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Strength and strategy are the keynotes to
successfully negotiating the oldest course on
the coast. Inaugurated by the Spanish Royal
Family in 1925 it was designed by Scottish
architect Tom Simpson, of Turnberry and
Muirfield renown. In 1992 the Royal Club
de Campo hosted the inaugural Turespaña Masters Open
de Andalucía won by Vijay Singh. State owned and run in
conjunction with the adjoining Parador the club is part links,
with natural lagoons formed by sea water and part parkland
where the holes form avenues between stands of trees which
are home to flocks of colourful parakeets. Although the
course is flat with wide fairways the trees make things more
difficult. The 12th is a good example of lurking danger with
its stand of eucalyptus to the right requiring a perfect drive to
reach the green in two.
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