Golf Facility Name: | Vilamoura Old Course |
Location: | Algarve, Portugal |
Coordinates: | 37.1019°N -8.1181°W |
Establishment: | 1969 |
Type: | Private |
Operator: | Dom Pedro Hotels & Golf Collection |
Holes: | 18 |
Tournaments: | Portuguese Open (1979) |
Course1: | Old Course |
Designer1: | Frank Pennink (original) Martin Hawtree (1996) |
Par1: | 73 |
Length1: | 6,254 metres |
Rating1: | 73.1 |
Slope1: | 136 |
Greens: | Bentgrass Providence and Poa annua |
Fairways: | Bermuda Tifton 419 |
Vilamoura Old Course is a golf course in Vilamoura, on the Algarve in Southern Portugal. Sometimes referred to as the "Grande Dame" of the Algarve,[1] it is owned and operated by Dom Pedro Hotels & Golf Collection, who purchased the course, along with four others in Vilamoura, in 2016.[2] The five courses had previously been owned by the Oceanico Group since 2007.[1]
Designed by Frank Pennink, the Old Course opened in 1969, and hosted the Portuguese Open in 1976. Following remodelling by Martin Hawtree, the course reopened in 1997.[1]