Golf Son Muntaner

Son Muntaner is one of three 18-hole layouts at the Arabella Golf and Spa Resort in Palma, Mallorca. Son Vida is the senior of the three courses, constructed by Fred Hawtree in 1964, followed by Son Muntaner in 2001. Finally the Ramón Espinosa-designed Son Quint was opened in 2007.

Kurt Rossknecht has been the architect behind many of the top courses in Germany for a long time now (Motzener See, Gut Thailing and Am Alten Fliess spring to mind) and he not only laid out the 18 holes at Son Muntaner in 2001, he also upgraded the neighbouring Son Vida course at the same time.

The course measures a whopping 7,000 yards from the back markers, with a par of 72. Surprisingly lush for a Mediterranean layout, it is routed over rolling terrain in two loops of nine, with ponds coming into play at several of the holes on the front nine. Stone dykes have been incorporated into the design (the par four 10th features a delightful ha-ha wall) and many of the greens are pleasantly hourglass-shaped.