PORTUGAL - ALGARVE - WEST REGION - GOLF COURSES

Gramacho Golf Course

Gramacho Golf CourseAfter his success designing the Vale de Pinta course, Ronald Fream teamed up with the former world No. 1 Nick Price to create the unique design of Gramacho. With 18 holes and 27 greens, plus numerous different tee points, players are able to enjoy the same course time and time again but always with slightly different challenges.
Having hosted the Portuguese Ladies Open on a number of occasions Pestana Gramacho is recognized as a championship course enjoyable and playable even by those with a higher handicap.

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Oceanico O'Connor Golf

Oceanico O'Connor Golf Designed by Christy O’Connor Jnr., this course complements the neighbouring Oceanico Faldo Course and also takes full advantage of being situated in a fertile valley. Its varius water features, both lakes and watercourses that are spread throughout the entire course, demand accuracy and test all golfers, and the rich topsoil was skillfully landscaped and planted with mature palm–trees, affording a lush, ornamental setting like an extensive oasis.

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Herdade dos Salgados Golf Course

Herdade dos Salgados Golf Course The CS Salgados Golf Course is located near Albufeira, within a protected, Natural Wildlife Reserve. This setting provides golfers with a unique experience, since the course gives shelter, water and food to a number of bird species, some of them nearly extinct. The beach is within walking distance and the sea view from the course adds to this scenic golfing experience.

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Vale da Pinta Golf Course

Vale da Pinta Golf CourseThe 8 times consecutive host of the European Seniors Tour Qualifying final, Vale de Pinta is rightly respected not just for its playability and challenging layout but for outstanding levels of beauty and enjoyment. Designed by the famous American golf course architect Ronald Fream and inaugurated in 1992 Vale de Pinta has earned its place as one of the best designed courses in Europe.

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Oceanico Faldo Golf Course

Oceanico Faldo Golf Course Designed by Sir Nick Faldo with strategic play in mind this 6,604 meters par–72 championship course demands careful positioning to score well. In a modern twist of a traditional recipe, cacti and wild herbs replace the role of Sunningdale’s heather, spartan Holm oaks and ancient olive trees take the place of lush English woodland, and desert scrub bunkers of crushed limestone replace Berkshire’s sandy tracts in a golf course that revels in the classic principles of strategic play.

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Morgado Golf Course

Morgado Golf Course CS Morgado Golf is a championship golf course located among the countryside tranquillity, between the Monchique Mountains and the seaside town of Portimão. At 6,399m, the par-73 Morgado Golf is one of the longest in the region and features a range of practice facilities. Its Clubhouse offers stunning panoramic views over the course and surrounding nature.

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Penina Golf Course

Penina Golf Course The Penina (now known as the Sir Henry Cotton Championship Course) was the first resort golf course to be built in Portugal and therefore is unquestionably where golf started in this southern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Three times British Open champion, the late Sir Henry Cotton was encouraged to visit and lay out a course over a former rice field. On an unpromising wet, treeless site, Cotton grasped the opportunity to renew the British connection with golf in the country that had been established in the 19th century.

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Alamos Golf Course

Alamos Golf CourseLocated within the Morgado do Reguengo Resort, Álamos Golf is the second 18-hole course of this countryside retreat with the Monchique Mountains and the estate's vineyard as backdrop. Two large water reservoirs and an orange grove complete the scenic portrait of this golf course.

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