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Over the past last summers, we found that in Los Arqueros Golf  it had been appearing, as in many golf courses throughout the Mediterranean region a terrible infestation caused by a monocot weed, which until recently time was not taken into Spain as a pest. The "Eleusine Indica" (also called Goosegrass). A powerful root system, forming a clump firmly anchored to the ground. It has the particularity to glean from a level very close to the ground, producing a large quantity of seed (about 10,000 per plant).

On last Friday June the 15th, Los Arqueros Golf fertilized its 18 fairways with 9800 Kg of slow release fertilizers, ENTEC 20-10-10. Such fertilizers are innovative and are an asset in providing quality turf, reducing leaching losses, more respectful of the environment, etc ... Its use is limited to crops with more advanced technologies, as in this case Los Arqueros Golf .

This  week, without disturbing the play due to that the works was carried out in the afternoon, Los Arqueros Golf fertilized its 18 Greens and Tees with the best and most modern fertilizer for Golf turf: Scotts Momentum, with a total of 1.100 Kg. And its effect is already being felt on the turf, which quality and colour is in superb conditions.

The Seve Ballesteros-Foundation Challenge, is an annual golf tournament solidarity aimed at raising funds to promote research on brain tumors. The first Challenge was held last April 2011 and was attended by over 12,000 players of all ages in over 140 golf courses throughout Spain.