Benamor
Golf Quinta
do Benamor (Conceição Tavira), Algarve,
Portugal.
Markers
Length
SSS
18
holes, Par 71
White
Yellow
Red
5497 m
5197 m
4760 m
70
69
72
This new course was designed
by Sir Henry Cotton and is located in an area of the
Algarve that until quite recently had no infrastructures
at all for golfers.
In 1986, Sir Henry Cotton was inspired by an old church
in the Quinta de Benamor to set up what was to become
the clubhouse of the first golf course in the eastern
region of the Algarve. But the legendary British champion
and golf architect died in the following year and the
project underwent a number of changes, introduced by
Howard Swan and Raymond Jones, before its final layout
was eventually decided upon.
The course was officially opened in 2000. Although the
church's treasures were completely stolen over the years,
it is now being fully restored, so that it can be reopened
for religious worship; the clubhouse has been built
next to the church and the estate's old manor house.
The course is an undulating one, although not excessively
so, offering views over the mountains to one side and
the sea to the other. Here, the most common trees are
the carob, the olive-tree and the fig-tree. In each
half of the course, the first few holes are the easiest
to play and birdies can be obtained without too much
difficulty, although the following ones are longer and
therefore harder to play. The greens are reasonably
wide and the ball is retained here quite easily.
White
Yellow
Red