- 27/04/2025
In the first of this Travelling Golfer series, Rory Anderson heads to Mallorca to experience Pula and Alcanada. He plays both courses to see what the area has to offer.
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00:00hello guys and girls and welcome to a brand new series here on the golf monthly channel called
00:08the traveling golfer i'm your host my name's rory for any of you who do recognize me you know that
00:13i'm an eight handicapped golfer i spent years traveling the world filming golf content and
00:17whacking it on youtube but i'm here on the golf monthly channel to pretty much do the same and
00:21show you guys some of the best destinations that you guys might want to consider for future golf
00:26holidays to kick off the series i'm off to mallorca 48 hours two golf courses let's get going
00:32right guys just got to gatwick airport uh got a two hour 20 minute flight time from here to palma
00:47capital city of mallorca once i get there got an hour's drive to the northeast corner of the island
00:52where the two golf courses that i'm playing this week are waiting for me two epic golf courses yeah
00:57stay tuned 48 hours in mallorca golf sun maybe a couple of beers and uh yeah we'll see what happens
01:04but yeah 48 hours in mallorca here we come
01:07right guys morning of day one of my mallorca adventure i'm at pula golf resort one of my
01:24favorite venues that i visited here in mallorca basically it's like a one-stop shop stay and play
01:29resort you've got two different accommodation options one here and then some proper golf centric
01:33apartments up there got the sierra de la pula restaurant just literally 20 yards away from
01:38where i am now fantastic restaurant great pro shop track man on the driving range two-tier driving
01:45range here at pula like everything you need for a golf holiday literally roll out of bed onto the
01:50first tee or onto the driving range and away you go 18 hole golf course i'm going to set myself a
01:54target of breaking 80 today we'll see you know it's a european tour venue it's hosted multiple european
02:00tour events in the past so we'll see how i get on obviously i play off eight so you know breaking 80
02:06is an ambitious slash realistic target depending on how i'm playing i'm kind of quietly optimistic
02:12let's take to the golf course show you what it's all about here at pula what you can expect you head
02:17to mallorca on your next golf holiday
02:19you all have noticed i've gone baby blue head to toe hope that's okay with some of you guys i know
02:38got beard got man bun and now head to toe in the same color apologies if that offends anyone
02:44but here we go stroking x18 par four downwind
02:48bunkers up the right i'm not sure if i can fly them or not but let's find out i guess
02:55straight at them
03:05it's been right a touch but it should be fine findable for sure
03:13should be nice
03:18oh sick that's gone gone a little bit long right guys long and left of the first green here or the
03:28fourth green should i say after skipping the first three holes
03:31um texas wedging don't really feel like tipping it off a bear lie i'm trying to practice my chipping
03:38at the moment after a few years of duffing it all over the world but this is definitely a putt in my
03:44eyes
03:45sit down now go go in that's it oh there's a lot of emotion going on you can probably hear on the cam
03:55it is quite windy today here in mallorca obviously i've looked at the forecast the last couple of days
03:59it does look like it's going to die down a bit look it's start of march in the uk we're wearing
04:05underarmoured base layers bobble hats thermal leggings if you're getting on a bit like i am
04:11and here in mallorca i'm in a t-shirt it's lovely weather it's about 10 12 degrees
04:15now definitely take a pile on the first two points
04:20so straight away here on the fifth hole at pula you're faced with what this course is really all
04:38about in the middle of the round here at pula you've got quite big sizable water hazards
04:42like i said it is a little bit windy today so all up the right of this hole i've got water
04:47into the wind today so playing a little bit longer than it usually would i'm going to hit driver which
04:52i think is pretty aggressive considering the fairway just gets narrower and narrower and narrower the
04:56further up the hole you go you know if it was a still day i wasn't just straight out my hotel room
05:01onto the course i'd flirt with the idea of hitting a two iron down there into the fat part of the fairway
05:05but today i'm gonna hit driver i'm on holiday i'm wearing baby blue head to toe so
05:11i shouldn't be taking myself too seriously should i
05:14ah it's an arrow
05:19just leaking right get down
05:23i'm not gonna lie
05:26ah i've rinsed one into the water
05:29so taking a bit of a drop got about 110 ish yards getting into the wind got a 50 degree wedge
05:39what a disappointing start par on the first stupid club choice off the second to be fair
05:46so i'm gonna hit the green and top two play three in for a five with two putts
