Golfing In Las Brisas

25/05/2014
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by Thomas Harper

For its design he chose the American, Robert Trent Jones Senior, who was already considered one of the best golf course designers in the world. He had just finished building the golf course at Sotogrande and after Las Brisas, went on to design Los Naranjos and Club de las Aves, afterwards named Valderrama.

The course includes numerous water obstacles; there are ten artificial lakes fed by two streams. The greens, the majority of which are raised, are amply protected by bunkers. The results of Robert Trent Jones's efforts, which we continue to enjoy today, were truly notable and original, creating a difficult and attractive course. He was also original in his choice of Bermuda grass for the fairways and Pencross Bent on the greens unusual species in the Europe of the sixties.

The outcome of all this is a round which requires a precise game of golf. As an example of the opinion of great golfers we can quote Paul Azinger (USA), "There is not a single bad hole in Las Brisas. Indeed it is one of the finest courses on which I have been able to play". The original design, the Englishman Gerald Huggan was commissioned by D. José Banús to design the landscaping and the course's arboretum. Gerald Huggan, a great specialist in subtropical plants, had just returned from Kenya where he had designed the Nairobi gardens.

Here at Las Brisas we can enjoy his work and imagination, in a place where there are trees representing all the continents of the world: species from Africa like the Cape Chestnut and the Spiny Acacias; the Indian Laurel and the Mysore Ficus from Asia; Chorisia Speciosa from America; the Green Ash from Mexico; and the Blackwood and the Whistling Pine from Australia, together with numerous species of palms and Mediterranean trees which coexist in great harmony, turning our course into a veritable botanic garden. 

This quite breathtaking golf course has equally as many breathtaking properties in the surrounding areas taking on the same similar styles of gardens and landscaping that have defined this area in golf and real estate AF 2638 is a brand new villa that takes full advantage of its commanding South facing position overlooking the golf valley to the sea, this newly constructed property has been designed and finished with the highest levels of quality and attention to detail.

“An exciting opportunity to acquire an outstanding property, built to the highest standards in a highly sought after area.”

 

 

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