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EDITORS LETTER
Welcome to Destination Golf
Portugal Magazine 2019/20.
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.
CEO & PUBLISHER: Dermot Synnott
GOLF TRAVEL EDITOR: Peter Ellegard
DIGITAL EDITOR: Karl Doyle
EDITOR: Kevin Markham
MARKETING MANAGER: Kathy Synnott
COMMERCIAL MANAGER: Dane Galligan
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Kris Byers
ACCOUNTS: Darren Maguire
CONTRIBUTORS:
We are delighted to bring you our Edition for 2019/20, published in close
association with our friends in the Portuguese National Tourist Office and the
various regional tourism offices in Portugal. Turismo de Portugal,
Over the following 80-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. FRONT COVER
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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. 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)
Across the last nine 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.
Regiao de Turismo do Algarve
David Doyle (Spain)
John Cockayne (South Africa)
Dermot Synnott
CEO & Publisher
Destination Golf Media Ltd.
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