05:55oh it's at it if it's the club be up be up yes please that is six feet or so i've got a papa people
06:08come on right this would be very sneaky getting out of here with a four great wedge shot if i don't say
06:16so myself
06:17not like me at all
06:19come on left to righter for another par
06:24oh i've hit that quite hard as well
06:32don't miss this now roars
06:35thank god
06:38that's exactly where i wanted to hit it i think that's perfect
06:46and he's fat at it
06:52not gonna lie fat at that it's done quite well actually
07:02all right foot four
07:03pretty uninspiring after the t-shot which was in a great position to be fair
07:09go
07:14go
07:15ah
07:17i'll take it
07:19four or five hives to kick things off with not the end of the world
07:24i nearly missed that
07:27now pula opened for plate in 1995 and it was just about a decade after that
07:52like the course went through an extensive remodeling phase and it was none other than josé maria alathabel
07:57who was overseeing that project and anyone who's ever played a alathabel course knows that
08:02the guy knows exactly what he's doing
08:04hardly surprising for a double masters champion and rider cup legend but
08:07yeah he oversaw the renovations here at pula
08:10and you can definitely see how from these back tees if you look behind me there the white tee is a good
08:15i don't know
08:16i don't know if you're going to be 60 yards further back than the yellow tee here today on the 12th
08:21there really is championship golf on offer here at pula if you're the kind of low handicap golfer who likes to test yourself
08:27this is definitely a course that will test your game but with multiple tee positions it is definitely a friendly or a more friendly proposition for handicapped golfers who just want a bit more holiday golf vibe
08:38today on the 12th we've got 127 yards plays uphill wind slightly off the right and a little bit against i would say
08:45so let's see what we can do here i've not had the best of front nines
08:50respectable in places and something to work on for tomorrow when i head to alcanada which is one of the favorite courses that i've played over the last few years
08:57so yeah enjoying my time so far here in majorca let's see if we can finish strong on the back nine rack up a few more pars
09:04starting with the par 3 12th
09:07that is a toey hook
09:11but i reckon i'm putting
09:14right as you can see just about held on to the putting green to be honest with you
09:19great result after a pretty bang average shot
09:22and i'll show you in a second but the step in this green is quite severe
09:26so the pin literally three or four yards up onto the top level
09:31this is not an easy hold despite only being 130 yards from the yellow tees today
09:36as you can see if you get this just slightly wrong
09:49that is just going to go and go and go off the front edge of the screen
09:55that's a naughty little pin isn't it
09:58and that's air out to the right get out of that bunker
10:05right this is kind of my nightmare considering how bad my chipping is ball off the down slope
10:21green running away from me i've got the 60 degree wedge out
10:25weight on the left oh god this is so difficult for me
10:31i played that quite nicely though
10:35not understanding how it's not rolling right instead of left but
10:40oh well it's on the green that could have been duff city
10:43right one final putt can i scramble a par
10:47can't believe that that chip has rolled down here although now that i'm on this side of the hole
10:53it is a little bit more obvious see that thing that tall pros do when they kind of
10:57look at it from all angles doesn't make sense but
11:00ain't nobody got time for that if i can slot this one i'll be happy with the way i've played on day one
11:05looking very much forward to trying a little bit harder to put a score together tomorrow
11:11the golf course tomorrow is out of this world so make sure you stay tuned for that
11:16not yet that hard enough that's poor to say the least
11:23all right tap in bogey
11:27oh well right guys and girls there's a bit of a snapshot of what is on offer here at pool of golf
11:34resort in mallorca make sure you stay tuned because tomorrow we've got an absolutely amazing course
11:38playing at alcanada golf club host of the challenge tour grand final three time host
11:42as of november this year so if you are looking for a winter golf holiday later on the year
11:46definitely consider mallorca because you can play a few rounds of golf here at pooler
11:50you can go to the event at alcanada you can obviously then play that golf course the day
11:54after the event in tournament condition there are some other courses in this corner of the island as
11:59well so yeah good first day at mallorca hopefully you've enjoyed what you've seen of pooler golf resort
12:05if you have any questions about this place make sure to pop in the comment section but for now
12:09i'm going to head into the pooler clubhouse get changed go for dinner in a banging restaurant
12:14get up early tomorrow hit the road for some more golf
