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Amendoeira Golf Resort in the Algarve

In the Amendoeira Golf Resort you play two big courses and a short course. Sir Nick Faldo designed the Faldo Course and Christy O’Connor Jnr. the second course.

  • 2 courses
  • Short course with floodlights
Drawing of red rocks above a green landscape
Illustration from the book

The course

The Faldo Course is a par 72 of 6,578 metres. Lakes and water hazards are spread across the O’Connor Course. The Academy Course has nine par-3 holes and floodlights. According to the resort it is the only 9-hole course with floodlights in Portugal.

For practice the resort has a driving range, putting greens and areas for the long and the short game. On the course you wear a shirt with collar and sleeves with long trousers or golf shorts.

More golf courses in the same area

  1. Salgados Golf CourseThe course on the Salgados lagoon, where water accompanies a whole series of holes.18 holesPar 72
  2. Ombria Golf CourseThe course in the hill country near Loulé that is only played with a buggy.18 holesPar 71
  3. Pine Cliffs Golf CourseNine holes on the cliffs above the Atlantic, with the par 3 “Devil’s Parlour” over a ravine.9 holes
  4. Balaia Golf VillageThe short course with nine par-3 holes, five minutes from the centre of Albufeira.9 holesPar 27

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Golftourismus: Dein Guide für Golfreisen

So that you know what happens behind the desk on your next golf trip, I have written down what I learnt in the golf office, the golf hotel and in sales. The book is written in German.

„Mit seinem Buch ‚Golf-Tourismus‘ wendet sich Autor Mirco Timm gleichermaßen an Golfreisende, Golf-Pros, Hoteliers und Reisebüros.“

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