf Club 09:30 14:05 - 16:05 ajorca is the International Asso- there are also a number ● ● this week ciation of Golf Tour Op- of very popular network- Arrival at Son Termes, Palma Appointment Session 8 (x5) going to be erators. IGTM is attended ing functions attended Son Termes Son Termes hosting the by over 1,400 golf tour- by all delegates, includ- 10:00 - 12:50 16:15 M ● Appointment Session 1(x 7) ● Stand breakdown & transfers International Golf Travel ism professionals from ing the IGTM Welcome Market (IGTM), one of over 65 countries includ- Reception and the Son Termes to official IGTM hotels, Son the largest and most im- ing more than 350 golf IAGTO Awards Gala Din- 12:55 - 14:05 Termes ● Lunch 19:15 portant golf trade fairs in tour operators who col- ner on the last night. ● the world, for the first lectively control 80% of During their stay on SonTermes & SonTermens Golf Transfers from official IGTM time. the world’s outbound the island, the delegates Club hotels to IAGTO Awards Gala The fair, which runs golf tourism market. attending the fair will 14:05 - 15:40 Dinner ● Appointment Session 2 (x4) 20:00 from the 14 to 17 Novem- Over the last 19 years notonlyhavetheoppor- ● ber, is going to be held at the event has taken place tunity to play on some of Son Termes IAGTO Awards Gala Dinner at Son Termes golf club, across nine countries in- the island’s best golf 15:45 - 16:30 Son Amar Free Time (opportunity to net- 23:00 where a 4,000 square cluding the Dominican courses, but also see at ● metre marquee is going Republic, France, Italy, first hand what Majorca work) Transfers to official IGTM ho- to house the exhibitors South Africa, Spain (vari- has to offer golfers. Son Termes tels via Awards After Party (Titos village. ous locations), Mexico, According to the 16:35 - 17:45 Club, Palma) ● Appointment Session 3 (x3) 23:30 - Late IGTM is organised by Portugal, Turkey and the Balearic Ministry for ● Reed Travel Exhibitions USA. Tourism, a golfer spends, Son Termes Awards After Party at Titos and is the only b2b event The unique focus of on average 160 euros per 18:00 Club in Palma ● Transfers back to official IGTM 02:00 dedicated to the global IGTM is 1:1 pre-sched- day in Majorca and the is- ● golf tourism market. uled meetings between land attracts around hotels Transfers back to official IGTM 19:30 hotels The event has taken the exhibitors (golf re- 150,000 golfers a year ● place annually in a differ- sorts, clubs, tourist which spend 650,000 Transfers from official IGTM ent destination since boards and golf travel euros on green fees hotels to IAGTO Evening 19:30 - 22:30 i 1998 and is organised to- suppliers) and the buy- alone. So, for Majorca, ● gether with IGTM’s ers/golf tour operators. hostingthisfairisvery Tapas Trail, Palma in Palma For more information atvisit event partner IAGTO, Throughout the event important. 20:00 - late http://www.igtm.co.uk/ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 19 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 20 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GOLF SPECIAL

THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF TRAVELMARKET - INTERVIEW “Majorca canbea great golf destination” b The interview appeared in El Economico newspaper and has been translated by Andrew Ede.

ederico Knuchel is the president Is Majorca in a position to become a of the Association of Majorca successful golf destination? Golf Courses. He believes that Yes. We have some excellent courses and, in F the International Golf Travel general, the standard is very good. The dis- Market is an excellent opportunity for tance between courses is small, and so golf the island. tourists can indeed play a different course Federico Knuchel is the president of the each day. Moreover, the Majorcan climate is Club de Golf Alcanada and of the Associa- exceptional. At times when courses in the UK, tion of Majorca Golf Courses. Born in the Germany and Scandinavia suffer from win- town of Schaffhausen in Switzerland, ter weather, here the courses can be played Knuchel is a lover of Majorca and of golf. without any problems. The International Golf Travel Market tak- The connections are also good. In two hours ing place in Majorca fills him with satis- or so, golfers can arrive from any part of faction, as he is convinced that the island Europe. Majorca, for sure, has everything can become a leader in the golf world. that is required to become a great golf desti- nation. Is it so important that the Interna- tional Golf Travel Market is in Ma- jorca? The connections are Yes, it is very important. also good. In two hours Why? or so, golfers can arrive It is a meeting between supply and de- mand. On the one hand, we have exhibitors from any part of Europe. which are golf clubs from all parts of the Majorca, for sure, has world. There are also tour operators and spe- everything that is cialist travel agencies for golf. There are com- panies solely dedicated to organising golf required to become a travel. It’s big business. It’s estimated that in great golf destination. Europe alone golf travel generates some 2,000 million euros. The IGTM has more than 500 exhibitors. There are more than Where is the main competition? forty accredited media organisations, and There are more than 120 courses in the over 1,300 people are coming to Majorca in Costa del Sol. The Algarve is another competi- order to take part in the fair. tor, while Turkey has made enormous efforts in recent years to construct courses. But as Why is it so important for Majorca’s we all know, at the moment it is experiencing golf courses? instability. It allows us to promote the courses. And di- rect contact is always positive, as this helps A benefit of golf tourism is high us to improve. We want to promote Majorca spending power. as a golf destination. Golf tourist behaviour In general, golfers’ income levels are higher is the same anywhere in the world. There is a than tourists who come for sun and beach. wish to play a different course each day. No The golfer also offers an advantage in coming two courses are the same. In Majorca there in the low season. Golf is Majorca’s most im- Federico Knuchel, president of the Association of Majorca Golf Courses. are 22 courses, all different from each other. portant tourism product in the low season. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN GOLF SPECIAL SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 21

