Best Golf Courses in Spain
22 ranked courses in Spain
Spain has 22 courses in this guide: 18 parkland and four coastal. Eight are in Andalusia, four in the Community of Madrid, three in Catalonia, two each in the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, and one each in the Basque Country, Murcia and Cantabria. Real Club Valderrama in Sotogrande ranks highest: Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s 1975 course, renovated by Kyle Phillips in 2012. It is private but sells a narrow public window, roughly two hours between 12:00 and 14:00, Monday to Thursday, booked at least three months ahead with a handicap certificate. Calanova in Mijas, José María Olazábal's 2006 course, is public, and Camiral's Stadium Course in Caldes de Malavella, from 1999, is a resort course that requires a handicap certificate. Access is broad. Ten courses are semi-private, five are resort courses, three are public and four are private. Alcanada in Port d'Alcúdia, Las Colinas near Orihuela Costa and Calanova are the public ones. El Saler in Valencia, Finca Cortesín in Casares, Infinitum in Vila-seca, La Manga in Cartagena and Camiral are the resort courses. Real Club La Moraleja and Puerta de Hierro are members and guests only, and Las Brisas takes limited visitors. Tour events are on the record at El Saler, El Prat and Real Club Sotogrande, and Infinitum has hosted the final stage of Tour Qualifying School.
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About Golf Courses in Spain
Andalusia is the deepest trip, with eight courses across Sotogrande, Marbella, Mijas, Casares, San Roque and Alcalá de Guadaíra. Madrid, Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes hold four more. Catalonia pairs Terrassa, Vila-seca and Caldes de Malavella, while Valencia, Orihuela Costa, Palma, Port d'Alcúdia, Getxo, Pedreña and Cartagena are each a separate stop.
- Ranked courses
- 22
- Course styles
- parkland 18 · coastal 4
- Access
- semi-private 10 · resort 5 · private 4
- Opened
- 1928–2010
- Playable without membership
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