Oitavos Dunes Golf Course A spectacular cliff-top design from Arthur Hills and a regular host to The Portuguese Open, Oitavos Dunes Golf Course is not only ranked among Portugal’s top courses, but is also one of the best in Europe. Stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean to one side and the Sintra Mountains to the…
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San Lorenzo Golf Course San Lorenzo Golf Course has long established a reputation for quality and challenge and has been ranked among Europe’s top 50 courses by Golf World magazine. This extremely attractive track runs through a wide variety of scenic locations, alternating between beachside, lakeside and woodland . The early holes follow an undulating…
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Quinta do Lago South Golf Course There are three separate championship courses at Quinta do Lago, The most famous being the South Course that has the distinction of having hosted the European Tour’s, Portuguese Open, on no less than 8 occasions. Gaining the reputation of being one of the foremost courses in Europe, it remains…
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Penina Championship Golf Course Penina Championship Golf Course, The Algarve’s first, was designed by three time British Open champion, Sir Henry Cotton in 1966 and has been highly rated by the golfing fraternity ever since. Essentially flat, it requires substantial, but accurate tee shots from the good player to equal par, with its range of…
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Faldo Course (Amendoeira) Faldo Course occupies the hillier portion of the Amendoeira estate, with a somewhat arid landscape and rocky outcroppings interspersed with a variety of water hazards coming in the form of lakes, ponds and meandering streams. There are serious elevation changes, complicated by the sea breezes wafting in from the Atlantic. The elevated…
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Vilamoura Victoria Course Opened in September 2004 and designed by Arnold Palmer, this existing championship resort course is unequivocally Mr. Palmer’s best international architectural accomplishment ever. Taking a relatively flat piece of terrain, Palmer has sculpted a layout filled with character that is not only stunningly handsome, but also presents a seemingly endless variety of…
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Vilamoura Old Course The longest established and arguably the best of the Vilamoura courses, Vilamoura Old Course was designed around a low pine-encrusted hill. The holes, cut through tall ranks of pine, rise and plunge around this undulating site, putting a premium on accuracy off the tee. Few match par on this excellent championship layout….
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Monte Rei Golf Course Sitting on a thousand acre estate of stunning Algarvean countryside, Monte Rei Golf Course is an eye-dazzler to behold. There are spectacular mountain views and sea-scapes to take your breath away and a course that will beguile with its handsome good looks, but still demand you prove your worth with golfing…
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Vale Do Lobo Royal Course and Ocean Courses Abiding by the original design concepts produced by the legendary Sir Henry Cotton for Vale do Lobo in 1968, the respected American golf architect, Rocky Roquemore, undertook a total re-vamping of both layouts in 1997. The melding of the two architectural styles has been seamless and today…
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Machrihanish Championship Golf Course The original layout at Machrihanish Championship Golf Course comes from the 19th century master of golf architecture, Old Tom Morris, who upon seeing the site for the first time, declared it to be, “Specially designed by the Almighty for playing golf”. Although there have been changes made since Old Tom’s day,…
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Prestwick Old Course Founded in 1851, a full 27 years before its neighbor, Troon Golf Club, Prestwick is a microcosm of golf’s history, not to be missed by even those with only a passing interest in all that has occurred in the 600 year since golf came to be. The very first Open Championship was held…
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Royal Troon Old Course One of the great links courses in Scotland, Royal Troon Old Course is a challenging test of golfing ability. It is a traditional out and back links layout with the opening few holes showing a kinder side of the course’s sometimes merciless character. These short par-4’s run picturesquely along the shoreline of…
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Trump International Golf Links This stunning links design comes from the renowned Martin Hawtree, a leading links architect who has taken a traditional, out and back design amid spectacular dunes and incorporating practically every links test known. (Back Tees 7,430 Yards / Par 72)
Designed by the famed British architect, F.W. Hawtree, Pals opened to much acclaim in 1966 and remains one of the most popular courses on the Costa Brava, appealing to players of all levels. The layout has been cut through a dense pine forest, journeying alongside a pristine white sand beach and the sparkling Mediterranean Sea….
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PGA Catalunya Stadium Course Since first opening in 1999, The PGA Catalunya Stadium Course has matured into a simply brilliant course, already hot on Valderrama’s heels for the title of “Spain’s Best”. It’s a beautiful though very demanding layout, with dramatic views over the Pyrenees Mountains. The rolling fairways are wide with pine and cork-oak…
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Barcelona Golf Club An extremely tight and very hilly layout, this Jose Maria Olazabal design will prove to be a tough test for even the most serious golfers with some spectacular views along the way. The rugged site where steep slopes and dense vegetation are everywhere, requires straight hitting from start to finish and any…
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Fontanals Golf Course An elegant championship course surrounded by mountains, though relatively flat, Fontanals Golf Course presents an outstanding test of golf with a multitude of hazards to be handled, especially on the short holes. A host of fairway and greenside bunkers will test the tactically minded with skill having a profound benefit – Lady…
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Designer Robert von Haage has produced four, 9 hole loops, creating two 18-hole tracks, arguably the best on this Costa Brava coast. Play one and you will feel compelled to play the other. The Links is a wide open track, exposed to the prevailing winds with von Haage’s unique sand-dune style that penalizes any errant…
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Tain Golf Course Immaculately maintained with greens as good as presented by any Scottish layout, this combination of links and heathland boasts an idyllic setting. The course skirts the shoreline of the Dornoch Firth, with some dramatic views to a mountain backdrop, evoking a feeling of total solitude, even reverence — it’s another one for…
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Real Club de Golf El Prat Strategy, accuracy and good basic skills are required, if not demanded in all modern golf courses and at Greg Norman’s New Course at El Prat, near Barcelona, things are no different. This is a very technical course where greens and fairways are equally difficult to hit accurately. Fairways are…
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