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CLUB DE GOLF VALDERRAMA
CLUB SANTA CLARA GOLF
COSTA BALLENA CLUB DE GOLF
EL PARAISO GOLF CLUB
ESTEPONA GOLF
GUADALMINA GOLF
ISLANTILLA GOLF
LOS NARANJOS
MALLORCA MARRIOTT SON ANTEM GOLF RESORT AND SPA
MONTE MAYOR GOLF CLUB
MONTE MEDIO
REAL CLUB DE GOLF LAS BRISAS
REAL CLUB DE GOLF SOTOGRANDE
SAN ROQUE
SANTA MARIA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

CLUB DE GOLF VALDERRAMA
Holes: 18
Par: 71
Length: 6356
Course architect: Robert Trent Jones
Extras: Practice ground

Valderrama is a 6356 metres par 71 with no hole of less than championship quality but it can be fully enjoyed by players of all handicaps, thanks to the genius of Robert Trent Jones, Senior, whom many consider the leading golf architect of his day.

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CLUB SANTA CLARA GOLF
Holes: 18
Par: 71
Length: 5878
Course architect: Enrique Canales Busquets
Extras: Pro Shop, Restaurant, Bar, Changing Rooms, Showers, Clubhouse; Buggy, trolley and club hire; Driving range, Putting Green, Chipping Green.

Located just off the N-340, near the hospital on the eastern side of Marbella, Santa Clara Golf Club is a new 18 hole par 71 course of 5878 metres from the professional tees. The course was designed by Enrique Canales Busquets. It is well manicured. The 360 acre estate is being developed with luxurious apartments and villas. The front nine has two par 3s, 6 par 4s and one par 5. The longer back nine has two par 3s, five par 4s and 2 par 5s. Water comes into play on many holes and there are bunkers protecting most of the greens. Santa Clara Golf Club provides a challenge for all levels of golfers.
Santa Clara hosted the 58th Annual Spanish Professional Championship in June 2003, quite an honour for a new course and indicative of the quality and prestige Santa Clara has been able to achieve in a short time.

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COSTA BALLENA CLUB DE GOLF
Holes: 27
Par: 72
Length: 6036
Course architect: D. José Mª. Olazabal

Designed by 1994 and 1999 US Masters Champion and Ryder Cup hero, José María Olazábal, Costa Ballena is situated in the heart of the equal-named residential area between Rota and Chipiona close to Cádiz.
Overlapping a spacious area near the beach, this course is flat, easy to walk and well playable. Plenty of water hazards will provide the challenge. The 16th is a characteristic par 3 with the green surrounded by water and a huge bunker. Hole 13 is played overlooking an extraordinary sea sight.
Opened in 1997 ambitious Costa Ballena also offers an executive 9-hole par three course and superb practice facilities. The new club house opened in April 2001.

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EL PARAISO GOLF CLUB
Holes: 18
Par: 71
Length: 6131
Course architect: Gary Player
Extras: Pro Shop, Restaurant and Bar, Putting Green, Driving Range; Hire clubs, trolleys, buggies.

Opened in 1973, El Paraiso is one of the oldest established courses on the Costa del Sol. Located between Estepona and San Pedro, El Paraiso offers beautiful mountain views as well as an exciting round of golf. This course was designed by Gary Player and it winds its way around two lakes and through hundreds of mature pine trees. The golf club has a friendly, social atmosphere, and visitors are most welcome.

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ESTEPONA
Holes: 18
Par: 70
Length: 6001
Course architect: Jose Luis Lopez
Extras: Buggy hire, Clubs hire, Hand cart rental, Restaurant, Bar

Estepona Golf is privately owned by the Leader family.
Our policy is to concentrate on visiting golfers as a 'pay as you play' course.
The 18 hole course, which is located on the inland side of the main coastal road at Km. 150, just one mile from Estepona town centre, was designed by Jose Luis Lopez and first opened in 1989. The design uses the natural landscape which is set against the Sierra Bermeja mountain range, and enjoys sea views from most parts of the course. The fairways are wide and the greens large which provides a challenge for players of all levels, but doesn't penalise the average golfer.
Playing the front nine you'll have the pleasure to play the
longest hole in Spain, our third hole, a par 5 called the Ski Run which measures 568 metres from the white tees.
There are many palms, eucalyptus and wild olive trees on the course, and players have a great opportunity to enjoy many rare species of wildlife, particularly on the second half.
Players who are unaccustomed to the warmer temperatures and terrain are always welcome to rent one of our 40 new Club Cars. Alternatively, trolleys are available for hire.

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GUADALMINA GOLF
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 5768
Course architect: Javier Arana and Folco Nardi

Guadalmina south: This is the oldest of the two eighteen hole Gualdalmina courses. It also offers a short nine hole round. The south course was designed by Javier Arena in 1959 and is famous for its high difficulty level and is therefore most suitable for experienced players. Wide fairways, without rough or water hazards. Guadalmina north: This course was designed by Folco Nardo and opened in 1973. It is shorter and hillier than the south course and presents several artificial lakes. It requires a precise drive through the middle of the fairways so as not to end up in one of the water hazard hidden the rough.

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ISLANTILLA GOLF
Holes: 27
Par:
Length:
Course architect: Mr. Enrique Canales and Mr. Luis Recasens
Extras: Driving Range 290 meters, long for up to 60 people (all in grass), 1 Big Chipping Green with 3 Bunkers, 1 Big Putting Green.

Built upon 73 Hectares. The Course is immersed in a forest of pine trees with wonderful views over the Atlantic Ocean and the beach. The Course has 3 choices of 18 holes for 3 different styles of play.

