Bunkers are integral to both golf strategy and aesthetics, and maintaining them is high on Atalaya’s checklist of regular course care. Director General Andreś Sánchez points out that during this “low maintenance situation with no play” keeping the edges of our bunkers well-defined is challenging. The fact is that bermuda grass regularly sends lateral stem growth from a bunker’s lip into the bunker itself. Under normal conditions this growth is periodically trimmed. However, carrying out this hands-on maintenance is time-consuming and, thereby, expensive. As an alternative during the current “no play” period, Atalaya is using a selective herbicide to prevent this growth. When the lockdown is lifted and play is resumed, bunker maintenance will return in a seamless fashion to normal maintenance.

Bunker washouts are also a problem, especially during this rainy month of April. When washouts occur repeatedly, bunker sand sometimes becomes contaminated. If so, replacement is necessary in part or in its entirety. Atalaya’s maintenance personnel regularly monitor and stay abreast of this issue. The goal is for our bunkers to be properly playable when our courses reopen and normal play resumes.

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Well-known golf consultant Eduardo Jarén taught the course that was titled “Time and Resources Management”. Specific topics addressed were Management of Members and Customers’ Complaints.

Mr. Jarén has extensive experience working with the golf and tourism industries and has specifically served as a consultant for Finca Cortesín, Aloha Golf, La Cala Golf Resort and Puente Romano. He has, also, been responsible for the development of the Postgraduate Program “Golf Management” at Les Roches Marbella International School of Hotel Management and has contributed as a specialist in assisting the school to attain its “Quality and Environment Certification”.

Specifically, the training session at Guadalmina covered topics about factors that reduce productivity, commonly known as “waste”, such as time, errors, processes. Also addressed were methods for better planning as a means of reducing waste and increasing productivity. Importantly, methods for dealing with “critical” situations and complaints by customers were explored, as well as the factors that generate dissatisfaction. The end result goal is always to find a solution that transforms any and all concerns into customer satisfaction.

One of the highlights of the course for Giesen and Calle was the time that was provided for all seminar attendees to share their personal experiences about handling the many issues that this training session had addressed. Much positive information and many helpful ideas were gleaned, and the pair have brought back to Atalaya all that they have learned to use in their day to day activities with the end target of offering the best experience possible to all of Atalaya’s members and visitors.

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Michael Shane Campbell (born February 23, 1969) is a retired professional golf player from New Zealand, best known for winning the 2005 US Open and the biggest prize in golf, 1.000.000 £ in the HSBC World Match Play Championship in the same year. He played on the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.

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For further information contact Jim on 0034629416099 · 0034952881091 or at jmo11@hotmail.co.uk · wiget43@bluewin.ch.

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We are sure that he will add this experience to improve our team of marshalls and caddy-masters.

From here, we would like to welcome him!

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We expect you notice his better look, the next time you pass to his side.

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Attendees have shown great interest in the community of Andalusia to play golf. Most of them know the Andalusian destination, its golf courses and its great weather, even some had just returned from there.

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Just waive when you see it driving in the area!

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The second is the multi-station fitness machine. Whether your goals include strength training, muscle conditioning, or functional training, few machines on the market beat a cable-system, multi-station home gym for total body conditioning.

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The course in Golf Management is part of the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) Management Development Programme (MDP), an educational pathway consisting of five residential courses covering all of the competencies of the modern golf club manager.

The delegates benefited from a programme focused specifically on golf operations & management, covering 16 subjects in 5 days including Golf Course and Turf Management from Dr Paul Miller, a course tour of the St Andrews Links with Gordon McKie, Rules of Golf from Kevin Barker of the R&A, Environmental Issues with Carolyn Hedley, Golf technology with Steve Otto of the R&A, Pace of Play Principles for Clubs from John Grant and Golf Operations Customer Service with Simon Wandsworth.

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