Portugal
Golf in Portugal: The Championship course at Penina, designed by Sir Henry Cotton and opened for play in 1966, is the oldest golf course in Portugal. Nowadays there are an abundance of top golf courses, especially in the Algarve and Around Lisbon, which cater to both the travelling golfer and the growing number of Portuguese golfers. Some of the best weather for golf in Europe can be found here in Portugal. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Portugal on our customised maps.
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Portimao
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Faro
Nick Faldo
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Faro
Christy O'Connor Jr.
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Ponta Delgada
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Faro
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Portimao
Howard Swan
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Faro
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Porto
Duarte Sottomayor
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Lisbon
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Ponta Delgada
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Setubal
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Faro
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course.
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Portimao
Wkends restrictd
Lisbon
Arthur Hills
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Portimao
Original design by Frank Pennink (1975). Extended to 27-holes and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones Jr (2011).
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Porto
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Funchal
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Lisbon
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Kyle Phillips).
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Portimao
Sir Henry Cotton
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Portimao
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Portimao
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Faro
Martin Hawtree
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Faro
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Porto Santo
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Faro
Rocky Roquemore
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Faro
Rocky Roquemore
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Faro
Jorge Santana da Silva
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Faro
Holes 1-5 and 15-18 were designed by William Mitchell (1974). Holes 6-14 designed by Joseph "Joe" Lee & Rocky Roquemore (1989). Major revamp by Beau Welling & Paul McGinley (2014).
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Faro
William Mitchell
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Setubal
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Faro
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
Seve Ballesteros
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Portimao
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Faro
Joseph "Joe" Lee
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Funchal
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Lisbon
Donald Steel
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Setubal
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Faro
Original design by Sir Henry Cotton, with later changes by Rocky Roquemore (2003).
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Faro
Original design by Sir Henry Cotton, with later changes by Rocky Roquemore (1997).
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Porto
Original nine-hole course designed by Philip Mackenzie Ross (1936); extended to 18-holes by Bob Cameron & Chris Powell, of Cameron Powell & Assocs (2010).
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Faro
Joseph "Joe" Lee
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Faro
Martin Hawtree
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Faro
Original design by Frank Pennink, with later modifications by Martin Hawtree.
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Faro
Original design by Frank Pennink; later modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1985).
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Faro
Arnold Palmer
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Faro
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Lisbon
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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