Tips to improve your golf game in Mallorca
Small tweaks that make a big difference to your game
Tips for playing golf in Pollensa
- Alternate practice: To progress, you need to train with different strokes. Therefore, you should not stagnate in one type of practice, but make changes and expose yourself to different situations to improve.
- Stretch before training: Although golf is not a sport that involves a lot of resistance, you must prepare yourself properly. In addition, it is recommended that you do this before leaving home, as this will help you to increase or maintain your concentration from the first moment.
- Choose a stroke and practice it: Everyone should have a favourite stroke, so it is highly recommended that you practice it every day to increase your confidence. In fact, with an essential swing you will be able to have more guarantees when you have to play under pressure.
- Write down your mistakes: This tip is quite effective in the early days, as no one is born knowing. For this reason, if you write down your mistakes, you will know how to improve in the following practice sessions. In the same way, you should push yourself during the sessions in order to develop your strokes from different angles.
- Use the right club: Don't be fooled by the length of the clubs and ask for help if you have any doubts. Remember that using the right clubs is key to achieving the strength and accuracy needed to get the ball into the hole. Likewise, you need to grip the club tightly so that the shot comes out the way you want it to.
- Don't be afraid of the sand: This element is part of the golf courses, so you have to blend in with the sand so that its presence does not affect you. In this sense, we recommend that you train with balls from this space in order to know how to act in a competition.
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If you like this sport, playing golf in Mallorca is a real joy. Do you know that there are different modalities with different standards? In this article, we want to introduce some of them.
Variants of golf in Pollensa
We don't intend to make a very long article, so we are only going to consider some of the most popular or significant options. Do we comment them?
Stableford
It's the most frequent in local tournaments, because it allows the ball to be lifted when the result is bad, so it saves time in games. The scores, which take into account each player's handicap, are assigned in relation to the pair: albatrosses, 5 points; eagle, 4 points; birdie, 3 points; pair, 2 points; bogey, 1 point; double bogey and following, 0 points.
Medal play
In this case, it's played by shots. It's common in professional tournaments and wins who takes the ball to the hole in the least amount of impacts.
Match Play
It's the other usual alternative in professional championships. The score is established in each hole: whoever does it in fewer strokes wins it and, in the end, the holes won by both rivals are added and compared. If one of them has more advantage than the missing holes, the match ends.
Greensome
Is played in pairs. The two members of the same team leave each hole and choose the best ball of the two. Then they play it alternately, starting with the first one who picked up his ball when he left.
Fourball
Known in Spanish as the “mejor bola”, it's a competition for 4 players who play their balls and score for holes (as in the Match Play). It's the most common among friends.
Now that you know a few alternatives, remember that you can practice your favorite modality in the Pollensa golf courses. Playing golf in Mallorca is wonderful!
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In Mallorca we have 300 sunny days, which is great if you want to come and play golf in Mallorca. This way, you don't need to choose between very limited dates, thanks to the availability of the weather our island offers, planning your holidays will be much easier.
You'll have many places to see and enjoy. Our golf course in Mallorca is located in a place with luxurious views. Sierra de la Tramuntana is an amazing landscape that you can admire from our facilities. Also, we are just over half an hour from Palma de Mallorca: you can't ask for more!
The easiest way to play golf
In your golf holidays with us you won't have any problem, we have different classes for every level. From the most experienced that wants to improve their technique, to the player that hasn't been started in this sport.
We have professional teachers that they will help you with your holidays to be perfect. It is also ideal for family travel, since we have different activities and classes for the little ones in the house.
If you're already an experienced player, you'll enjoy playing golf with other players, because we have two of the longest holes of the island. And if you want to book an exact date and time, you can do it this way:
How can I make a booking?
If you want to make sure that you have a course to play golf in Mallorca, you can book it on our website, you'll just need to give us your name and surname, e-mail, telephone number and the date and time you want to play. If you want to book with less than 24 hours, you'll need to call us by phone. Start improving your swing!
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Want to practice your swing? Looking for a place with good weather to do so?
Don't worry, thanks to its good weather and 300 days of sunshine, Mallorca is the ideal place to enjoy playing golf. It's without a doubt a sure bet!
Enjoy all the seasons of the year!
Any time of year is good for visiting the island, come to Golf Pollensa and play golf in Mallorca:
- Spring: The perfect season for playing golf. Practice your swing on sunny days with temperatures between 17º and 24ºC. The perfect time to visit the island!
- Summer: If you like to play golf in the heat, this is the perfect time for you, the temperatures rise and the sun gets really strong. Remember to put on sunscreen every so often and to drink water to stay hydrated.
- Autumn: Temperatures drop a little more than in spring, but the island still has a special charm with the falling leaves, less tourism and lots of popular festivals in different towns on the island of Mallorca.
- Winter: Although temperatures usually don't go over 15ºC, and some days playing golf just isn't an option, on other days you'll be able to practice your swing with pleasant temperatures and much better weather than in the north of Europe. It's the perfect season to enjoy a hot chocolate after finishing your game!
Come play golf in Mallorca and enjoy everything the island has to offer!
Coming to play golf in Mallorca is a great idea not only because the weather allows you to play all year round, but because you will also be able to visit many of the famous places on the island, in addition to practicing the sport.
If you choose to spend your holidays in Mallorca, take your clubs and come play on our golf course: enjoy the views of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains from Golf Pollensa!
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Located at the north end of the island, Golf Pollença is a Majorca golf course with beautiful panoramic views of the Serra de Tramuntana, the Pollensa and Alcúdia bays and the Albufereta reservation.
How to get there?
The golf course is located near the entrance to Pollença, next to the Ma-2200 main road that connects the village of Sa Pobla and the Ma-13 highway. It is on the "Ca'n Porquer" estate welcoming everyone who visits our beloved village and forming part of the landscape in an easy-to-access area, where you can breathe in peace and quiet in every corner while connecting with nature.
A story of passion for Golf in Mallorca
The Pollença golf course was designed by José Gancedo and inaugurated in the year 1986, with the goal of bringing this sport to Pollença, thereby complementing the tourist facilities on offer in one of the most visited parts of Majorca, while promoting golf to the locals. In the year 2000 Michael Pinner redesigned the initial 9-hole course, reaffirming the commitment to modernity that Golf Pollença has always had.
The golf course
Golf Pollença is a course with 9 holes and a length of 5148 metres where you can enjoy a fun day playing golf in Majorca. Our golf course is of average difficulty level and features two of the longest holes in Majorca. Its rolling fairways protected by trees and filled with obstacles, are ideal for players of any handicap.
The Golf course also offers other activities and amenities, such as a driving range, a golf school with a professional golfer and special golf lessons, rental of golf carts and buggies to get about the terrain more comfortably, a golf shop and an amazing bar and restaurant.