Top 100 Courses of the World ranks European Tour venue third in Continental Europe. PGA Catalunya Resort www.pgacatalunya.com, Barcelona, has been crowned Spain?s number one golf course in an influential new ranking of European courses.

With a wonderful year round climate, it is no surprise that Tenerife has become one of the most popular golf destinations for the golfers of Northern Europe. The opportunity to play golf in good weather, the average temperature is 23 degrees, on a superb collection of golf courses, is just four hours travel by air, with a modern airport to receive them close at hand.

Buenavista Golf , which was designed by Seve Ballesteros, sits majestically on the rugged rocky coastline in the north west of the island, and is forty five kilometres from the resorts of Las Americas and Los Christianos. The name could not be more apt, for this is a truly beautiful location, and even tourists stop in the car park to look out of the course and the sea crashing onto the rocks below.

Golf Del Sur is set near to the airport, and since it opened in 1987 has been a regular favourite with visiting golfers. It has hosted the Tenerife Open on the European Tour on a number of occasions, with winners that include Ryder Cup players Jose Maria Olazabal, Mark James and David Gilford. In 1995 it hosted Shells Wonderful World of Golf battle between Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson, a recommendation indeed.

The popular annual Girona Flower Festival brings a true taste of Costa Brava's heritage to Spain's acclaimed Mediterranean Golf Coast(Girona, Spain ? May 3, 2011) Golfers can experience the full force of flower power when the 56th Temps de Flors, Girona's popular annual celebration of flowers, bursts into bloom from May 7-15, 2011.

Platja d'Aro - one of Spain's most popular golf resorts - embodies worldwide traditions of carnival, bringing a full calendar of festivals to the Spanish Mediterranean golf coast

Have you ever fancied playing golf in the sun but been put off by courses being restricted to club members or only available at the most inconvenient times? Now there is a new championship course that promises golf for everyone, every day of the year: