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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

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.

South East Spain, Spain

Javier Arana designed El Saler and it opened for play in 1968 to a rapturous standing ovation. In fact, shortly afterwards, it was voted the No.1 golf course in Continental Europe.

North East Spain, Spain

The Stadium course at Camiral Golf & Wellness is the culmination of more than a decade of planning by the European Tour. They wanted to build their own Players Championship course to rival the PGA's TPC Sawgrass.

Southern Spain, Spain

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.

Southern Spain, Spain

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.

Central Spain, Spain

In 2013, the No.3 (North) course opened at the burgeoning Real Club La Moraleja. Both No.3 and No.4 are located further north of the Spanish capital than courses 1 and 2.

Central Spain, Spain

Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro is one of the most private golf clubs in Spain. The Arriba is one of Spain’s oldest courses but the Abajo, on the other hand, is much younger.

Southern Spain, Spain

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).

Central Spain, Spain

Designed by Robert von Hagge and opened for play in 1997, the North course at Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo is one of Spain’s best courses.

Northern Spain, Spain

Neguri, or Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri to give the club its full title, was originally founded way back in 1911 but today’s course was laid out in 1961 and it’s located in Getxo, a few kilometres north west of Bilbao.

North East Spain, Spain

The Pink course at Real Club de Golf El Prat measures around 7,000 yards from the medal tees with a par of 72. Fairways are generally wide and greens are large with subtle borrows.

Southern Spain, Spain

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.

Central Spain, Spain

On the outskirts of Madrid lies the famous Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, perhaps the largest sports club in Europe with more than 10,000 members.

Northern Spain, Spain

Five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros learnt his golf here at Real Golf de Pedrena, a Harry Colt classical layout.

Balearic Islands, Spain

Set on the bay of Alcudia with stunning views across to the lighthouse on Alcanada Island from which the course takes name, this is a true Robert Trent Jones Jnr gem.

Southern Spain, Spain

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.

Central Spain, Spain

The Arriba course at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro is one of the oldest courses in Spain and it’s also one of the most private and exclusive.

Central Spain, Spain

A little more rustic and linksy in style than the more polished No.3, the No.4 (South) course at Real Club La Moraleja is routed across three distinct parcels of land where three lakes and more than sixty bunkers focus the mind.

South East Spain, Spain

The fairways at Las Colinas Golf & Country Club are generally wide and forgiving and they’ve been laid out in two returning nines that twist out and back along the floor of a valley...

Canary Islands, Spain

Located a few kilometres to the west of Maspalomas on the southwest coast of Gran Canaria, the Anfi Tauro Golf Course is one of Spain’s gems that was destined for a place in the Continental European Top 100 rankings.

Balearic Islands, Spain

Thomas Himmel's design is captivating and with bent grass from tee to green the whole Son Gual experience is polished to absolute perfection.

Central Spain, Spain

Rees Jones and Seve Ballesteros fashioned Santander into an extremely tough and long course which stretches out to almost 7,500 yards from the back tees. It’s one of Spain’s longest courses...

Southern Spain, Spain

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...

North East Spain, Spain

Lavishly bunkered greensites represent a fearsome challenge, so you’ll certainly need your ‘A’ game intact to conquer El Prat’s strategic and delightfully sculpted Yellow course. However, in 2021 a newly renovated and softened Yellow course was unveiled...

North East Spain, Spain

The Tour course at Camiral Golf & Wellness Resort is shorter, more open and less demanding than its sibling, but its pine tree-lined fairways still have to be negotiated with care...

Central Spain, Spain

The South course at the Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo was created in 2001 and the major difference between it and the longer North course is its hillier layout.

North East Spain, Spain

These pine-flanked holes of the Forest course at Emporda Golf Resort are amongst the most lovely in all Spain, with bold bunkering, a sprinkling of water and many raised greens...

South East Spain, Spain

The South course at La Manga Club was where the Spanish Open was held during the 70s. It’s a spacious and long layout set on fairly flat terrain. Bring your driver.

Balearic Islands, Spain

Formerly known as Golf de Poniente, T Golf Calvia is a 1978 Commander John Harris design which has recently been renovated by the new owner, German entrepreneur Heiner Tamsen.

North East Spain, Spain

The impressive Infinitum golf complex has been used in recent years as a winter training base for elite golfing groups such as those from the Austrian and Finnish Golf Federations.

