La Cala Hotel & Golf Courses Resort is now the biggest golf complex in Spain. A high quality residential and golf resort located Mijas hills 15 minutes from the coast. The resort incorporates a luxury golf hotel and exclusive spa, real estate property developments with luxury homes, villas and apartments for sale and rent and three of the best golf courses on the Costa del Sol.

Campo America ( Formaly the North Course) , The Campo Asia ( Formaly the South Course) and the Campo Europa.

All the courses are amongst the toughest on the Costa de Sol and a good challenge for medium and low handicap players

On the America course the first four holes are trouble free and a nice way to easy yourself in to what lays ahead. The first difficult hole is the 6th (par 5), if you have your driver working by now you can cut the corner of the dog leg of the ravine and lay up for a easy approach to the green. To score well for the rest of the course accuracy is a lot more important that length. If you do need to pull back a hole you can take a risk on the 9th (par 5) where the green is reachable in 2 if you cut of the corner and carry the water with your second shot. The back nine is all about keeping your ball on the fairway. A nice hole for nearest the pin in the 16th par 3 and for the longest drive try the elevated 7th tee par 4.

The club has recently renovated the changing rooms which are now first class and include a sauna, complementary towels are available.

The club has a nice terrace bar overlooking the 18th Asia course or there is Mulligans Irish pub down in La Cala village which does a nice pint.

La Cala Resort has been voted the best golf resort in Andalucía by a panel of industry experts. The award was one of five presented during the inaugural Andalucian Golf Awards, organised by the prestigious industry publication, Andalucía Golf. Miguel Ángel Jimenéz and Azahara Muñoz were adjudged the best golfers in 2008, Valderrama received the award as the best course and its owner, Jaime Patiño, received a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to golf in the region. The Junta de Andalucía and the Patronato de Turismo in the Costa del Sol also received awards in recognition of their work in promotion of the golf industry. The adjudication panel was drawn from the main golfing associations and official bodies in the area.

The awards were presented during a gala dinner in Marbella in November. The editor of Andalucía Golf, Antonio Sánchez, said the awards were initiated to offer richly-deserved tributes to an industry that gives so much to tourism in Andalucía and he promised they will be held on an annual basis. "Every year from this edition we will gather leading representatives of the industry together for a magnificent gala to honour the season's best: the golfer, the course, the resort, the institution that has done most to promote our golfing region and a special award for an individual who has stood out for his or her contribution and commitment to golf in Andalucía.

La Cala's Leisure Manager, José Navas, said he was delighted to accept the award on behalf of the resort. "As Spain's largest golf resort, we are very aware of our role in the promotion of the industry in the region. We always try to give the best, most professional service to all our customers as the key is to get golfers to return to La Cala and to Andalucía. I would like to give credit to our staff whose professionalism is evidenced by the number of return customers to the complex. It is a great honour to receive this award as sometimes we are too close to our work to be able to assess it objectively and when such a representative and prestigious judging panel selects us as the winners in the first year of the awards, we are understandably thrilled and also very proud"