Special Offer

**3* Hotel Lorcrimar, Marbella, Costa del Sol**
Exclusive location near Puerto Banus

3 nights half board
2 green fees each
Car hire - estate model

From £193.64 pp
based on 4 people
Valid from until Nov 2007

The Hotel Lorcrimar, is situated in one of the most exclusive areas of Marbella, near Puerto Banus. The hotel is situated 5 minutes from the Costa del Sol’s leading Golf courses, the Nueva Andalucia Casino, and very close to the most popular beaches of Marbella.

The Golf

This offer includes one round on each course at the Mijas Golf club.

LOS LAGOS

At 6,367 metres, this is the longest of the two courses which go to make up Mijas Golf. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., Los Lagos is a course with wide fairways and few tree hazards, but is complicated by sand traps and the 9 lakes after which it is named.

You need to be very aware of these when managing your round. It is a relatively even course with large, flat greens. It appears that the legendary designer wanted to create a course that was suitable for amateurs but, at the same time, he has also managed to present them with a challenge.

Los Lagos is a suitable course for big hitters, but it also demands great concentration on the part of the player as well as very testing short iron shots.

LOS OLIVOS

What makes Los Olivos different from Los Lagos, apart from the abundance of olive trees which give it its name, is that it is shorter, with fewer water hazards and the greens are smaller, more undulating and with more subtle slopes.

As both courses were designed by the same person, it is clear that he was aiming to create an interesting contrast between the two: if Los Lagos is based on sand and water hazards, the main difficulties on Los Olivos are the narrower fairways, the trees which flank them, and the raised greens.