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Centro Nacional de Golf
MADRID GOLF COURSES
The Madrid Golf Courses Association( Asociacion Campos de Golf de Madrid) has almost 20 golf venue members, all close to the heart of the Spanish capital and all welcoming visiting golfers. They include several top-drawer courses, with the likes of Robert von Hagge, Rees Jones, Jack Nicklaus and Spain’ s Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal among designers to have left their mark on them.
Founded in 2014, the non-profit association promotes Madrid as a golf destination nationally and internationally as well as promoting the golf courses in the Community of Madrid, its golf industry and the region’ s tourist attractions.
Among member courses, Centro Nacional de Golf( National Golf Centre) was created by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation It is regarded as the home of Spanish golf and is less than 15 minutes from the city centre with metro and bus stops right on its doorstep.
The 18-hole course, designed by Dave Thomas and opened in 2005, suits all abilities. It has hosted top tournaments including the Spanish Open and Madrid Masters. Facilities at the centre include a golf school, Toptracer range, a short game area and one of most modern technology centres in Europe.
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, near the centre of Madrid, is one of the city’ s most historic sports clubs and one of Europe’ s largest, covering 250 hectares.
It offers two 18-hole golf courses, a nine-hole par 3 course and extensive practice facilities. The club’ s original 1932 golf course was badly damaged in the Spanish Civil War, being replaced by the Black course by Javier Arana that opened with 18 holes in 1956. One of Spain’ s most prestigious courses, it has hosted nine Spanish Opens and nine Madrid Opens. The second nine holes of the Yellow course were designed by Seve Ballesteros.
The club also incorporates an equestrian centre, hockey pitches, 35 tennis courts, ice skating rinks, Olympic-sized swimming pool and squash among its amenities.
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