Welcome to Destination Golf Portugal Magazine 2017 / 18.
Welcome
EDITORS LETTER
Welcome to Destination Golf Portugal Magazine 2017 / 18.
Destination Golf Portugal magazine was launched to provide a definitive guide to golf in Portugal, educating the thousands of golfers that travel to Portugal each year about where to play, where to stay and where to find the best deals. Since our launch in 2010, Destination Golf Portugal magazine has established itself as the Official voice of Portuguese golf tourism in UK & Ireland, reaching over 1 million golfers.
We are delighted to bring you our Edition for 2017 / 18, published in close association with our friends in the Portuguese National Tourist Office and the various regional tourism offices in Portugal.
Over the following 96-pages, we visit seven different golf destinations across the islands of Madeira and the Azores; and the popular mainland destinations of the Algarve, Lisbon and Porto e Norte.
There’ s no doubt that Portugal has been a magnet for golf tourism over the past three decades. It now is one of the leading golf destinations in the World, with award winning golf courses and golf hotels dotted around the Country. Travelling golfers have over eighty golf courses to choose from, with Championship designs by renowned architects such as Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros and Robert Trent Jones, who used the natural Portuguese terrain and coastline to create their works of art.
Across the last eight years Destination Golf representatives have travelled to all four corners of Portugal with their clubs in tow. It is a fascinating country for tourism, and the travelling golfer is spoilt with a wealth of choice. In this publication we will provide a short review of every course, but it’ s our“ Editors Choice” recommendations that deserve your best attention.
If you would like further information about Golf in Portugal, be sure to check out our blog at www. destinationgolf. travel which is regularly updated with travel news, resort features, destination features, competitions and more.
Enjoy Portugal and enjoy this golf guide.
Destination Golf Media Ltd
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PUBLISHER Dermot Synnott
COMMERCIAL MANAGER Mark Behan
MARKETING MANAGER Kathy Synnott
DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Adam Rogers
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Darren Maguire
PHOTOGRAPHY / EDITORIAL Turismo de Portugal
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INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Albert Ferrer( Spain)
Francisco Pinto Leite( Portugal) Ronald Montesano( USA)
Peter Barnes( UK) Gene Oberto( Sweden) Gianni Attanasio( Italy) David Cooney( China) Maarten Hageman( Netherlands) Benjamin Oosterveer( Morocco) Kevin Markham( Ireland) Declan Crowe( Malaysia) Wayne Morden( Canada)
Lee Owen( Australia) Pall Sveinsson( Iceland) Dewi Merckx( Belgium)
Ru Macdonald( Scotland) Zenta Thomas( Asia)
FRONT COVER Palheiro Golf, Madeira
Dermot Synnott Managing Editor Destination Golf Media Ltd.
Text, photographs and illustrations in this publication are protected by copyright. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly forbidden. While every effort has been made to maintain integrity and accuracy, the publishers cannot be held responsible for any errors, inconvenience or legal proceedings of any kind arising from information, content, advice or advertisements contained herein. We are grateful to the many tourist boards and federations that have helped with certain text and images in this magazine. All rights reserved 2017.