The Motril golf course, Los Moriscos is in the sights of Hacienda, which could cost it eight of its 18 holes – some readers will remember when it only had nine, anyway.

So what’s happened? Well, it appears that a decade back a well known, building developer paid off a debt to the Tax Office using the land where the eight holes are situated, which is the section nearest to the beach. The other ten holes belong to the entity that has been managing the golf course.

The whole affair is coming before the magistrate in a few days’ time where the question of the eight holes will be settled. If it goes to the Tax Office, the land will simply lose its use and become overgrown.

In the meantime, the Motril Town Hall has been onto Madrid to find a solution. It has been proposed to the Mayor, Flor Almón, that ‘somebody should rent this part of the golf course for 7,000 euros a month or buy it, alternatively, for 3m euros.’

This is the reason that the Mayor has been in contact with the local hostelry sector to find a taker.

But the end result will be a 10-hole golf course, which means that the club will lose part of its pull or attraction to golfers.

Antonio Martín Carmona, who owns the ten remaining holes, is pondering what to do with the truncated golf course, but reportedly is not contemplating buying or renting the eight missing holes.

(News: Motril, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucía)