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DESTINATION GOLF GLOBAL GUIDE AUTUMN 2026
The club is a family-orientated sports and leisure centre that offers facilities including tennis, squash and paddle-tennis courts besides a gym, saunas and swimming pools.
Designed by former Ryder Cup player and 1984 world champion Jose Rivero together with Jose Marin, Golf Olivar de la Hinojosa has 27 holes of golf comprising a par 72 18-hole championship course and a nine-hole one with a par of 29. Precision is key on the championship course as the small greens are protected by bunkers or by water. The club was founded in 1995 and includes a golf school with a Toptracer range among other facilities such as tennis and paddle-tennis.
Golf Park Madrid, which opened in 1998 20km northeast of the city centre, has a nine-hole pitch and putt golf course suitable for both beginners and accomplished players. Its driving range has 110 covered bays on two floors and is floodlit at night. It also has a golf academy with video swing analysis and a short game area. Created in 2005 for employees of the banking giant and visiting
Real Club de Golf la Herreria
golfers, Golf Santander’ s spectacular course 16km from Madrid is one of Europe’ s longest and serves up a tough test for high and low handicappers alike. Water is ever present, flowing in a closed circuit through a series of lakes and rivers that cross much of the course.
The course was designed by Rees Jones and is supplemented by some of Europe’ s best golf training facilities. They include the first Jim McLean golf school in Europe, one of just six TaylorMade Performance Labs in Europe and a five-hole short game area designed by Seve Ballesteros.
The Real Automovil Club de Espana( RACE) is a motoring club formed in 1903 that owns the famous Jarama racing circuit. In 1967, the RACE sports complex was inaugurated on the outskirts of Madrid in the foothills of the Sierra Norte mountains with an 18-hole golf course by Javier Arana.
Real Sociedad Hipica Espanola Club de Campo
The complex has continued to expand since then. Among golf facilities are a nine-hole pitch and putt course, a golf school that uses the latest technology and a driving range, while other sport and leisure amenities include tennis and paddle-tennis courts, football pitches, an equestrian centre, a swimming pool and a gym.
La Finca Golf
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