Southern Spain, Spain

Montecastillo is one of the most popular golf resorts in the world and it hosted the Volvo Masters Andalucia for five consecutive years beginning in 1997 when Lee Westwood won the event.

Southern Spain, Spain

The New golf course at the San Roque Club may be one of the finest new layouts in Europe and certainly one of the most beautiful.

South East Spain, Spain

The West course at La Manga Club is totally different to the other two layouts. Gone are the palms and in come the pines, doglegs and tight, tricky holes.

Northern Spain, Spain

Originally designed by Philip Mackenzie Ross in the early 1960s, Real Club de Golf de La Coruña is located in the mountains of La Zapateira. Rather unusually the opening hole “The Pyramid” is a short par three.

Northern Spain, Spain

Originally designed by Javier Arana in 1966, Ulzama lies in the Navarrese Valley of the same name, within an old oak forest.

North East Spain, Spain

Hidden away in the northeast corner of Catalunya, the Golf de Pals course is a timeless classic routed through a dense forest of umbrella pines.

Southern Spain, Spain

One of several Robert Trent Jones designs that are strung out along the Costa del Sol, Mijas is a marvelous golf complex offering two wonderfully contrasting 18-hole courses.

South East Spain, Spain

Located between Balsicas and Roldán, the golf course at Saurines de la Torre Golf is one of six Jack Nicklaus-designed courses operating within a forty-kilometre radius in the Murcia region.

Canary Islands, Spain

With Atlantic Ocean views across from Tenerife to the island of La Gomera and a thrilling collection of holes, Abama Golf is a Dave Thomas-designed course that opened for play in 2005.

South East Spain, Spain

El Bosque is one of several courses designed by Robert Trent Jones during his most prolific spell in Spain from the mid-60s to mid-70s.

Southern Spain, Spain

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.

Canary Islands, Spain

Tecina is one of the most spectacular courses in the Canary Islands, occupying a sensational cliff top setting within a former banana plantation on the south side of the small island of La Gomera.

Central Spain, Spain

La Herrería sits beside the magnificent – and physically dominating – Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial...

North East Spain, Spain

Situated just a short 20-minute drive inland from the coastal town of Vinaròs, the course at Panorámica Club de Golf is a mid-1990s production from European Golf Design in association with Bernard Langer, which was constructed as part of a major residential development.

Southern Spain, Spain

The second course at El Rompido, the North, came along in 2005 and this Álvaro Arana creation has surpassed the very high standards set by its predecessor the South course.

Southern Spain, Spain

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...

Southern Spain, Spain

The oldest course in the Marbella area, Rio Real was built on a compact site back in 1965 when Javier Arana laid out an 18-hole course on the banks of the Real River...

North East Spain, Spain

The Green was the first nine to open at Emporda Golf Resort and this has been combined with the Red – the most recent nine – to form the new Links course.

South East Spain, Spain

Located less than a 15-minute drive inland from San Juan de Los Terreros, the most easterly coastal village in Andalusia, the desert-style course at Aguilón Golf occupies a spectacular site in the shadow of the Aguilan Mountains.

South East Spain, Spain

The Golden Bear’s Signature course at Alhama is the flagship venue in a portfolio that comprises Mar Menor, La Torre, Saurines, El Valle and Hacienda Riquelme.

South East Spain, Spain

With fairways routed round a substantial residential development, the course at Hacienda Riquelme is a new millennium Nicklaus Design layout that features a handful of lakes, a multitude of sand bunkers and plenty of multi-tiered greens.

Southern Spain, Spain

Marbella Club is one of the best mountain courses on the Costa del Sol. With some spectacular elevated tee shots, it’s a Dave Thomas special and a true Spanish gem.

Central Spain, Spain

Located in an affluent area to the north of Madrid, Real Club La Moraleja 1 was created by Jack Nicklaus and Desmond Muirhead, the Golden Bear’s partner on many golf course development projects...

South East Spain, Spain

Laid out within a property that once functioned as an apple and pear orchard, the course at Lo Romero Golf is an exciting new millennium design which culminates in a par four hole (rated stroke index 1) that’s played to an island green.

