Best Golf Courses In Spain
With its welcoming climate and its excellent holiday accommodation and facilities, Spain has been a magnet for keen golfers for well over half a century. Many of its finest courses are understandably located along its beautiful costas, but there are also plenty to be found both inland and on its beautiful islands such as the Balearics and the Canaries. Starting with the most famous golf course in the country, this look at the best golf courses in Spain features a wide selection of the very best of the best, as well as one or two that are perhaps less well-known but still thoroughly recommended. The green fees quoted are high-season, so please look out for deals and offers, and the yardages are from the regular visitors or medal tees rather than any super-championship back tees. Happily, several of the 20 clubs featured here have more than one course, all of which are well worth seeking out.
Real Valderrama
The approach to the tricky green on the par-5 fourth at Real Valderrama, protected by a pond, bunkers, rocks and a cascading waterfall
(Image credit: Rob Smith)
- Location Sotogrande
- Founded 1974
- Architect Robert Trent Jones Senior
- GF €450 12:00-14:00 daily
- Par 71, 6,464 yards
- Contact Real Valderrama Golf Club (opens in new tab)
Host of numerous leading professional championships, Real Valderrama is one of the most exclusive and prestigious clubs in Europe. With its tree-lined fairways and unusually small greens, this beautiful Trent Jones Senior course is kept in immaculate condition. The bunkers are deep and filled with a coarse, grainy sand that is uniform throughout, and almost every hole is bordered by cork and pine that place a premium on straight hitting. The two long holes at the 4th and 17th are probably the most memorable, with the former played to an elevated green surrounded by rocks, waterfalls and a pond. The dramatic penultimate hole has decided the fate of many important tournaments and runs from left to right to a green fronted by a dangerous, shaved slope. Anything short will roll back into the water -…
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