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Of the revenue that it generates, it is esti- 9,300,000 green fees, 41% of these were sold Through its services, the care and attention Which countries do golf tourists mated that only a quarter is actually spent to tourists. paid to the grass and, very importantly, the come from? on golf courses. The rest goes on hotels, res- surrounding environment. Around 45% are German. The British and taurants, hire cars, shopping ... . The number of people approxi- the Scandinavians are the next most numer- mately? What’s the relationship between Ma- ous. The golf tourist is especially attrac- Around 150,000. jorcan golfers and golf tourists like? tive because after playing he or she A few weeks ago the regional govern- doesn’t stay in a hotel but wants to get We do know that in 2015 some 650,000 green fees ment opened a case against the An- to know the island ... dratx golf course for not using recy- Golfers spend some five hours playing at the were sold. The courses in Majorca rely on tourism. A cled water for watering, as is required most. Afterwards, they go shopping and seek study for Spain as a whole showed that of 9,300,000 by law. out fine restaurants. The benefits of golf tour- The laws have to be complied with and ism are therefore distributed among different green fees, 41% of these were sold to tourists. without exception. I should point out, how- sectors. ever, that water from treatment plants has What does Majorca need in order to Excellent. There is absolutely no issue. In been treated in inadequate fashion. Badly, in How many tourists come to Majorca make a definitive leap forward? the Balearics there are some 6,800 regis- fact. A third of courses in Majorca have in order to play golf? It is necessary to increase the quality of tered players. The co-existence is extremely needed to provide supplementary facilities in We don’t know for certain. We do know courses. This said, the quality is already good. good. order to improve the quality of water from that in 2015 some 650,000 green fees were treatment plants. In this specific case, the dif- sold. The courses in Majorca rely on tourism. And how is the standard of a course Are there too many golf courses? ferent versions do not coincide, although the A study for Spain as a whole showed that of improved? No. There is a wide margin for growth. law must also be adhered to.

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GOLF PERFORMANCE STAYING HEALTHY may help golf PERFORMANCE imple adjustments can help both sleep, the authors write. In addition, a var- amateur and professional golfers ied diet should include proteins, fruit, improve their performance, vegetables and complex carbohydrates, S sports medicine specialists say. with snacks built on nuts, berries and fruit A team of professional physical thera- rather than salt, sugar or processed foods. pists who trained golfers for the 2016 “Try to time meals as soon as possible Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the following training sessions, which pro- 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota, of- motes adaptations to the training,” said fer eight tips to ramp up performance Brian Roy, kinesiology professor at Brock quickly and safely. Featured in graphic University in St. Catharines, Ontario, who form in the British Journal of Sports Medici- wasn’t involved with the study. “Plus, it ne, the colourful, user-friendly tips can reduces the need for snacking and can also be found on the European Tour Per- help avoid excessive caloric intake.” Golf- formance Institute’s Facebook, Twitter ers should also hydrate for optimal mental and Instagram feeds. “With golf making and physical performance, the graphic its first appearance in the Olympics this authors write. This includes limiting alco- year and the Ryder Cup happening right hol and caffeine, adjusting water intake now, we’re experiencing a growing inter- for climate conditions and drinking milk est in golf of all abilities,” Nigel Tilley, lead for recovery. “Milk is a good recovery bev- author and consultant physiotherapist for erage because it is rich in electrolytes and the European PGA Tour, told Reuters protein that help facilitate rehydration Health in a recent interview. (The Ryder and replenish carbohydrate stores in the Cup concluded on October 2). body,” Roy said by email. At an amateur level, 55 million people Throughout the year, strength condi- play golf in more than 100 countries. In tioning can boost performance and reduce the U.S. and the UK, golf is among the top injuries, according to the graphic. In addi- five most popular sports, he said. tion, warm-up aerobic exercise raises the “Maximizing golf performance is impor- heart rate and blood flow before each tant for professionals and amateurs,” Til- practice. Elastic resistance bands are a ley said by email. “The difference between great way to practice golf-specific move- winning a major championship and not ments, the authors write. can be one shot.” “The graphic has minimal mention of Most golf advice focuses on the swing stretching, which is one of the most im- and physical requirements, he said, yet portant factors for golfers,” said Matthew golf is both a physically and mentally de- Milewski, an elite sports medicine expert manding sport. Preparation should reflect at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center that holistic approach. in Farmington, who wasn’t involved with Golf has been linked with better health, the study. “with people who play golf regularly be- Golfers can also improve sleep quality by ing shown to live up to five years longer avoiding the glowing blue light of screens than non-golfers,” Tilley said. “Golf offers before bed and sleeping in a dark room a diversity of social interaction opportuni- with no distractions. The authors recom- b Most golf advice focuses on the ties and can be played together by people mend eight hours of sleep per night and of all ages, levels and sexes.” The graphic no caffeine before bed. swing and physical requirements, he depicts a structured plan for physical During travel to tournaments, golfers training, golf practice and diet that can be can reduce the effects of jet lag by avoid- said, yet golf is both a physically and maintained by logging details daily. Play- ing alcohol, staying hydrated, adjusting to ers can stay on track by planning ahead to the new time zone before leaving and mentally demanding sport. ensure balanced meals and plenty of wearing compression socks during flights.

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