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  DETAILS OF THE
VALE DA PINTA GOLF COURSE:
Number of holes: 18, Par: 72
Length: 6728 meters
Buggies: Yes
Golf shoes: soft spikes (no trainers)
Dress code: Tailored shorts and collared shirts only
Compulsory: 1 set of clubs per player
 
Vale de Pinta golf course gained championship status by hosting five consecutive seniors’ tour events successfully.

The Vale da Pinta golf course was designed by the North American Ronald Fream. Fream created wide, deep greens protected by a total of 59 similarly sized bunkers. The challenges posed by the course are adaptable to differing levels of skill. This is achieved by the presence of five sets of tees for each of its holes. So those players with handicaps ranging from scratch to 12 can play off the black marks placed further back. White marks are for those handicapped between 13 and 20. For ladies there are red marks (from scratch to 28 handicap) and blue marks for lady beginners.

The introduction to the course is via three par 4's. The fourth is a magnificent par 5. You will need an accurate drive to the marker post to avoid the area of rough on the right and "out of bounds" on the left. The second shot is over land which slopes steeply away downhill. This needs to be carefully thought out because there is a bunker at the foot of the hill, which comes into play for a full shot. The fairway is also extremely narrow there. The green is well bunkered, two tiered and lightening fast.

The fifth is a great par 3, both aesthetically and golf-wise. The green is way down below the tee, making clubbing a nightmare. There are deep bunkers on the left and a lake to the right and behind. And then there is the wind waiting to take the shot off line. The par-4 thirteenth (336 meters) plays aver a lake, to the far side of which is a long bunker. Effectively this adds a further 25 meters. The "safe" tee shot is to the right of the water of this slight dog-leg. You will probably have a sloping lie for the approach but, with a contoured green well shaped and protected by two large bunkers, a good shot will find the putting surface.

The last hole is again a par 5 - about 581 meters. Its a very long three shots to the green. There is an "out of bounds" to the right and rough on left. Ironically, the second shot must flirt with the bunkers and trees to your left if you have thought about the third approach shot.

The course runs through an old olive grove, where some of the trees are more than 700 years old.














































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