Morgado da Lameira,
Alcantarilha, nr Silves, Algarve 8365-006
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Amendoeira Golf Resort AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside, orange groves and resort environment.
Designer:
Christy O'Connor Jr.
Above distances are for the O'Connor Jnr course. Also at Amendoeira is the 18-hole Faldo course (par-72, 6598 m from back tees, rating 74.6) and the floodlit 9-hole Academy par-3 course.
37.151311
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42 km W of Faro
Golf course is located 7 km inland from the beach resort of Armação de Pêra.
Amendoeira Golf Resort (O'Connor Jnr course): Located in the Amendoeira Golf Resort near Silves, this Christy O'Connor Jnr design complements the resort's Faldo course. Both take full advantage of their location in a broad fertile valley, the O'Connor course laying down a less dramatic, flatter and easier-going test ... providing you can stay out of its many water hazards.
Small lakes, ponds and other assorted watercourses are spread throughout the O'Connor design, providing many birdlife sanctuaries. All this water also demands accurate shot-making from any golfers chasing a birdie or two of their own.
In combination with the water features, the skilfully landscaped terrain, planted with mature palm–trees and home to many crater-like bunkers, gives a lush "ornamental" character to several holes. Orange groves also attractively line the leftside of the front-nine holes on this out-and-back design.
The water-protected fairways and greens of the par-4 7th, 8th and 9th provides the O'Connor layout with its testing "Amen Corner". Each one of these par-4s creates a watery challenge, with all three running alongside large ponds. The par-3 3rd and 17th are the pick of the short holes, where water also threatens.
Two consecutive doglegging par-4s at 14 and 15, both with large rolling greens, provide a tough examination at a critical stage of the round. So too the sharply doglegging par-4 10th, which marks the turn. The gently climbing finishing hole, another challenging par-4, requires a precise drive to set up the ideal approach into a two-tier green cut into the hillside.
Stay&Play at Amendoeira: luxury onsite apartment and villa accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Recommended maximum handicap: men 28; women 36.
Soft spikes only. Walking is permitted, and is easier-going than on the Faldo course. Most golfers use buggies.
Excellent
The Faldo and O'Connor Jnr championship courses at Amendoeira Golf Resort, formerly carried the name of the Oceânico (golf and property) Group. The "Oceânico stable" also included five other courses in and around the seaside-marina town of Vilamoura. These five courses, namely the Old Course, Victoria (now Els Club), Laguna, Millennium and Pinhal, were subsequently operated by Dom Pedro Golf, before becoming separate Vilamoura courses.
Portugal's 16th best course (Golf World, 2022).
Continental Europe's 159th best course (Golf World, 2025).
Amendoeira Golf Resort, Morgado da Lameira, Alcantarilha, Algarve 8365-302.
+351 282 320 820
Visit websiteThis award winning resort offers a mix of modern apartments and villas with excellentl interior design and facilities. The apartments are complemented by communal swimming pools and children’s pools, and all villas have their own private swimming pools. The resort is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty within extensive landscaped gardens. The Monchique mountains form a scenic backdrop, and the resort is close to historic Silves and the seaside town of Armação de Pera with its sandy beaches, restaurants and bars.
Amendoeira (Faldo & O'Connor courses).
Salgados.
Vale da Pinta; Gramacho; Penina; Morgado; Alto; Pine Cliffs.
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