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 This
course favours the long hitters, but it requires the skill to score
well. Although the front and back nines are both anti-clockwise loops,
the first nine favours a draw, while the second favours a fade from
the tee.
Pro´s Playing Tips
The first tee isn't too difficult, there is some leeway from the generous
fairway and the approach to the large green of this par 4 has no intrusive
hazards, a couple of bunkers or so. Along par 5 follows. The third
is a par 4 of 387 meters and flows over a rise in the fairway, frustratingly
masking the finger of water coming in on the left in front of the
green. If your second shot is in any way wanting, you will have a
pretty good idea where the ball will be! A firm, confident approach
to the elevated green is needed. The hugely elevated tee at the par
4 ninth somehow encourages a forced drive, which will find trouble
on the left and right. This hole dog-legs left and a longish, straight
drive is rewarded with sight of the green. The fairway dips away off
the tee, then climbs again, so the approach is invariably an uphill
lie. Your best shot is to the right side of the green. Probably the
most memorable hole here is the 200 meter par 3 fifteenth, with a
large lake which you have to carry. The green is set in a semicircle
of umbrella pines and you get to it across a distinctive wooden bridge.
Very picturesque.
Quinta do Lago also offers the North
Course, formerly known as Ria Formosa, both our courses
provide different tests for players and requires different skills
of players of all ability levels.
Nearest Accommodation: Hotel Quinta do Lago I Hotel Pinus
Ria I Accommodation Algarve
Nearest Golf Courses: Quinta do Lago North,
Pinheiros Altos, San
Lorenzo
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