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Top Golf Courses in Portugal

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Golfing is one of the major attractions fuelling the wanderlust of the visitors heading to Portugal. With a mild climate that stays the same for a major part of the year, exquisite golfing sites and the magnificent landscapes, golfing in Portugal is indeed an experience to watch out for.

If you have Portugal listed on your bucket list, here we are sharing some of the best Portuguese golf courses for you. Here you go!

San Lorenzo Golf Course

San Lorenzo Golf Course

San Lorenzo Golf Course

San Lorenzo Golf Course is one of the top-notch golf courses of Portugal. It is a beautiful and upscale residential golf complex that offers a complete and exotic holiday experience to the golfers and visitors. The course has been designed by Joseph Lee and was opened back in 1988.

The 18-hole course, par 72, is renowned for its palatial services, high-end facilities and freshly manicured greens and fairways. With mountain views on the sides and the ocean panorama at the front, the course is perfect for a fine golfing experiment during your holidays in Portugal.

Pine Cliffs Course

Pine Cliffs Course

Pine Cliffs Course

Being a small 9-hole course, you might estimate it as a cake walk for the golfers. The reality is that you can never get enough of the mystery and complexity of the game that this course has the potential to offer. Perched on the slopes of Albufeira Cliffs, Pine Cliffs Course was designed by Martin Hawtree and opened in 1991.

The fairways entail 9 holes, all par 33, and the field is set up facing the deep blue panorama of the ocean. The course intensifies its complexity, as it ascends with the holes, and a requires some strong focus on the players’ part during the game.

Oceanico Victoria

Oceanico Victoria

Oceanico Victoria

Oceanico Victoria Golf Course is a memento of the architectural mastery of the acclaimed designer, Arnold Palmer. The course is nestled on the lush green landscapes of Algarve, amidst the coastal wetlands, Oceanico Victoria is an 18-hole course, par 72 and is considered as bête noire by the most skilled golfing champions.

The course offers an ascending degree of challenge to the players. While the fairways are by and large wide, and expansive across the field, they tend to narrow down and form alleyways at many places. The tree clusters standing at the borderlines give the course a strong feel of an oasis and the classic vintage construction makes a cherry on the top.

Oceanico Victoria hosts Portugal Masters and the PGA World Cup, two major and internationally-acclaimed golfing events.

Vale da Pinta

Vale da Pinta

Vale da Pinta

If you love playing on hilly, coiled and rolling greens, Vale Da Pinta is just the right place for you. Situated in the exquisite Algarve region, Vale Da Pinta was designed by Ronald Fream and launched in 1992.

The 18-hole course, par 72, is a treat to play at, for the golfing enthusiasts. Vale da Pinta features wide fairways that roll over hills and descend into small and narrow valleys. The most challenging holes are 10th and 13th, par 3 and par 5 respectively and with tight and complex greens, environed by thick clusters of olive trees.

PORTUGAL MASTERS – RICARDO MELO GOUVEIA AND PADRAIG HARRINGTON SET NEW RECORDS

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Ricardo Melo Gouveia set New Record at Portugal Master

Portugal Masters

Ricardo Melo Gouveia

Portuguese star golfer recorded the best al-time performance of a Portuguese golfer with 15 below par as the Irish equaled the best tournament result on 23 under.

Ricardo Melo Gouveia failed the ambitious goal of becoming the first Portuguese to finish the Portugal Masters in the top-10, but has every reason to feel proud as he leaves Vilamoura with a new national record in the most important Portuguese tournament integrated on the European Tour, with a prize money over 2 million euros.

The other national record that the Portuguese # 1 aimed, the best result so far is that was not achieved and will continue in the hands of Ricardo Santos with its 16th place in 2012.

Nevertheless, Ricardo Melo Gouveia 22nd place (tied) is the third best ever result of a Portuguese after such 16th place of Ricardo Santos and 21st reached by Filipe Lima in 2007.

The 28,800 euros he pocketed converted into points, allowing him to climb from 95th to 92nd place in the Race to Dubai, but only the top-70 will qualify for the Turkish Airlines Open, two weeks from now. “Ricky” must now dream of many dropouts to enter into the Turkish millionaire event.

Ricardo Melo Gouveia marked the 10th Portugal Masters and was also marked by it, because for many years, played for Vilamoura Golf Club: “The reception on the 18th hole was the greatest I’ve had since I play the Portugal Masters, was great feel this unconditional support, feel the affection of the public. This year I was in a lot of tournaments that always appeared two or three Portuguese. In the Middle East and in places where you did not expect, but this week is very different. We are in Portugal and it is great to feel all this support. “

Who is not Portuguese but also has represented once the Oceânico Golf, received a huge support of most of the 9,484 spectators who came today through the gates of the Victoria Golf Club was Padraig Harrington, as to say in the press conference that he felt playing “at home away from home.”

“Paddy” has played the Open de Portugal in several courses, and the World Cup in this same course designed by Arnold Palmer and this was his sixth participation in the Portugal Masters, where he had been 3rd in 2009. It was therefore time to win in Portugal, a country that suits you and where you come to play “from the amateur days in 1999 ‘.

It was a last exciting journey, with several changes in the lead and everything was decided only in the last putt on the last hole of the last group. Andy Sullivan, last year’s champion watching on television what was happening, waiting for a slip of Harrington to reach the play-off, but eventually witnessing a final fantastic chip and putt of his rival.

10th Portugal Masters – Day One

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Portugal Masters in Vilamoura

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Ricardo Melo Gouveia a solid 12th. Marc Warren leads.

Portuguese nr. 1 is the only of eight Portuguese players in the Portugal Masters en route to make the cut. João Ramos also had a great performance – one below Oceanico’s Victoria par and is also close. Scottish Marc Warren leads with a round where he scored 8 below par.

Ricardo Melo Gouveia made Thursday his best round ever in Portugal Masters in five appearances in the most important Portuguese golf tournament, with a 2 million prize money, and finished the first day in 12th place, tied with nine players, including two Grand Slam tournaments champions, the Scot Paul Lawrie and Irish Padraig Harrington.

 The Portuguese,161st the world ranking completed the first round in 66 strokes, 5 under the par Victoria Golf Club in Vilamoura. In the first 18 holes, he converted five birdies in 5 holes (par-5), 11 (Par-4), 12 (par-5), 15 (Par-4) and 17 (par-5).

The ACP Golf pro is the only one of eight Portuguese in the provisional cut, but João Ramos, making his debut in the Portugal Masters, in a course where he had never played before, beat the par-71 of the late Arnold Palmer designed golf course, with a score of 70 (-1).

The other Portuguese players are classified as follows: 107th Pedro Figueiredo (+2) and Hugo Santos (+2), 115 th Tomás Silva (+3) and Pedro Lencart (+3), 121st João Carlota (+4) e 124 th Tiago Cruz (+ 5).