WORLD OF LEADING GOLF GUIDE 2016/2
Guide for demanding golfers to some of the best golf courses in the world certified by an anonymous, professional World of Leading Golf Mystery Test.
Guide for demanding golfers to some of the best golf courses in the world certified by an anonymous, professional World of Leading Golf Mystery Test.
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
<strong>GOLF</strong> SON GUAL, MALLORCA<br />
Son Gual – the World of Leading Golf’s champion course<br />
of 2014 – opened in 2007 and is 42 in the Golf World Top<br />
100 Golf Courses in Continental Europe 2015/16 ranking,<br />
making the € 30m Thomas Himmel-designed course the<br />
top venue in Mallorca.<br />
Borne of a desire in its owner for Mallorca to have a<br />
golf course worthy of the sunshine island, Son Gual was<br />
sculpted expertly out of a large piece of barren agricultural<br />
land. The transformation into a world-class course<br />
has created a venue which features large lakes, 66 bunkers,<br />
800 olive trees – some more than a thousand years<br />
old – wild flowers in the rough and vineyards in several<br />
areas around the course. It includes several outstanding,<br />
memorable holes including an 18th described by one<br />
reviewer as a “serious contender for Europe’s best parfive<br />
and Spain’s most dramatic 18th”.<br />
In May 2009 Son Gual hosted the Mallorca Senior Open<br />
with former Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam saying: “It’s<br />
a bit like Augusta. You’ve got to get the ball on the right<br />
side of the hole. Miss it on the wrong side and you’re<br />
The quality of conditioning on Son Gual is one of its<br />
attractions; another is the quality of the course;<br />
a further one is the sumptuous food in the clubhouse –<br />
the perfect ingredients for a great golfing day …<br />
Golf Monthly 2014<br />
Son Gual, el destacado campo del campeonato mundial de<br />
golf de 2014, fue inaugurado en 2007 y está clasificado en<br />
el puesto 44 del ranking mundial de golf en 2014 y coloca el<br />
campo de 30 m€, diseñado por Thomas Himmel, como espacio<br />
excepcional de Mallorca.<br />
Nacido del deseo de su propietario de que Mallorca tuviera<br />
un campo de golf digno de la soleada isla, Son Gual fue<br />
modelado de forma experta a partir de un estéril terreno<br />
agrícola. La transformación en un campo de categoría mundial,<br />
ha creado un espacio que dispone de grandes lagos,<br />
66 bunkers, 800 olivos, algunos de los cuales tienen más de<br />
mil años, flores silvestres en el rough y viñedos en varias áreas<br />
alrededor del campo. Incluye varios hoyos destacados y memorables,<br />
incluido un hoyo 18 descrito por un crítico como<br />
un „serio competidor para el mejor par cinco de Europa y el<br />
18 más espectacular de España“.<br />
En mayo de 2009, Son Gual acogió el Open Senior de Mallorca<br />
on el anterior capitán de la Ryder Cup, Ian Woosnam, diciendo:<br />
„Es parecido a Augusta. Tienes que colocar la bola en el<br />
lado correcto del hoyo. Ponla en el lado equivocado y estás<br />
acabado“.<br />
100
Change language