Southern Spain, Spain

Designed by Cabell B. Robinson and opened for play at the beginning of 2004, it has taken a year or two for Santana to become recognised as one of the Costa del Sol’s leading courses.

South East Spain, Spain

With holes set around a substantial residential development, the El Valle Golf Resort course is a new millennium layout from Nicklaus Design with desert-style plantings suggesting more of an Arizona environment than Iberia.

Southern Spain, Spain

Laid out on a 170-acre site adjacent to Las Brisas, complete with orange grove and river, Los Naranjos initially operated along with its next-door neighbour when it first opened in 1977.

South East Spain, Spain

The 18-hole layout at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo embodies all that is good about parkland Spanish golf.

Central Spain, Spain

The Real Automóvil Club de España sports club (RACE) is situated on the outskirts of Madrid, in the foothills of Sierra Norte, where a large campus boasts an 18-hole golf course and a 9-hole practice layout...

North East Spain, Spain

Situated between the Pyrenees and the Costa Brava in the province of Girona, the course at Golf Club Peralada lies close to the birthplace of Salvador Dali in Figueres, with holes cleverly routed around a hotel and winery.

Southern Spain, Spain

Founded as an equestrian club by a group of Army officers in the 1940s, Real Club Pineda occupies a 200-acre site on the south side of Seville, with members enjoying a wide range of sports...

South East Spain, Spain

Opened for play in 2002, the course at La Finca is a Pepe Gancedo layout of distinction. Gancedo was dubbed “the Picasso of golf” by golf journalist Peter Dobereiner...

Southern Spain, Spain

Torrequebreda golf course was one of the first designs of celebrated Spanish architect José Gancedo back in the mid 1970s...

Southern Spain, Spain

The oldest course on the Costa Del Sol, Malaga’s fairways were first laid out sometime after the formation of Málaga Golf Club in 1926 by none other than Harry Colt.

Balearic Islands, Spain

Founded in 1967 with a 9-hole course designed by John Harris, Club de Golf de Son Servera is the second oldest golf club on Mallorca, predated only by Son Vida (1964). Set below a pine-clad mountain range, Francisco López Segalés expanded the layout to 18 holes in 2012.

Southern Spain, Spain

Designed by Javier Arana back in the mid 1960s, Guadalmina South course is the second oldest on the south coast of Spain,

Southern Spain, Spain

One of the great, unspoiled courses in the south west of Spain, the Montenmedio Golf and Country Club sits on a wonderful site where beautiful parkland fairways weave their way over lovely rolling terrain.

North East Spain, Spain

Club de Golf Terramar lies just outside the small coastal town of Sitges, near the Catalan capital of Barcelona.

Southern Spain, Spain

The course at Arcos Golf, formerly Arcos Gardens Golf & Country Club, was constructed by American company Landmark, designers of courses like PGA West, Palm Beach Polo and the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island.

Southern Spain, Spain

Atalaya Golf and Country Club is one of the more established golf facilities on the Costa del Sol and it is used as the headquarters for the European PGA.

Southern Spain, Spain

The Europa course is a fine addition to the La Cala Resort and it’s by no means a poor third. It’s more than a match for Cabell B Robinson’s previous work at the property and gives the other two courses a run for their money.

Canary Islands, Spain

Real Club de Golf de Las Palmas is Spain’s oldest golf club, having been established by English traders back in 1891.

South East Spain, Spain

Designed in 1991 by the late José "Pepe" Gancedo, former Spanish amateur champion, Las Ramblas is certainly a layout that will test the resolve of even the most proficient golfers.

Balearic Islands, Spain

Son Muntaner is one of three 18-hole layouts at the Arabella Golf and Spa Resort in Palma, Mallorca.

Canary Islands, Spain

Golf del Sur's original 18-hole North and South nines proved to be so popular that an additional 9-hole Links nine was subsequently added to cope with the demand. Sadly at the start of 2021, the 27-hole facility reverted to 18 holes when the South nine was sold for property development.

South East Spain, Spain

The North course at La Manga Club is the more approachable of the three resort courses. Palm-lined, slightly hilly and well-bunkered, it’s where to make a decent score.

Balearic Islands, Spain

A decade after it opened in 1995, Pula was extensively remodeled to transform the golf course from a resort-style layout to a championship course capable of holding European Tour events.

