Captains’ Rest Course Spotlight

Gramacho

The former World Nr. 1, Nick Price, has teamed up with the well-known golf course architect, Ronald Fream, to create a uniquely designed 18 hole course with 27 varied greens that enable the golfer to play the same course several times with different greens.

In 2005 & 2007 the Gramacho Course hosted the Portuguese Ladies Open. The design technique has positioned the greens and protective bunkers so that an 18 hole round is a genuine challenge.

Silves is a serene spot, but the course is anything but the proverbial walk in the park. A drive at the opening
hole has to flirt with two water hazards on both flanks. A heroic and straight shot will reward the player with an
easy uphill approach. Silves encourages and rewards attacking play. The excellent condition, all year round,
is ideal for low scoring. A relentless test in precision, this course has no peers.

The wonderful characteristics already existing on the site, from the boulder outcrops and dry stone walling to the fig, carob and olive trees, have been complemented by artfully positioned lakes and bunkers. These hazards complete the challenging course.

Vale da Pinta

The Pinta Course is one of the best-designed courses in Europe. It is a Championship course with an exceptional layout designed by the famous American golf course architect Ronald Fream.
Since 1992 it has earned a deserved reputation for the outstanding level of maintenance and its design, which makes it a challenge to golfers of all standards. The Pinta Course was 7 consecutive times host to the European Seniors Tour Qualifying Final.

Two ornamental lakes influence play at four different holes around the course. The rolling terrain is dotted with carob, fig, almond and olive trees. A very special feature of this course is one olive tree that dates back more than 1200 years.

Silves

Silves is a serene spot, but the course is anything but the proverbial walk in the park. A drive at the opening hole has to flirt with two water hazards on both flanks.

A heroic and straight shot will reward the player with an easy uphill approach. Silves encourages and rewards attacking play. The excellent condition, all year round, is ideal for low scoring. A relentless test in precision, this course has no peers.

It is the “archetype” of man-sized parkland golf. Most holes offer a spectacular mountain and valley view, overlooking palm trees and olive groves. The severity of the bunkering is enough defence against the onslaught of the games big guns.