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Pestana Vale da Pinta in the Algarve

Vale da Pinta was inaugurated in 1992 and is by Ronald Fream. The final of the qualifying for the European Seniors Tour took place on the course eight times in a row.

  • 18 holes
  • Par 71
A golfer looks across the green at a clubhouse
Illustration from the book
18holes
71is the par of the course
1992is the year the course opened

The course

The course lies next to Gramacho and shares the academy with it. You practise swing, putting and short game there.

Prices

ServicePrice
Green fee 18 holes in March, April and October€167
Green fee 18 holes in November, February, May and September€145
Green fee 18 holes in December, January and from June to August€93
Twilight in the afternoon€50
Buggy for 18 holes€55
Electric trolley for 18 holes€30
Rental clubs for 18 holes€45

Prices according to the golf course, as of . Prices change. You learn the current prices from the golf course before booking.

Pestana Golf grades the green fee by month. The price list states no year. That is why I would ask about the price for the month you travel before booking.

More golf courses in the same area

  1. Pestana GramachoThe course near Carvoeiro that Ronald Fream designed together with the former world number one Nick Price.18 holesPar 726,107 m
  2. Pestana Silves GolfThe shorter Pestana course below the Monchique mountains, with water on both sides of the first hole.18 holesPar 705,592 m
  3. Pestana Alto GolfThe last course that Sir Henry Cotton designed, between Alvor and Praia da Rocha.18 holesPar 705,432 m
  4. Pestana Ferragudo GolfThe youngest course of Pestana Golf in the village of Ferragudo.18 holesPar 73
  5. Vale de Milho GolfNine par-3 holes above the Atlantic near Carvoeiro, designed by the Ryder Cup player Dave Thomas.9 holes
  6. Penina Sir Henry Cotton Championship CourseThe first 18-hole course of the Algarve, laid out in 1966 by Sir Henry Cotton on former rice fields.18 holesPar 736,273 m
  7. Morgado Golf CourseThe course between Portimão and Monchique with wide fairways and bunkers on the Scottish model.18 holesPar 73
  8. Álamos Golf CourseThe second course in the Morgado resort, with a view of the Serra de Monchique and the lakes.18 holesPar 71

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