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Vilamoura The Old
Course
Vilamoura 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: 1969
Architect: Frank Pennink
Holes: 18
Length: 5789 mtrs Yellow
Par: 73
On the way to the east of Algarve, a large property was transformed
into a tourist resort, as the result of the imagination and power of a
man who believed in the potential of the southern-most province of
Portugal, showing the methodical, integrated and controlled ways that
should be emulated by our tourism. This man was Cupertino de Miranda,
who laid the foundations of Vilamoura in a way to be regarded as an
example to be followed. We owe the benefits of Vilamoura to him, no
matter what ups and downs this resort has been through.
The Vilamoura golf courses are a reality that have turned it into one
of the popular golfing destinations in Europe, with three separate
layouts.
The Old Course (ex.Vilamoura l) was inaugurated in 1969. Its project
was Frank Pennink's first one in Portugal, and we can understand why
he was invited to design and project other courses in our country.
This is a golf course that winds its way through umbrella pine woods
in a most natural way. It is the English school of course design. The
beginning of the round is apparently easy and inviting, with an easy
par 4 - for those who keep the ball on the fairway - the green of
which can be reached with a good drive.
Of the par 3's we would highlight the 4th played over a small lake,
and the 15th, with a green, which is difficult to reach. However, the
«flavour» of The Old Course is undoubtedly the back nine par-5 holes -
four in all of which the 16th is the best
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