Son Antem (West)

Many golfers are pleasantly surprised to discover the quality of golf courses available on the island of Majorca. Around the Palma area alone, there are several top tracks such as the more established Sanata Ponsa and Son Vida, along with newer 18-hole layouts like Son Muntaner, Golf Park Majorca and Son Gual.

Son Antem (West) falls into the latter category of courses that have been built in the new millennium as it opened for play in 2001, six years after the East course was constructed at the same complex. Designed by Francisco López Segalés, who has been involved in around 20 new courses in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands since 1990, the West course is a good deal tighter than the East, with trees lining many of the fairways.

Routed in two returning loops of nine holes, the course features water hazards at four holes – front left of the putting surface at the 9th, left of the fairway on the 10th, to the sides and rear of the green on the 14th and finally, at the stroke index 1 final hole, all along the left of the slight left dog legged fairway, adding real drama at the end of the round.