This is the story of the village that wanted a golf course. When they got one of nine holes they asked for more, and more. Guadiaro used to send its men to the fields then along came Sotogrande. They became greenkeepers and took up golf.…

Former owner Jaime Ortiz Patiño took less than 10 years to create a legend. He took over Valderrama in 1987, applied the knowledge he had learnt at the USGA from its greens superintendents and agronomy sections and, by 1997, was proudly welcoming the King of…

OLD - The Old Course at San Roque Club, designed by former Ryder Cup player Dave Thomas, is considered one of Europe’s finest courses. The course hosted the 2005 Open de España and for several years has been the venue for the European Tour Qualifying…

Almenara was designed by Dave Thomas and, in 2001, opened its third nine holes, a spectacular layout built around a series of vast lakes requiring some of the most breathtaking tee shots in Europe. With this third nine Almenara offers the perfect balance between its…

Inaugurated in 2003, this course is located in a beautiful part of the heights of macro-urbanisation Sotogrande, characterised by native vegetation of Mediterranean pine, olive and cork trees. Designed by Cabell B. Robinson, a Robert Trent Jones disciple for 20 years, La Reserva de Sotogrande…

Founded in 1964, Sotogrande regularly features among Europe’s top 10 golf courses. Robert Trent Jones’s first course design on the Continent. Sotogrande has matured beautifully. It is a members’ course with certain times reserved for visitors. Water makes a splash here on the 7th, 12th,…

The closest you’ll get to a links course in Andalucía, Alcaidesa has heather and gorse but offers stunning views of the Rock of Gibraltar and, beyond, the Atlas mountains of northern Morocco. Alcaidesa has been modified considerably since opening in 1990 and after the settling-in…

Benalup, opened in 2001, is a pioneer in the sense that thanks to the vision of owner Bernard Devos the Andalucian golf trail now opens across country in the hitherto virgin territory of the "Ruta del Toro" between Jerez and Sotogrande. Benalup, in fact, sits…

Montenmedio is unique. Not just a golf complex, nor a tourist resort. It is an old Andalucían finca (farm) which has been converted, without clusters of housing or hotels, into a centre for modern country pursuits. On the one hand there is a golf course…

COURSE-A "MAR Y PINOS" - When the Novo Sancti Petri golf course opened its 27 holes in 1990, nobody could imagine the tremendous growth of this hidden jewel on the Costa de la Luz. It is the first design of Severiano Ballesteros in Spain and…