South East Spain, Spain

Host to the 1980 Spanish Open which was won by Irishman Eddie Polland, Club de Golf Escorpion is a 27-hole golf facility comprising three 9-hole circuits. Ron Kirby designed the original two loops, named Lagos and Masia, in 1975, with Alfonso Vidaor adding the Neuvos loop 25 years later.

Southern Spain, Spain

Dave Thomas laid out the 27-holes at Almenera in the late 1990s and he made a fine job of routing a series of tight fairways over hilly terrain...

Northern Spain, Spain

Founded in 1958, Real Club de Golf de Castiello started out with a 9-hole course before this layout was doubled in size in the early 1980s. The holes were then modified and improved before club members acquired the property in 2004.

Canary Islands, Spain

Owned and operated by the Lopesan Hotel Group, Lopesan Meloneras Golf occupies two distinct tracts; the more compact front nine lies further inland, with the back nine routed in a large loop around a future development site.

Balearic Islands, Spain

Son Quint is the newest of the three 18-hole golf courses at the Arabella Golf and Spa Resort in Palma, Mallorca, and it made its debut in 2007.

Central Spain, Spain

The course at El Encin is located half an hour’s drive from the centre of Madrid and it’s the golfing centerpiece of a small 40-bedroom resort that opened for business in 2011...

Southern Spain, Spain

You have to feel some sympathy for a course like La Canada where it is completely overshadowed by near neighbours Sotogrande, Valderrama and La Reserva...

Southern Spain, Spain

Located close to the Portuguese border on the Costa de la Luz, the 36-hole complex at Golf El Rompido opened in 2003 with an initial 18-hole layout which became known as the South course when the North debuted three years later.

North East Spain, Spain

The D'Aro course at Mas Nou is perched 300 metres above sea level in the Les Gavarres Mountains. From this vantage point there are panoramic views of the Costa Brava.

Southern Spain, Spain

Located in the hills just outside Marbella, the Villa Padierna resort boasts three 18-hole layouts, the most challenging of which is the Alferini, host venue for the LET’s season-ending Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de España in 2022.

Central Spain, Spain

Real Club La Moraleja's No.2 course is long – over 7,000 yards in length – with only two of the ten par fours measuring less than 400 yards.

South East Spain, Spain

Fashioned by the Moon Masters design company, the golf course at La Galiana is located to the south of Valencia and is set in a stunning secluded valley, flanked on both sides by perfectly preserved Mediterranean forest.

South East Spain, Spain

The gently undulating terrain together with the original orchards and groves provide Hacienda del Álamo with many opportunities for enjoyable and interesting golf...

South East Spain, Spain

One of two 18-hole Nicklaus Design layouts at the Melia Villiatana Golf Club outside Benidorm, the Levante course is both wide and long, with holes routed around three lakes and more than a hundred sand traps in play.

Southern Spain, Spain

Inaugurated in 2010, the course at Valle Romano Golf & Resort is a Cabell Robinson design that quickly came to prominence through hosting a couple of Challenge Tour events. Thankfully, generously proportioned fairways make it playable for all golfers. 

Balearic Islands, Spain

Majorca or Mallorca is the largest of the Spanish Balearic Islands and Son Vida is the oldest golf course on the island.

Southern Spain, Spain

El Paraiso was laid out in the early 1970s by “Black Knight” Gary Player and renowned architect Ron Kirby, back in the days when they were involved in a course design partnership.

North East Spain, Spain

Club de Golf de Barcelona (formerly Masia Bach) was created by José Maria Olazábal and it's laid out over rather hilly terrain on the edge of the Penedes wine growing region to the north west of Barcelona...

Canary Islands, Spain

Situated on the volcanic south eastern slopes of Lanzarote, the course at Costa Teguise Golf Club is a John Harris design that dates back to the late 1970s, making it one of noted architect’s final projects before he passed away in 1977.

Southern Spain, Spain

The 18-hole Flamingos layout is part of the Villa Padierna resort, a large, up-market residential and hotel estate located just outside Marbella.

Canary Islands, Spain

The Old (South) course at Salobre Golf Resort comprises 27 hole golf complex within a residential estate near Maspalomas on the south coast of Gran Canaria.

South East Spain, Spain

The golf course at Villamartin has been cleverly routed over the natural terrain, which is pleasantly undulating, by California-based architect Robert Putman.