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Gramacho
Gramacho – Carvoeiro
Architect: Ronald Fream and Nick Price
Number of holes: 18
Par: 72
Length in metres: 6,107m
Owned by: Pestana Golf Resort
Services available: Driving range, putting and chipping greens, golf shop, club hire, trolley and buggy hire.
Requirements to play: Handicap requirement
The sister course of the Vale da Pinta course, Gramacho is a unique course which features 18 tees and 18 fairways but has 27 greens, allowing for an experience found nowhere else in the Algarve. Players can enjoy the course time after time and face different challenges each round. Former world number one teamed up with Ronald Fream to create this distinctive course which has hosted the Portuguese Ladies Open a number of times.
The resort has excellent facilities, including an on-site golf academy and a clubhouse with views of the stunning Monchique Mountains. There is also a bowling green and tennis courts as well as on site restaurants for you to enjoy delicious Portuguese cuisine in a beautiful location.
Pro tips:
- The seventh hole has an olive tree in the green waiting to knock the ball off course – plan your shot carefully to avoid the slope
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