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Vila Sol
Vila Sol os located in Vilamoura which is 19 Miles from Casa Esperanca. From the EN 125, take the
road to Vilamoura, turn right and continue until you find a turn to
your left, with a sign indicating the club.
Founded: 1991
Architect: Donald Steel
Holes: 18
Length: 5935 mtrs Yellow
Par: 72
Vila Sol, close to Vilamoura, near the outskirts of Quarteira, was the
first individual creation of the famous English architect Donald
Steel, in Portugal.
Donald Steel is an architect who above all likes to preserve nature
and native vegetation, reducing earthmoving to the minimum by using
undulating terrain to create the type of golf course that is within
the English philosophy. This is the counterpoint to the American
School where elevated tees and greens are indispensable.
The course being with a rather complicated 38l-metre par 4, with a
very tall pine- tree about 50 metres before the green that makes the
line into it more difficult. The green hump backed and fast. A par
here is always a good start. Next, there is another par 4, more than
400 metres long, a classic one, in our opinion. Describing it is not
worth while; the best thing to do is play it. The third one, another
par 4, 385 metros long demands a second shot to a green on raised
ground turning this hole into the most difficult on the course. It
should be mentioned that this must be the most testing start to any
Portuguese course, as can be seen from the handicap stroke given to
these three holes: 5, 3 and 1.
The 6th is a somewhat elaborate par 5, including a lake in the middle,
so we prefer the 499-metre 8th as a par 5, with a brook crossing the
fairway to protect the two-tiered green.
In the second nine, there are two par 3's of excellent design, the
13th and l5th; the 18th has only the drawback that the green is not
visible from the tee. Another interesting factor at Vila Sol is the
excellent driving-range, but above all very professional maintenance
makes this golf course a place where you play with pleasure.
For further information please click go direct to the Vila Sol website
by clicking this link
www.vilasol.pt
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