Description:
Porto Santo's golf course was designed by Seve Ballesteros, the five-time major winner, and opened in October 2004. It runs the length of the island, from rolling dunes near the beach to dramatic basalt cliffs at the far end, and at 6,434 metres it's the longest course in the Madeira Islands. It's also hosted the Madeira Islands Open on the European Tour, a genuine mark of Ballesteros's design pedigree.
The course splits into two distinct halves. The South plays in an American style, dotted with lakes and demanding a long, precise game off the tee. The North is the dramatic part, running along high cliff tops with the Atlantic dropping away below. The par-3 13th is the hole to book this course for: a tee shot of around 200 yards over a gorge to a green perched on the cliff edge, with a 500-foot drop to the sea. The wind is a near-constant factor here, so bring every club in the bag and a game plan for it.
A nine-hole floodlit pitch-and-putt course adds a genuinely useful practice option, and the clubhouse, all dry-stone walling, natural wood and wicker, blends into the landscape as well as the course does. For golfers who want a Ballesteros design with real drama built in, this is the round to build a Porto Santo trip around.
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Details
18
72+27
6434 m / 7077 yd
5984 + 1047 m / 6582 + 1152 yd
5357 + 850 m / 5893 + 935 yd
Bermuda Tifton 419
Agrostis
Bermuda Tifton 419
Gents < n/a | Ladies < n/a
Facilities
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Severiano Ballesteros
Sociedade de Desenvolvimento do Porto Santo
Mário Silva
Andrew Oliveira
Enrique Barobia
Information
Everyday from 7:00am to 7:00pm
Everyday from 7:00am to 7:00pm
Yes
Yes
No
With Restaurant and Snack bar
Without GPS
Manual and Electric
Wilson / Callaway
Resident professionals
Yes
Up to 16 years old
Tecnical
Gently undulating
Exposed and 99% of the time windy
Few water hazards
Very dramatic 13th and 14th holes along the cliffs with a 500ft drop to the sea below
Directions:
Porto Santo is just a fifteen-minute plane ride away from Madeira, or one and a half hours flight from Lisbon. To reach Porto Santo you can opt between daily flights or the ferry which connects the two islands in a two and a half hour ride.|Porto Santo Golfe is about five minutes away from Porto Santo air and sea ports, near the beautiful beach of Porto Santo.
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