Top 100 Golf Courses - Portugal
Vidago Palace
31st
The original 9-hole Philip Mackenzie Ross golf course at Vidago Palace was remodeled by the Cameron Powell design company during the refit of the hotel and opened for play in 2010.
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Belas
32nd
Located between the town of Belas and Vale de Lobo – a short drive (by car) from Lisbon city centre – is the pretty golf course of Belas Clube de Campo.
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Vale do Lobo (Ocean)
33rd
The Ocean course at Vale do Lobo is perhaps the understudy to the Royal layout, but nevertheless it’s a solid sandy course and it stands up on its own two feet.
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Castro Marim (Atlantic & Guadiana)
34th
Designed by UK architect Terry Murray, the original course at Castro Marim Golf & Country Club (comprising the Atlantic and Guadiana nines) first opened for play in 2001...
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Vila Sol (Prime & Challenge)
35th
Donald Steel created the course at the Vila Sol Golf Resort without the need for excessive contouring or the creation of unnatural hazards.
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Quinta da Marinha
36th
The championship course at Quinta da Marinha is set within a luxury 5-star resort close to Cascais, a former fishing village on the Estoril coast that’s now a modern day affluent suburb of the Portuguese capital.
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Gramacho
37th
American Ron Fream originally laid out nine holes in the early 1970s before the Gramacho course was subsequently doubled in size to a full 18-hole layout.
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Vilamoura (Pinhal)
38th
The Pinhal is one of the older courses at the sprawling Vilamoura golf complex, opening as a Frank Pennink-designed layout in the mid-1970s.
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Amendoeira (O'Connor)
39th
The future is bright for the Christy O'Connor Jnr. course at the Amendoeira Resort, which opened in October 2008, in fact, the architect “wanted one hole where it was just oranges”…
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Pinheiros Altos (Pines & Olives)
40th
Pinheiros Altos is a course in two parts. The front nine is routed across an umbrella pine clad sandy hillside and the back nine, in complete contrast, is routed across comparatively open flatter parkland...
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