Robert Trent Jones - Profession: Golf architect

Golf La Cañada is the first public golf course on the Costa de Sol. It is located in the raised part of Guadiaro, in the south of Spain.

Architects Dave Thomas and Robert Trent Jones designed the La Cañada Golf Club to offer a pleasant and varied course, with magnificent views.

The course of Golf La Cañada is relatively flat. Its main features are the very well maintained greens, some water hazards and many trees.

The Royal Club de Golf Las Brisas is an 18-hole course located in the heart of New Andalusia, in the so-called Golf Valley. The Real Club de Golf Las Brisas is one of the oldest on the Costa del Sol.

The intense professional activity of Robert Trent Jones, one of the most famous golf course architects, reached its peak in 1969 with the opening of the Real Club de Golf Las Brisas.

Trent Jones has created a course that demands technique and precision from the players. The route has many water obstacles including ten artificial lakes and many bunkers that defend greens which are mostly elevated. All this in the unique natural setting of the Andalusian province.
History
In the 60s and 70s, when Spain's Costa del Sol was experiencing a construction boom, the competition for beautiful Mediterranean vistas was fierce and usually won by residential construction projects. The Real Club de Golf Las Brisas has managed to claim a beautiful location and has remained for almost half a century at the center of the Spanish golf world.

The country's tourism board has done a lot to promote this championship course, especially when the European Tour started, when it helped organize the Spanish Open here, just a few years after Las Brisas opened. .

On a hilly site with a resolutely American feel, the recently renovated clubhouse meets the needs of more than a thousand members from over thirty different countries.
Lush vegetation
The harmonious landscaping created by Englishman Gerald Huggan perfectly complements the design of the golf course. Like a botanical garden, plants and trees from all the continents of the world fill the route with imagination and color. Here you will find rare species from Africa such as Cape Chestnut and Thorny Acacias, Indian Laurel and Mysore Ficus from Asia, Chorisia Spciosa from America, Green Ash from Mexico and Piping Pine from Australia , combined with many palms and Mediterranean trees.

Real Club Valderrama is located in Andalusia, the largest and southernmost region of Spain. A few kilometers north of Gibraltar, it is about a two hour drive from Cadiz and an hour and a half from Malaga. The climate is ideal for playing golf all year round.
A championship course
The Valderrama Golf Par 71 Championship Course measures 6356 meters from the Back-Tees. The fairways have been described by top golf professionals and top golf journalists as the best in Europe, if not the world. Long and technical, it is not an easy course. It is designed in such a way that it calls for thought and precision with every stroke.
History
The course was designed in 1974 by Robert Trent Jones, Sr, one of the great architects of golf, and was originally known as Sotogrande New. In 1981, its name was changed to Las Aves. Eventually, Ortiz-Patiño renamed the land Valderrama, in reference to the old estate on which the land is located.
Host of prestigious competitions
In September 1997, Real Club Valderrama was the first venue in continental Europe to host the Ryder Cup. The European team, with its captain, the legendary Severiano Ballesteros had won against the Americans 14 ½ - 13 ½. It was the first of six consecutive victories for the team on European soil, a series which continues after the last success in France at the Golf National in 2018. In addition, the golf of Valderrama has traditionally played host to the former Volvo Masters, from 1988 to 2008.