Portugal

Quinta do Lago (South)

Algarve, Portugal

American architect William Mitchell raised the bar in terms of golf course architecture here at Quinta do Lago by importing American standard greens, tees and bunkers. In May 2020 the South course closed for major renovation work which took more than a year to complete.

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West Cliffs

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

Located an hour’s drive north of Lisbon on Portugal’s spectacular Silver Coast, West Cliffs is a Cynthia Dye design that opened its doors to golfers in June 2017.

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Old Course Vilamoura

Algarve, Portugal

Dom Pedro Old is the original and eldest course at Vilamoura but it's also the best. Grand, pine-lined, strategic and in tune with Mother Nature.

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Oitavos Dunes

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

The golf course at Oitavos Dunes is a lovely mix of woodland and links-type holes that have been expertly laid to make the most of the existing landscape.

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Palmares Golf (Praia & Lagos)

Algarve, Portugal

Palmares is billed as the golfing “jewel in the crown of the Algarve” and it’s certainly an eclectic golf course, which originally opened in 1975, with distinct flavours.

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5.0

Pinheirinho Comporta

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

The Jorge Santana da Silva-designed course at Herdade do Pinheirinho was built as part of a large tourism and real estate project which closed not long after it was first unveiled. Following a change in ownership, eighteen of the original twenty-seven holes were brought back into play and the facility finally reopened in 2022.

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Quinta do Lago (Laranjal)

Algarve, Portugal

The Laranjal course is the new kid on the block at Quinta do Lago and the reputation of their third course already is growing.

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Terras da Comporta (Torre)

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

Torre Golf Course stands as the newest championship addition to Portugal's prestigious Comporta golf destination, offering serious golfers a demanding test of skill along the Atlantic coast. Developed by Vanguard Properties alongside the established Dunas Course, Torre represents a more strategic and precise golfing challenge within this emerging golf region.

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Estela Golf Club

Porto & North, Portugal

Estela is a wonderful golf course with all of the features expected of a true seaside ‘links’ golf course and will be a great test for any standard of golfer.

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Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

Praia D’El Rey is "A mix of holes – some in the mighty dunes, others among fragrant pines – that are an assault to the senses. Wild and wonderful"

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The Els Club Vilamoura

Algarve, Portugal

The Els Club Vilamoura is a new private golf club in the Algarve.

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Quinta do Lago (North)

Algarve, Portugal

The South course at Quinta do Lago is the layout that most avid golfers rush to play, but the North course, formerly called the Ria Formosa, named after the Nature Reserve, is definitely worth savouring.

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5.0

Quinta do Peru

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

Quinta do Peru is located to the south of Lisbon and it’s one of the greatest courses in the area. It’s also one of the most exclusive, but thankfully you can still get a game if you book in advance.

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PGA Aroeira No. 1

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

Frank Pennink, the master architect, designed Aroeira (Pines Classic) in 1972 and the course hosted the 1996 and 1997 Portuguese Opens.

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San Lorenzo Golf Course

Algarve, Portugal

San Lorenzo is a classy golf course, routed in a figure of eight on sandy undulating terrain alongside the Atlantic, with fairways bordered by umbrella pines and the marshland bird sanctuary of the Ria Formosa.

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Montado Golf Course

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

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Penha Longa Resort (Atlântico)

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

The Atlântico, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr, opened in 1992 and received such acclaim that it played host to the Portuguese Open in 1994.

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Quinta da Ria (Cima)

Algarve, Portugal

The Quinta de Cima course has been designed with tournament play in mind and its inbuilt degree of difficulty is meant to attract the more accomplished amateur as well as the professional golfer...

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Ombria Golf Course

Algarve, Portugal

Ombria represents a masterclass in sustainable golf design, where Jorge Santana da Silva has crafted an environmentally conscious championship test that seamlessly integrates ancient landscape features with modern strategic demands. This Par 71 layout offers two distinct nine-hole experiences that challenge accuracy over distance whilst showcasing the Algarve's inland beauty.

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Furnas

Azores, Portugal

You’ll need to fly into the middle of the Atlantic to the Azorean island of San Miguel to find Furnas but to play this course only once is worth the trip alone.

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Amendoeira (Faldo)

Algarve, Portugal

Faldo’s course at Amendoeira calls for golfers to play strategically, avoiding the desert scrub bunkers, rocky outcrops, wandering water hazards and olive trees that lurk in wait for errant shots.

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Santo da Serra (Machico & Desertas)

Madeira & Porto Santo, Portugal

Pray for a clear day when you play Santo da Serra. Perched at some 1,000 feet above sea level, the golf course can literally have its head in the clouds.

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Quinta da Ria (Ria)

Algarve, Portugal

Opening for play in 2002, the Quinta da Ria golf course was designed by architect Rocky Roquemore, and it's a traditional par 72 layout measuring 6,016 metres from the back tees.

