Silves Golf Course

Silves Golf Course: a premier Portuguese golfing haven in the Algarve

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Silves Golf Course, inaugurated in 2006, is a premier offering from Tee Times Golf Agency, making it one of the best places to play golf in the Algarve. Its unique place, nestled serenely at the foot of the Monchique mountain, sets it apart. This course provides a tranquil escape for golf enthusiasts, offering an exceptional golfing experience for Portugal golf breaks that can’t be found elsewhere.

The course’s layout spans 5,592 meters from the back tees and plays to a par of 70, featuring three par-three holes on both the outward and inward halves. The terrain combines flat and hilly areas with holes that challenge players to be precise. The course is dotted with stunning views of palm trees and olive groves, and the surrounding cork and citrus farms add to the authentic Portuguese golfing experience.

One of the standout features of Silves is the spectacular views it offers. Most holes provide picturesque vistas of the Monchique mountain, enhancing the serene atmosphere. The course is beautifully integrated into its natural surroundings, giving golfers a profound sense of playing amidst nature’s splendour.

Silves Golf Course in detail

The course is designed to cater to golfers of all levels, ensuring everyone can enjoy their game. For instance, Hole 16 is a tricky par-4 with a dogleg left, demanding accuracy and strategic play. Silves is particularly friendly for female golfers, offering shorter distances with 528 meters between the red and yellow tees. Highlights of the course include the short par-4 3rd hole, which has a large bunker strategically placed in front of the green, the long par-5 7th hole with an out-of-bounds area running along the left of the fairway, and the right-bending par-5 17th hole with intimidating fairway bunkers.

After a round, golfers can unwind at the clubhouse, just 10 km from the historic town of Silves, famous for its ancient Arab castle. The charming and comfortable space clubhouse fully complements services, including a restaurant serving delicious local cuisine, a pro shop stocked with top-quality golfing equipment, and a relaxing lounge area. This ensures that every golfer’s needs are met, making their visit to Silves Golf Course a delightful experience.

The essence of Portuguese golf

Silves Golf Course is not just a place to play; it’s an experience that encapsulates the essence of Portuguese golf. Managed by The Pestana Hotel Group, a national leader in tourism and leisure, Silves adheres to sustainability principles, ensuring that it creates value while preserving resources for future generations. The course has also hosted the European Senior Tour’s Qualifying School (now the Legends Tour) on multiple occasions, cementing its status as a top-tier golfing destination.

Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or a beginner, Silves Golf Course offers a challenging yet enjoyable golfing experience against The Algarve’s natural beauty.

Portugal golf holidays – Golf Holidays Breaks in Algarve Portugal

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Salgados Golf Course. Golf Holidays Breaks in Algarve

Salgados Golf Course

Golf Holidays Breaks in Algarve

The Algarve, being the most southern province of Portugal, offers a semi-tropical climate, a cold winter and hot, but very pleasant summers, providing conditions for fantastic golf breaks all year round. There are 39 Golf Courses in the Algarve from west to east and almost all of them offer several options for multiple games, “golf packages”, where the player gets advantageous discounts. We have the example of dynamic packages that start from 2 or 3 rounds and offer an additional discount, such as the Vilamoura golf courses or the Amendoeira Resort. Vilamoura also offers Taylor made packages on its 5 golf courses, the traditional Old Course, the emblematic Victoria golf course and the popular Pinhal, Millennium and Laguna golf courses owned by the Dom Pedro group and therefore the options are many and with different types of discounts. A Group of 8 or more golfers have a free round for 1 player. Golf professionals also benefit from amenities and special conditions.

Quinta do Lago also offers combinations of 3, 5 or more rounds on its three golf courses, Laranjal, Quinta do Lago South and North, offering one free player in 16 and special conditions for the golf professionals.

Vale do Lobo on the two golf courses, Ocean and Royal also offer 1 free player in 8, a package of 3 rounds with 1 free round, excellent for those who want to play more than one round of golf at Vale do Lobo golf courses in the centre of the Algarve.

For the best golf holiday, we at Tee Times Golf Agency have around 60 golf packages to choose from all golf courses in the Algarve.

The most important areas of the Algarve for your golf holidays are Vilamoura, Vale do Lobo, Quinta do Lago, Lagos, Portimao Carvoeiro and Tavira, all of them have a set of very important Golf Courses such as Palmares, Boavista and Espiche, in Lagos.

