It is the second round in the spat between The Golf Collective (TGC) and Golf Australia (GA) over what TGC sees as overreach in terms of GA’s use, and in what TGC sees are GA’s own interests, of its dominant position re golf handicaps. It does pose the broader question as to where golf associations need to draw the line, in terms of their activities, before they ‘damage’ the very structure of the ecosystem that they are supposed to be representing!

In Spain, buyers’ appetites for golf course properties continues to develop. This continued buying trend is especially seen among non-golfers, who are still investing into these types of developments, because of the overall lifestyle elements, and supporting facilities that these destinations have been designed to offer their residents and owners.

If you are a golfing connoisseur and enjoy the finer things in life and an atmosphere of understated elegance, then San Roque Club on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, with its two world-class golf courses, could be a box that you should be ticking!

The two ‘Cs’ – continuous marketing, and continual reinvestment are generally the hallmarks of great golf destinations, and the second of these is clearly evident here, as one of this development’s golf courses reopens after an extensive ‘enhancement’ programme.

The importance of on-ramps to golf’s future, has been a recent theme in BG’s World View discussions, so, notwithstanding the very particular pressure on land in Singapore, the closure of a range facility there, underlines the importance of these types of venues in golf’s development ‘food-chain’.