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Royal Obidos Spa & Golf Resort

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

Measuring nearly 6,700 metres from the tips, Royal Obidos golf course is one of the last creations from the design stable of the late Seve Ballesteros and it opened its tees for play in January 2012.

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Penina Hotel & Golf Resort (Championship)

Algarve, Portugal

Penina was built on land that was originally used for growing rice and it was the Algarve's first golf course which was fashioned by Sir Henry Cotton.

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Pinhal Vilamoura

Algarve, Portugal

The Pinhal is one of the older courses at the sprawling Dom Pedro golf complex, opening as a Frank Pennink-designed layout in the mid-1970s.

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Vale do Lobo Resort (Ocean)

Algarve, Portugal

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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Palheiro

Madeira & Porto Santo, Portugal

Palheiro is set magically within a pine forest and is bordered by glorious botanical woodlands. Factor in its elevated location, high above the town of Funchal and you have the recipe for perfect golf.

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3.0

Millennium Vilamoura

Algarve, Portugal

Half the holes on the Dom Pedro Millennium course once belonged to the former 27-hole Laguna course and the other nine were added to create a new 18-hole layout.

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Quinta do Vale

Algarve, Portugal

The course at Quinta do Vale Golf Resort is a Seve Ballesteros design and it’s configured with six par threes, six par fours and six par fives, with the same par never repeated at consecutive holes.

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Amendoeira Golf Resort (O'Connor Jnr.)

Algarve, Portugal

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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Morgado Golf Course

Algarve, Portugal

Golfe do Morgado is one of the newer courses to be laid out in the Algarve and it’s also one of the region's tougher layouts.

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Vale do Lobo Resort (Royal)

Algarve, Portugal

Vale do Lobo is one of the Algarve’s most senior golf resorts, founded in 1969 and it is currently the largest luxury resort in Portugal. The Royal course mixes nine of Henry Cotton's original holes with nine fashioned by Rocky Roquemore in the 1990s.

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Quinta da Marinha

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

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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Salgados Golf Club

Algarve, Portugal

The Salgados golf course has been described as “almost flatter than Florida: suited to straight hitters which will cost off-game players many balls as the water appears to be everywhere”...

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3.0

Pine Cliffs Resort

Algarve, Portugal

The pretty 9-hole Pine Cliffs hotel course opened in 1991 and it’s one of Portugal’s most original golfing layouts, with fairways routed through a delightful pine forest that sits on cliff tops along the Algarve coastline.

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Vila Sol (Prime & Challenge)

Algarve, Portugal

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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Boavista

Algarve, Portugal

Offering panoramic views of the Bay of Lagos to the east and the Monchique mountains to the north, the parkland course at Boavista Golf & Spa Resort is handily placed just a 10-minute drive from the old walled town of Lagos...

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Pinheiros Altos Golf Resort (Pines & Corks)

Algarve, Portugal

The original layout at the Pinheiros Altos Golf Resort consisted of the Pines and Olives nines but the addition of the 9-hole Corks circuit in 2007 ousted the Pines from fashioning half the leading eighteen holes at this 27-hole facility.

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Espiche Golf

Algarve, Portugal

Designed by South African architect Peter Sauerman, the course at Espiche Golf Club is set in an Ecological Reserve, where the landscape has been left as undisturbed as possible.

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2.5

Laguna Vilamoura

Algarve, Portugal

Vilamoura's Laguna course is laid out over flat, low-lying ground and this well bunkered layout with a strong links-like feel is very different in style to the other Vilamoura courses.

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Batalha (Lauro & Eucalipto)

Azores, Portugal

Largely overshadowed by the reputation of the Furnas golf course on the Azorean island of San Miguel, Batalha deserves greater recognition as a top class golf facility.

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Benamor

Algarve, Portugal

In 1986, the owners of the Quinta de Benamor property, engaged Henry Cotton to layout the first golf course in the eastern part of the Algarve, twenty years after he established his pioneering course at Penina...

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Silves

Algarve, Portugal

Owned by the Pestana Hotel Group which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022, Silves Golf Course is one of several golf facilities – including Vale da Pinta, Gramacho and Alto – which is operated by the company in close proximity to the town of Portimão in the Algarve.

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3.0

Castro Marim (Atlantic & Guadiana)

Algarve, Portugal

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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Vale da Pinta

Algarve, Portugal

The Vale da Pinta golf course, set in the Pestana Golf Resort near Carvoeiro in the Western Algarve, is a course that accepts the ‘quality’ label with ease.

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Ribagolfe (Lakes)

Lisbon & Centre, Portugal

Measuring 7,370 yards from the tips, the Ribagolfe Lakes course was designed by Peter Townsend and European Golf Design with tournament play in mind.

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