Portimao has the legendary Penina Golf Course designed by Sir Henry Cotton and the excellent Morgado and Alamos Golf Courses, set in a peaceful environment at the foot of the Monchique mountains. The Morgado golf course, more demanding, recently home of the Portuguese Open and the Alamos golf course shorter but very demanding golf course in the short game, very wavy greens. Two good options in the region. In Carvoeiro, we have the Vale da Pinta & Gramacho golf courses and in Albufeira, the Salgados golf course is a lot of fun and not too far to the north after the highway, golf players can find the amazing Amendoeira Resort, Faldo and O´Connor golf courses and the popular Silves golf course.

In the Tavira area, in the eastern part of the Algarve, we have the best golf course in Portugal, and one of the best in Europe, the Monte Rei North golf course with the signature of Jack Nicklaus.

A little further south two excellent golf courses, Quinta da Ria & Quinta de Cima, plus the Benamor and Castro Marim golf courses, both very popular and pleasant to play and a course designed by the legendary Severiano Ballesteros that is Quinta do Vale, complement the golf offer in Tavira which is quite comprehensive and suitable for all types of players and provide also some great golf holidays in that part of the Algarve.

Portugal golf – Hyundai is the official vehicle of the Portuguese Golf Federation

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Hyundai is the official vehicle of the Portuguese Golf Federation

Portuguese Golf Federation

Hyundai Portugal and the Portuguese Golf Federation (FPG) have just established a partnership for the next sporting season. The association of the South Korean brand with this modality which has registered a notable growth in Portugal due to its characteristics, such as, social distance and the relationship with nature, aims to promote contact between golfers with a new vehicle generation, completely renewed and technologically evolved.

This partnership is based on values that are intrinsic to the two entities, such as environmental sustainability, energy efficiency with the implementation of policies for the rational management of natural resources, namely water, in the case of golf courses and a constant commitment to technological evolution, for example, through the car electrification process, in the case of the South Korean brand. From this partnership, more profound principles that unite Hyundai Portugal to the FPG also stand out are integrity, responsibility, sportsmanship, perseverance and inclusion.

Technological democratization, one of Hyundai’s main strategies, through the provision of new-generation vehicles to all consumers, is also coincident with the phenomenon that the sport is experiencing, of growing interest in golf for different audiences, for which the south brand Korean will be able to add even more value, attracting an increasingly younger, diversified consumer with a more conscious lifestyle.

Thus, Hyundai Portugal becomes the official vehicle of the Portuguese Golf Federation and, as an official sponsor of the sport in Portugal, it will also be present in all events on the FPG calendar, making the FPG a new ambassador of the South Korean brand.

This Hyundai alliance with the Portuguese Golf Federation is based on a strategic commitment to increase brand awareness and reflects a common orientation towards the values of sustainability and social inclusion of a new society concerned with the future.

The investment in golf by a major brand, such as Hyundai, will decisively contribute not only to greater visibility of the sport but also to a more robust domestic market, more sustainable sports facilities, a healthier society and better able to generate wealth for the country.

Tee Times Golf Agency considers this partnership with the Portuguese Golf Federation very prestigious for Hyundai and the national golf sector as well as for all the Portugal golf courses where the tournaments take place. These magnificent vehicles can be admired in the next tournaments, such as the 2021 European Individual Championship for Golfers with Disability, from 21 – 24/08/21 that will be held in the stunning Algarvian golf course Amendoeira O’Connor Junior, near Armação de Pera. For an ultra-unique Portugal Golf Breaks, a stay at the Amendoeira Golf Resort is a must to enjoy the super modern and spacious apartments in self-catering or with breakfast and the other unique and challenging Amendoeira Faldo golf course. Several very attractive golf packages are available, highlighting: Amendoeira & Palmares Experience, Amendoeira Twix Experience, Amendoeira Dynamic Pack, Amendoeira & Palmares Full Experience and Amendoeira & Palmares Mega Pack.
Wanting to extend the experience, you can also visit the nearby Silves Golf Course, Salgados Golf Course and Palmares Golf Course.

The Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa ***** overlooking the sea and with excellent and charming service and the hotel Vila Galé Nautico **** also facing the sea, are other wonderful options for an unforgettable Portugal Golf Breaks.

Source: autonews.pt