Ruo do Sisto, Paramos,
Espinho, Oporto 4500
Office
+351 227 342 008Pro shop
+351 227 342 008Fax
+351 227 346 895Website
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Miguel Valença and Ricardo Garcia (Golf Professionals).Academy
Oporto Golf Club Academy.The Course:
18 holes. Seaside links. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Coastal duneland directly alongside the Atlantic Ocean.
Designer:
Portugal's 15th best course (Golf World, 2022).
Continental Europe's 132nd best course (Golf World, 2023).
40.985258
-8.641704
3 km S of Espinho / 25 km S of Porto.
Oporto Golf Club is home to one of continental Europe's oldest golf courses and one of Portugal's most revered clubs. Located just 20 km south of the famed city of Porto (also known as "o Porto"), this sand-based seaside links course includes many attractive holes and features.
You'll not get too many views of the nearby Atlantic Ocean as you journey round the two nine-hole loops, but there's plenty to keep you absorbed and challenged in these traditional links. Relatively narrow fairways, solid bunkering and not overly large greens are a constant.
Water doesn't play too big a part in proceedings until the final quartet of holes. The par-4 15th and 17th, par-3 16th and par-5 18th are all stoutly defended by a variety of water ditches and small ponds.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends. Closed on Mondays.
Must book in advance. Proof of handicap required. Maximum handicap: men 28, women 36.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Players generally walk this course. Caddies available. A caddie will be assigned to flights composed entirely of non-members.
Limited
Oporto GC was founded in 1890 by 24 Englishmen living in the city of "o Porto" ("the Porto"), which lies on the estuary of the famous Douro River. Several of the original members were connected to the port wine trade that has flourished between Portugal and Britain for at least seven centuries. A by-product of this trade, is that English is widely spoken as a second language in Porto and surrounds.
The golf club was originally known as the Porto Niblicks, a name taken from the original lofted sand irons, and evidence of the the sandy terrain on which the course is laid out.
Oporto GC is home to the fourth oldest golf course in continental Europe. France is home to the three oldest: Pau (1856), Dinard (1887) and Biarritz-Le Phare (1888). Royal Antwerp (1888) and Ugolino Firenze (1889) are also older than Oporto, but both had to relocate from their original locations.
Portugal's 15th best course (Golf World, 2022).
Continental Europe's 132nd best course (Golf World, 2023).
Rua 6, 4500-357 Espinho, Portugal.
+351 (0)227 331 000
Visit websiteAcross the boardwalk from Baía Beach on the Atlantic Ocean, this laid-back hotel is a 2-minute walk from restaurants and bars, and a 5-minute walk from Espinho train station.
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