Pestana Gramacho
Another of the Pestana Group Courses, this course
is the brainchild of Nick Price, the former world
No.1 player and renowned golf course architect,
Ronald Fream. Together they have created a
uniquely designed 18 hole course with 27 varied
greens that enable the golfer to play the same
course with new challenges several times. This Championship
course hosted the Portuguese Ladies Open in 2005 and 2007,
and prides itself on maintaining tournament standard conditions
all year. The design technique involves well guarded greens with
clever bunkering that makes the player think before going directly
for the pin. Some times the centre of the green is a better option.
The boulder outcrops and dry stone walling to the fig, carob and
olive trees, have been complemented by artfully positioned lakes
and bunkers.
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