RAUL
RUIZ CHAVES
Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, Spain
THE GOLFCOURSE
Golf Santa Ponsa
Santa Ponsa Golf is divided into three different courses. Santa Ponsa I, II and III. Noticeable about Santa Ponsa I is that the 10th hole is one of the longest in Europe and a number of international tournaments have taken place there. It is a long, wide course in a beautiful environment. Golf Santa Ponsa is placed in the area with the same name 18 kilometers outside of Palma.
Santa Ponsa II
At Santa Ponsa II is where you will be training at the driving range. It is a golf course exclusively for members and clients of Raul. This means you will be training in a quiet environment, be able to concentrate with few people around and in a fantastic nature and surroundings. The golf course was inaugurated 1991 and has open year around.
Santa Ponsa I
Santa Ponsa I is the course you will do your "on-course-training" during your lessons with Raul. The course was inaugurated in January 1977. Golf Santa Ponsa I covers an area of 73 hectares. It is a long, wide course with many indigenous trees and vegetation, water hazards and bunkers.
Santa Ponsa I is one of Mallorca's busiest courses, because many national and international tournaments take place here: Spanish Professional Championship, Spain-Belgium match, Spanish International Amateur Championship, European Club Championship, The H.R.H. El Conde de Barcelona International Challenge (from 1977 to 1992), The H.R.H. D. Juan de Borbón International Trophy (from 1994 to today), The H.R.H. Princess Birgitta of Sweden International Trophy (from 1991 to today), The Mentor Foundation Trophy 1998.
Golf Santa Ponsa has hosted the Balearic Islands Golf Open (Professional European Circuit) more often than anywhere else. The PGA chose to set it six times on course I and once on course II. The winners were: Severiano Ballesteros (twice), Ove Sellberg, Gavin Levinson, Jim Payne, Greg J. Turner and Miguel Angel Jiménez. These events attracted other important players such as José Maria Olazábal, Barry Lane, Jesper Parnevik, Colin Montgomerie, Ian Woosnam, Lee Westwood, Vijay Singh, etc .
Many VIPs have visited the Golf Club, including Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, H.R.H. Prince Felipe, H.R.H. D. Juan de Borbón, Prince Andrew of England, the King and Queen of Sweden, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, President Carter, Bruno Kreisky, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Nigel Mansell, Franz Beckenbauer, Ingemar Johanson and others.