12:17right guys day two of my mallorca adventure
12:46and i'm off to a place called alcanada golf club it's about an hour's drive just less than an hour
12:52from where i'm sitting here at pooler golf resort still up in the northeast corner of the island
12:56and this i have to say is one of my favorite golf courses that i've played over the last few years
13:03so yeah a special one in store for today
13:06so
13:18so
13:20right guys and girls arrived at Alcanada golf club but as you can see from the drive-in the
13:41location of this course is pretty spectacular we'll see more of the amazing views as we get
13:46to the high points around these mountains with some of the raised tees looking out over the
13:50bay of Alcudia looking pretty special I have played this golf course before and I was last here I
13:56didn't play but I was watching the challenge tour grand final which has been hosted here at Alcanada
14:01twice is coming back in 2023 for a third visit so as you can see when you come here play off those
14:07back tees championship golf is very much on the cards and the winning score last year was only
14:13minus nine and bearing in mind these guys are obviously playing for their rights on the DP
14:16world tour so they're at the top end of the professional game really really amazing
14:21players and only coming out with a winning score of minus nine shows you what the test of golf is
14:25like here at Alcanada from those back tees now I'm not man enough to take on those white tees
14:30because it's over 7,000 yards from back there I get my handicap at a 6,200 yard course so I've edged
14:36forward onto the yellows which are still 6,600 yards and I've set myself a target of breaking 80
14:42now an educated guess so I'm probably not going to do it but anyway let's crack on play a bit of
14:48golf here at Alcanada like I said an hour from where I'm staying at Pula and a really really
14:52special course can I break 80 jump in the comments down below yes or no
14:57it's up the right it's well here it's fine it's just over that bunker
15:05kicking down now could be on the adjacent fairway once gravity gets involved but
15:11considering I'm fresh out of the car with no time to warm up I'll take that to start
15:16not really expecting to hit this all the way up to the green anything in play and over that trouble
15:32I'll be happy with
15:38ripped it straight at the bunker
15:39yeah that is about five six yards short the green exactly where I was aiming happy happy with that start
15:48like that run
15:52ah not enough to get over that slope
15:56not the best but given my history of the dust I'm not overly disappointed with that
16:04just needed to fly a little bit further or take a little less loft something to think about obviously I didn't have a chance to warm up on the practice screen before I teed off so
16:13a little bit of guesswork with how the greens gonna react over the first couple holes but hopefully I'll get up to speed with them for lack of a better pun
16:23apologies
16:25right birdie putt on the first
16:27go in go in oh I will take a two inch tap in par putt on the first hole without a warm-up any day of the week level par through one
16:42yep actually a bit of a cut there but that's absolutely fine
16:49and hit the slope
16:59and go a bit
17:01and go a bit more
17:03and go in
17:04oh
17:05I think we can all agree
17:07that that is a gimme
17:09so worth noting that Alcanada boasts this tag marshall buggy system which is a really really detailed GPS of the golf course
17:17tells you what your pace of plays like what your start time was
17:20I've been playing for 29 minutes
17:22so too old
17:23maybe need to speed up a little bit but you can do all sorts of stuff with this
17:27give it a bit of a food and bevs action
17:31lovely
17:32as you can see
17:33map of the course
17:35you know don't get lost all that kind of stuff
17:38it's a great system
17:39one of the fancier GPS units out there for sure
17:43bit skinny low on the face up the right not a good shot at all but
17:50it's bouncing
17:53could even get a bit of carter path of love and a few extra yards out of that one
17:58so quick shout out to Alcanada actually the course opened for play in October 2003
18:03so we're creeping up on the 20th birthday of this magnificent golf course
18:07we'll just see if I can find my ball flick another little wedge shot into this par 4 green and hopefully start off with par par par
18:14that would be lovely
18:16I've taken the wrong club down here I've got a 60 degree wedge
18:20so I'm going to have to throw this quite far
18:22but I definitely can't be bothered to go back to the buggy
18:25played it nice
18:30and sit
18:32definitely take that
18:34no
18:37that was low all day long
18:39now to be honest with you struggling for a bogey
18:42yeah
18:45in for a five
18:46one over through three
18:47to be honest with you
18:48without a warm up
18:49take that for sure
18:50right
18:51seventh tee
18:52raised tee
18:53absolutely spectacular view in the background as you can see as this par 5 snakes its way down the hill
