Algarve Golf Courses in Portugal

The Algarve, known worldwide for its mild climate attracted to golf in 1966 with the opening of the Penina, designed by the iconic Sir Henry Cotton, who transformed a rice field in a beautiful golf course, after the necessary embankments and the planting of 300 thousand trees.

The rise of tourism in the Algarve began shortly after being inaugurated the golf courses of Vale do Lobo and Vilamoura. A few years later, another emblem of world golf: The first course of Quinta do Lago.

The construction of golf courses in the Algarve, southern Portugal, proliferated and today are found in this region more than half of Portuguese courses, some of them listed among the major European and global fields, given the quality of their designs and maintenance. If you have a common characteristic is to have some rough tracks, which allow enjoyable golf games.

The international importance of golf in the Algarve is so evident that, for tactical agreement, the Portuguese Open will be held at least every two years in that region.