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Medina Elvira Club De Golf Granada » Los Moriscos Los Moriscos is an all-round sports and leisure complex sited next to the sea yet within easy reach of the Sierra Nevada ski resort. Designed by Ibergolf and Manuel Piñero the course opened in 1974 and is mainly flat. However, the large greens, two lakes, palm trees, sugar cane and an abundance of exotic fruit plantations, including the papaya and mango, ensure that playing golf here is interesting, and with all these natural hazards challenging too. The club is located in a golfers paradisein the heart of the Costa Tropical in Granada. Granada » Granada Located in the countryside eight kilometres from Granada, Granada Golf opened in 1986. It was designed by Ibergolf under the guidance of the engineers Ramón Espinosa and Emilio Mena and it was the first full length facility in the province. Mainly flat and 2,100 metre s above sea level it is not an especially difficult or long course, just 6,037metres off the back tees. The 15th, 16th and 17th holes are bordered by three lakes which provide water to the automatic irrigation system. The central point of the course which is also the highest elevation will, in the near future, house a four star hotel and clubhouse. Granada Golf is a member´s club which welcomes visitors all year round and is accessed through the village of Las Gabias. Improved communications now put Granada Golf just ninety minutes away from the Costa del Sol. 58 Granada » Santa Clara Granada Opened in 2006, The golf course at Santa Clara Granada was designed by Enrique Canales Busquets. It has been created with respect for the natural environment of indigenous wildlife and vegetation, providing a fantastic meeting place for golf enthusiasts. Along its well maintained eighteen holes, a par 72 of 6.598 meters, you can find numerous obstacles, which offer a test to all golfers. Once you manouver around this obstacles, the greens at Santa Clara Granada provide another test – as quick undulating greens await. Granada » Medina Elvira Medina Elvira Golf is a modern golf 18 holes, par 72, only 6km from Granada, beside the reservoir of Cubillas. Golf ecological character, with a very high aesthetic quality, is integrated in nature and respects the natural topography of land planted with oak, elm, pine, ash, and poplar trees of great size. Members of Medina Elvira Golf Club not only play in conditions very advantageous to the Club, but also become part of Aymerich Golf Club, and with it the largest network of golf courses in Europe (more than 30 courses in Spain and numerous conventions in Europe and the world) with unrivaled benefits in all areas of the network. The course, designed by Aymerich Golf, is nice for the average player with different levels of tees, and a challenge for expert level players. The greens are spacious, always exceeding 450 m2 and some with gentle slopes that require use of the good putting.