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LOS
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 7093
Course architect: Robert Trent Jones Snr

Los Naranjos Golf Club I situated right in the heart of Europe’s golf eldorado on Costa del Sol in Spain - right in the middle of the well-known Golf Valley of Marbella. Robert Trent Jones Sr designed and built the course in the middle of the 70´s and the beautiful club house was inaugurated in the end of 1991.

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MALLORCA MARRIOTT SON ANTEM GOLF RESORT AND SPA

Son Antem East Course
Holes: 18
Par:72
Length:6657
Course architect: Francisco Lopez Sigales
Extras: driving range, pitch and putt area, practice bunkers

A Francisco Lopez Sigores design, the East course, inaugurated in 1994, is a resort course with wide open fairways. Woodland and lakes come into play on some holes adding to the interest.

Son Antem West Course
Holes:18
Par:72
Length: 7194
Course architect:Francisco Lopez Sigales

A Francisco Lopez Sigores design, the West course is a championship course, with verdant hillscapes adding to the lakes & woodland. The large, American style greens provide an abundance of tricky putts.

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MONTE MAYOR GOLF CLUB
Holes: 18
Par: 71
Length: 5652
Course architect: José Cancedo

Since its opening in 1989 Monte Mayor has built up an unique reputation world wide.
Hidden in the hills behind Cancelada West of San Pedro de Alcántara, this is a monster course. Nowhere else you will find such a quiet surrounding and an extremely challenging golf course as at Monte Mayor. Among experts, this course is often rated among the top golf courses in the world.
It is an experience where each hole is an infinite challenge on its own. Blind tee shots, steep ravins (you need to hit the green on the par 3 third!), terraced fairways, each hole on this course has its own characteristics which makes playing Monte Mayor an unique experience.

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MONTE MEDIO
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 5931

The 18 holes are played on wide, carefully tailored fairways, bordered by mediterranean vegetation and forest, requiring precision and accuracy to keep the ball in the play, and is considered by professionals and experts as one of Europe’s finest golf course, where natures is respected, and beauty of the country side combines with spectacular views of the white towns, the Cádiz sierra, the Straits of Gibraltar and Africa.

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REAL CLUB DE GOLF LAS BRISAS
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 6130
Course architect: Robert Trent Jones

The never-ending activity of Robert Trent-Jones found its highlight with the opening, of Las Brisas Golf Club. The north American designed a course in which long drives alone will not be sufficient but intelligence in play is a must as well. No less than ten artificial lakes and ample bunker protection around mainly elevated greens.

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REAL CLUB DE GOLF SOTOGRANDE
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 6224
Course architect: Robert Trent Jones

First European course designed by Robert Trent Jones and rated among the 100 best courses in the world since its foundation (1964). The course championship distance is 6224 metres, par 72 and SSS 74 on its longest distance. Although the course has wide fairways and very little semi rough on its fairways, its lakes, fast greens and the strong winds in this area make it a real challenge to the best of players.
Real Club de Golf Sotogrande´s golf architect, Robert Trent Jones, once described a golf course as a battleground: the players attack the course, and it is the architect´s obligation to defend it. And defend our course he had, by means of strategically placed bunkers, water hazards, rough and the general layout of the course itself, as well as having holes of great beauty such as the seventh and twelfth. Therefore, when you step out onto the first tee, prepare to assume the offensive.
This booklet has been prepared as your map of the terrain, to help you know the course better, judge its distances and other physical characteristics more accurate, and enable you to plan your game intelligently. Use it to play position golf and save yourself vital strokes.

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SAN ROQUE

Old course
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 9494
Course architect: Dave Thomas & Seve Ballesteros
Extras: 2 tiered covered driving range, Practice areas and putting greens, 1 pitching area, 3 practice bunkers.

At the foothills of the Sierra Bermeja, where the mountains meet the sea, is a legendary home for European golf Created in 1990. Designed by Dave Thomas with bunkers redesigned by Seve Ballesteros, The Old Course is rated amongst the finest in Europe.

New Course
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 6497
Course architect: Perry Dye & Seve Ballesteros
Estras:Two golf courses, hotel, Seve Ballesteros Natural Golf School, practice range, riding, tennis, paddle-tennis, swimmingpool.

2002 saw work begin on the construction of The New Course - a second championship golf course at the Club. The new world class course - 6626 metres from the championship tees - aims to complement The Old Course, while presenting a very different challenge. The designs, by the renowned American course designer Perry Dye, incorporate the contours of the San Roque hills, giving golfers wonderful views to the Guadalquiton River and the Mediterranean Sea beyond.
The idea was to create a new course that is a challenge for scratch and low handicap golfers but that is also possible for higher handicap players to enjoy. To that end each hole has five different tee positions and fairways that are wider than those on The Old Course. Nevertheless, these fairways are designed to reward canny tactics and skilful drive placement. Water hazards guard four of the greens, also defended by more than a hundred strategic bunkers, which lie in wait for wayward or ambitious drivers.
The plentiful growth of mature cork oaks, San Roque's excellent weather, soil drainage and irrigation plus the expertise of our experienced team of green-keepers means that the club's new course - opening in 2003 - is expected to bed in quickly. It will then provide a thrilling alternative to the rigours of The Old Course.

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SANTA MARIA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Holes: 18
Par: 70
Length: 5586
Course architect: Antonio Garcia Garrido

Opened in 1991 Santa María Golf previously was a 9-hole course designed by Antonio García Garrido. After finishing the second nine, designed by its own technical staff, 5 years later in 1996 the course is know sited in two valleys in the hills in a surrounding with beautiful views. The course is not too difficult to play with its wide fairways particularly on the back nine.

Besides golf, the Santa María Resort offers other facilities like tennis courts, swimming pools and the Santa María Bowls Club, an official bowls club.

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