DESTINATION GOLF GLOBAL GUIDE AUTUMN 2026
The Real Automovil Club de Espana
Thirty minutes north of Madrid, Club de Golf Retamares is a family sports club that was founded in 1993 and enjoys spectacular views of mountains and the capital. Its championship course is the only one in Madrid to have been designed by Spanish star golfer and golf course architect Jose Maria Olazabal.
The course has undergone recent renovations including the addition of five lakes to give it a total of eight, the planting of 1,200 trees, improved landscaping, watering and drainage improvements and a new network of buggy paths. Practice facilities include a large, reversible driving range while the club also has a golf school, golf training for youngsters and family sports and social facilities.
The Madrid Golf Federation School( Escuela de Golf de la Federacion de Madrid) was inaugurated in 2004 and is situated in Parque deportivo Puerta de Hierro close to the city centre. The training facility is equipped with a 56-bay driving range, a pitch and putt course and short game practice areas. It is aimed at all levels of golfer.
Golf La Dehesa is located in the municipality of Villanueva de La Canada, in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, 28km from the centre of Madrid. Its 6,022-metre, par 72 golf course was designed by Manuel Pinero, its front nine following the course of the Aulencia River with the back nine presenting a more technical challenge. There is a golf school and a driving range.
Just 20 minutes from the centre of Madrid and close to the historic UNESCO World Heritage City of Alcala de Henares – birthplace of the author of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes and – El Encin Golf Hotel has an 18-hole, 72-hole course designed by renowned Robert van Hagge from design firm Hagge, Smelek and Baril that opened in 2011. El Encin has its own golf school using the latest Swing analysis systems and one of the largest driving ranges in Spain, with 100 bays. It also has an on-site, four-star hotel, the Sercotel Encin Golf Hotel, offering 39 rooms. The golf course is noted for having some of the best-value green fees in and around Madrid.
The El Robledal Golf course is set amidst nature in the municipality of Villalbilla, 15km from Alcala de Henares in the eastern part of Greater Madrid. A par 72 layout, it opened in 1975 and features fairways lined by holm oak trees and bushes as well as water hazards.
El Robledal offers golfers who want to sharpen up their game a golf school, called the Bestswing School, a driving range, and a practice bunker and putting green. First-time visitors to the club are given specially-reduced green fees, available throughout the week including weekends and holidays.
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
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