PINHAL GOLF COURSE
| Architect | Frank Pennink |
| Number of Holes | 18 |
| Length | 6,300 m. |
| Par | 72 |
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| Directions | Leaving from Faro on the EN 125, turn off for Vilamoura and follow the golf course signs | |||||
| Handicap required | Men: 28 Women: 36 |
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Description and images
This course, built in the middle of a pinewood, brings together two
very different architectural concepts – British and American. In
1988 it was selected for the Portuguese Ladies’ Open, an event that
forms part of the women’s professional European circuit.
Inaugurated in 1976, Pinhal Golf Course was originally designed by
the Briton Frank Pennink. Later, 1985, it was partly redesigned by
the North-American Robert Trent Jones, who introduced new challenges
into the course.
Trent Jones’ work has given the course a great variety of holes as
he brought together two completely different architectural concepts,
British and American. As a result, the golfer is confronted by very
different kinds of play. Built in the middle of a beautiful pine
wood, with panoramic views over the sea, one of the main
characteristics of this course is the small size of its greens,
requiring great precision from the golfer in terms of approach
shots.
Hole number 17, 502 metres for a Par 5 from a championship tee,
offers players the chance of a birdie, or even an eagle for golfers
who risk driving off over the out-of-bounds zone to the right,
thereby drastically cutting through the fairway accentuated dog-leg
Text provided by the Portuguese Tourist Office
