|
This is a course of great
beauty, perfectly blending beach and mountain scenery. Its
clubhouse, set between holes nine and ten, provides a fantastic
panorama over the coastline
The course is a showpiece to the imagination of Frank Pennink, one of
the most prolific golf course designers in Portugal. At
Palmares, which is close to the beautiful and historic western Algarve
town of Lagos, Pennick has created a course of undeniable beauty and
quality.
The reputation of the course, a Par
71, derives from its skilful use of two different kinds of landscape,
as well as its excellent level of maintenance.
So, after starting out on a difficult
dogleg Par 4 from a high tee, the golfer soon gets into the links
which run behind Meia Praia, a great expanse of white sand and high
dunes.
At hole 6, the course turns back
inland in the direction of the clubhouse. From here on the
player faces just the opposite challenge, with holes designed along
curving valleys bordered by pine trees, and affording beautiful views
over Lagos Bay and the Monchique mountains. It is a perfect mix
of links and inland golf.
From the veranda of the clubhouse,
set between holes 9 and 10, the view covers 25 kms of Altantic ocean
coast.
|