18:58in between bunkers and rows of trees
19:00brilliant brilliant golf hole
19:02I would argue this is the signature hole on this golf course
19:04there are other candidates later on the round which I'm sure you'll see on this video
19:08but yeah if I can get a good drive away over this bunker chasing down the hill
19:13even though it's a 600 yard par 5 from this yellow tee
19:16I reckon I can get pretty close in two
19:18so bombs away as they say
19:20and let's see if we can sneak one down there in the fairway
19:31bit necky
19:32definitely not my best strike
19:34up the left
19:35it's absolutely fine
19:36it's at that kind of big tree right in the middle of the two bunkers
19:38but as you can see
19:41I've been so close to going down this slope and getting a few extra yards
19:45that would have been lovely
19:47but as it stands I've got about 320 yards left in
19:51so there are two bunkers down there
19:54one right one left
19:55which I do think make this layup a little bit more complicated than it needs to be
19:58so I am kind of tempted to hit three wood and just try and get it as close to green as possible
20:05over these bunkers and in play with a wedge
20:07unfortunately though
20:09three wood off the deck is not really in my strong suit
20:13so I'm going to be a wimp
20:15I'm sorry
20:16I'm going to play this hole as a three shotter
20:19which let's be honest
20:20unless I absolutely ripped one down the right and side here and chased down the hill
20:24it was always going to be anyway
20:27so I'm just going to hit a six iron
20:29which I don't think is enough to reach the bunker on the right
20:33if I go in that direction
20:35should leave about a wedge in
20:40that is straight out of the bunker
20:42so if it does reach it I'm an absolute plonker
20:44yep comfortably right in the middle of that bunker
20:51right so nine iron one three six
20:54try and catch it a little bit clean
21:00like that
21:01that's the yardage
21:02that's such a good shot
21:04get down
21:05get down
21:10straight over the top of the pin
21:11but I think I have hit that a little bit too hard
21:13probably got like a 35 footer
21:15for a birdie
21:16I'll take it though
21:43I'll take it though
21:44I'll take it though
21:45I'll take it though
21:46I'll take it though
21:47I'll take it though
22:05come on
22:08par required to brake 80
22:10hit a bit bottomy
22:13but that's so straight and safe
22:22oh that's fairway I think
22:23rubbish for distance
22:24but accuracy wise
22:26lovely
22:30stay there
22:31and be the yardage
22:33stay there
22:35just not quite reached the green
22:37but I think it's literally like a yard short
22:39should be putting that
22:40now I know I said
22:42quite fancy practicing my chipping at the moment
22:44but and this would be a good opportunity to practice that strike off the tight fairway lie
22:50but let's be honest
22:51I need to get this down in two for a 79
22:53so I'm running back to the putter
22:58off the left
22:59quite a few left to right putts today
23:01all on the pace
23:06and swing
23:08and go
23:10and that's a tapping
23:1279
23:14nothing to write home about
23:16for decent golfers
23:17but for me
23:188 handicapper
23:197 over
23:20broken handicap
23:21brake 80
23:23done
23:24there we have it guys
23:26all done
23:27at Alcanada
23:28all done in Mallorca
23:29I'm sad to say
23:30that was my 48 hours
23:31on this amazing island
23:32playing two really cool golf courses
23:35really enjoyed my stay at Pula
23:37as always
23:38fantastic all encompassing resort
23:39track man driving range
23:41superb restaurant
23:42great place to have a few drinks in the evening
23:44really relaxed kind of vibe
23:45friendly people
23:47and obviously the two different accommodation options on site
23:49making it a super convenient place to stay and play in Mallorca
23:53and then you've got this place
23:55Alcanada Golf Club
23:56an hour's drive
23:57or just less than an hour
23:58from Pula
23:59so if you're looking at maybe like
24:00three nights five nights
24:01kind of holiday stay and play package
24:03definitely recommend Pula
24:05as a good base
24:06there are accommodation options near Alcanada
24:08but as a standalone golf club
24:09they don't have their own hotel
24:11as of yet
24:12so this is definitely a kind of
24:14tack it on to the itinerary kind of vibe
24:16option
24:17and I certainly would recommend it
24:19one of my favourite courses
24:20that I've played over the last few years
24:22and I'm lucky to say
24:23that I've ticked off a fair few
24:24all the way around the world
24:25and this is definitely
24:26one of the most spectacular places to play
24:28as you can see behind me
24:29and as I said at the start of the video
24:31super friendly
24:32really great clubhouse
24:33to have a spot of lunch
24:34after your round
24:35unfortunately
24:36I don't have time for all that
24:38I've got to shoot back to Palmer Airport now
24:40and back to the UK
24:41back to base layers
24:43and jumpers
24:44and bubble hats
24:45can I just stay in Mallorca?
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