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Sotogrande Golf Club | |
Founded in 1964, Real Club de Golf Sotogrande is located on prime golfing land close to the beachfront between the river Guadiaro and Sotogrande marina. Anyone lucky enough to have played at one of Spains foremost members clubs will be able to confirm Robert Trent Jones was right to take pride in what is an extraordinarily good design.
Real Club de Golf Sotogrande is often voted to be among the top ten golf courses in Europe and rightly so. Sotogrande Old , as it is called by the locals, boasts mature vegetation with pine, cork oaks, eucalyptus and giant palm trees enhancing the natural beauty of the surroundings.
The greens on Sotogrand Golf course are large and the tees are very long, some would say excessively so, but they allow for variations in pin placement and the length of hole. The contours of the greens are typical Trent Jones and the bunkers were the first in Europe to be filled with brilliant white crushed marble. Another first at Sotogrande Golf Club was the use of Bermuda grass on fairways. |
| Golf Club: |
Real Golf Club de Sotogrande |
| Designer: |
Robert Trent Jones |
| Opening year: |
1964 |
| Holes: |
18 |
| Maximum hcp: |
Men 24 & Ladies 30 |
| Driving Range: |
Yes |
| Buggies on fairways: |
Allowed except where stated on the course |
| Golf shoes: |
Soft spikes shoes compulsory |
| Hotel Resort: |
No, at 1 km, the NH Sotogrande hotel |
| Close to: |
Sotogrande Port |
| Address: |
Paseo del Parque s/n, 11310 Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain |
| Golf Club note: |
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| Patrizia's comment: |
Sotogrande Golf course is a lovely old course. It has everything you want to enjoy in a golfing holiday; not too hard to play, flat, some water hazards, beautiful tall trees, flowers and excellent greens. | | |
January 2007
| Metres |
Par |
SSS |
Slope |
| 6304 |
72 |
73.1 |
135 |
| 5874 |
72 |
70.9 |
131 |
| 5425 |
72 |
73.9 |
129 |
| 5147 |
72 |
72.1 |
125 |
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