There are many reasons for visiting the coast of Andalusia. Many: its weather, its accessibility, its beaches, its food, the nature of its people - and its golf. The Andalusian coast has become a unique location for this sport. Visitors come for all of these reasons, and above all for one: the weather. The year-round warm temperatures enjoyed by southern Spain make this the destination of choice for a growing number of visitors interested in this sport. An almost complete lack of rain and heavy winds, together with normally temperate daytime weather, invite golfers to visit the coast to improve their handicap.

Andalusian winters are a blend of lovely days filled with radiant sunshine, and a few partly cloudy ones. These do not, however, prevent visitors from enjoying a game of golf. By May, summer has practically arrived in the south of the peninsula. This period is attractive for another reason: the start of golf lessons for beginners and advanced players.

This weather also determines the nature of the courses. No two courses are the same, and their holes are usually extremely varied and surrounded by diverse vegetation: olive, cork oak, and palm trees, amongst others. The combination of sea and mountains, another regular feature of the Andalusian coast, is an added attraction.

The golf courses of Andalusia begin in Almería. This province, in the southeast corner of the region, is still rather unknown by foreign tourists. Despite still being little known, Almeria has taken to this sport. It offers seaside courses (all 18-hole), such as Club de Golf Playa Serena in Roquetas de Mar; Cortijo Grande Club de Golf in Turre; Country Club La Envia Golf, in Vicar; Golf Almerimar, in El Ejido; Golf Club Desert Spring in Cuevas de Almanzora; Marina Golf in Mojácar and Valle del Este Golf Club in Vera.

Malaga is the alma mater of golf in Andalusia, in Spain, and one might almost say, in Europe. Of the nearly 220 golf courses operating in Spain, 37% are in Andalusia, and of these, 55% in Malaga. On the Malaga coast, small villages boast up to three or four golf courses. In total, there are more than 40 courses in the province. The coastal region of Malaga stretches from Nerja to Manilva, from the Guadalhorce to the neighbouring province of Cadiz. Its common feature is the protection offered by the precipitous coastal mountains, the Mijas Mountains and the Blanca Mountains, and their foothills.