Monte Rei
Vale de Lobo - Royal Course Monte Rei
The Royal Golf Course has rolling fairways set amidst pine trees
and beautiful lakes surrounded by wild flowers. Its features
include the almost island green of the 9th and the famous 16th,
with cliff-top carryover – one of the most celebrated golfing
images in the world, which has become the veritable symbol of
golf in the Algarve. But there are many other challenges along
its length, in particular numerous narrow fairways, bordered by
age-old pine forest, which make the Royal a real test of a golfer’s
accuracy and concentration. This course was designed by top
American golf architect Rocky Roquemore, based on original
drawings made by Sir Henry Cotton. The Monte Rei golf course is set in the picturesque foothills
of the Eastern Algarve, with sweeping views of the Serra do
Caldeirão mountains to the north and the Atlantic Ocean
to the south. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course
opened for play in June 2007. This par 72 Championship golf
course measuring 6567 metres from the Tournament tees
offers a truly unique design; with water coming into play on
eleven of the eighteen holes. The golf course’s presentation
is highly individual, each hole a design gem blending
effortlessly into this natural canvas, from its ingeniously
shaped and sculptured bunkers, to the impressive
presentation and attention to detail making every hole as
remarkable as the next.
Colina Verde Vale de Lobo - Ocean Course
The 9-hole Executive par 3 golf course is suitable for players
of all levels. Straight forward enough to be enjoyable for
beginners, but also testing enough for the experienced
player wishing to sharpen their iron play and short game.
With average playing time of one and a half hours, there is
plenty of time if you so wish to take in one of the 18-hole
championship courses in the locality the same day. The Ocean Golf Course features undulating fairways which run
alongside nature reserve, before leading gently down to the
shores of the Atlantic. Its emblematic holes are two challenging
and spectacular Par 4s, the 11th and the 14th – which treat golfers
to some of the most spectacular views in the Algarve – and
the Par 3 15th, which runs alongside the beach. Playing to your
handicap on The Ocean course is a difficult task, due to the
challenging design and distracting beauty that it provides.
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