Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort, Alvor Golf Courses

Penina Championship Course

The 18-hole Sir Henry Cotton Championship Golf Course at Le Méridien Penina Resort, previously known as The Penina, is a true test of a golfers’ skill, and has a reputation as being one of the toughest golf courses in the region. Featuring a range of streams, ditches and water hazards throughout its length and beautiful woodland areas surrounding holes and forcing players to keep their focus, this is a great test of golf for even the most proficient of players.

Penina Academy Course

The interesting 9-holes that make up the Academy golf course plays to a par of 30, and is made up of 6 par-3s and 3 par-4s. This golf course is perfect for casual, less experienced players’, however the tight greens still put an emphasis on accuracy, perfect to hone your game on before moving to one of the more challenging tracks in the area.

Penina Resort Course

The 9-hole Resort Golf Course at Le Méridien Penina Resort offers 18-tees so players can play a full round if they wish. The track is full of its own challenges, though not to the calibre of the championship golf course, that will still test players, making this a great warm-up golf course before taking your game to the main tracks.

Alternative courses

Interested in Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort? Choose from the selection of golf courses below to sample on your golf holiday. Unsure as to which golf course suits your handicap? Send us an enquiry or call our expert sales team on 0800 279 7988, our experts are on hand to offer advice and take the stress away from organising your golf break.

Palmares Golf Course

18 holes, 72 par, 6945 yards. Parkland / Links.

Rated 26th in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Europe, Palmares Golf Club is known as the Jewel in the Crown. The three nine hole loops – “Alvor”, “Lagos” and “Praia” - each have their own special characteristics. With stunning river views and links style golf near the beach, Palmares Golf course offers a unique golfing experience set in a spectacular setting, with views of rare beauty. Palmares is a mixture of links and inland and is situated in a stunning location close to the historic town of Lagos. Golfers are set a challenge from the get go with a par 4, dogleg start leading to the links part of the course. Following the 6th hole, the course provides a different type of challenge as it turns back inland and towards the clubhouse featuring undulating valleys bordered by pine trees. Palmares is a fantastic option for those who are looking to play quality golf which combines a great blend of links and inland golf.

Pinta

18 holes, 71 par, 6728 yards. Parkland with lakes.

Pinta Golf Course opened for play in 1992 and has a reputation for always being in excellent condition. This course has imported Bermuda grass to insure that the fairways are always in the finest form. This is a par 71, 6,728 yard golf course and is perfect for those golf connoisseurs. Most of the par 4’s and par 5’s utilise a dog leg and put major emphasis on accurate driving. Water hazards add to the challenge by coming into play and affecting four holes on the front nine.

Gramacho

18 holes, 71 par, 6679 yards. Parkland.

Gramacho is Pinta’s sister course and is the second 18 hole championship course located at Carvoeiro Golf Club. It played host to the 2005 Portuguese Ladies Open and is one the few courses with 18 sets of tees and fairways but 27 greens. There are many exciting features on this golf course such as the outcrops of rock, dry stone walls, fig, almond, carob and olive trees and of course the bunkers and lakes. With a mixture of these hazards and the combination of the shapes of the fairways and greens this golf course can produce a great selection of challenging but fair golf holes.

Silves

18 holes, 70 par, 5134 yards. Parkland.

Silves Golf Course is set in a serene spot with spectacular mountain and valley views and is definitely anything other than a walk in the park. The drive at the opening hole has to negotiate two water hazards on both flanks but a straight shot will reward the player with an easy uphill approach shot. Silves is a great golf course that encourages and rewards attacking play.

Morgado

18 holes, 73 par, 7300 yards

This superb golf course opened in 2003 and is one of the latest to open on the Algarve. Despite its young age, it feels surprisingly mature, a characteristic enhanced by the planting of 500 olive trees. Morgado features views of the Monchique Mountains and is set amongst valleys, rivers and woodland. With gently undulating fairways, deep bunkers and large tees and greens, Morgado is an excellent choice when travelling to the Algarve.

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