Southern Spain's Costa del Sol has evolved into European golf royalty since Robert Trent Jones Sr. unveiled Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in 1964 as his first European design. His subsequent creations—Real Club de Golf Las Brisas and Real Club Valderrama—established championship standards that endure today. Valderrama earned royal status in 2014, having famously hosted the 1997 Ryder Cup.
Southern Spain, Spain
Most golfers will be familiar with Valderrama from TV coverage. The golf club has hosted a plethora of championships, including the legendary 1997 Ryder Cup. In 2014 the club was granted Royal status.
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Southern Spain, Spain
Sotogrande was designed by Robert Trent Jones. It was his first European course, and it is a credit that the par 72, 6,224-metre layout is still enthralling players more than 50 years after it first opened.
Real (Royal) Las Brisas was one of the first courses in Europe to use bent grass and the brave decision was quickly rewarded by being chosen as the host venue of the 1973 World Cup of Golf.
Cabell Robinson designed La Reserva and it’s a brutal 6,700 metres from the tips but with wide fairways and a hot driver it can be tamed.
Finca Cortesin is set a short distance inland from the Mediterranean and has been routed through a dramatic valley. It's one of Europe’s longest layouts and will soon become a household name.
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla opened for play in 1991 and in 2004 it was the host venue for the World Golf Championships (formerly the World Cup of Golf).
Dave Thomas and Tony Jacklin designed the Old golf course at the San Roque Club and it opened for play in 1990 at an alleged cost of one million dollars per hole.
Created in 1975 at the start of the Spanish golf course development boom, Club de Golf Aloha has remained one of Spain’s top tracks for more than forty years...
La Zagaleta was constructed in the early 1990s by American Brad Benz and he moved a fair amount of earth when establishing the rolling fairways of the Old course...
The Links course at the La Hacienda Links Golf Resort was inaugurated in 1990 then remodeled in 1999 to improve its playability by widening fairways and ironing out some of the more severe undulations on the greens.
