Aroeira Golf Courses I & II
Aroeira I
One of the most highly regarded courses in Portugal, Aroeira offers a wide range of different playing situations and is set in dense woodland, so that it has become known as the "Wentworth of Lisbon".
Designed by Frank Pennink, the original Aroeira course skilfully blends the needs of a championship golf course with the harmonious surroundings of a natural landscape.
The course runs through a pine wood dotted here and there with wild flowers, a genuine nature reserve inhabited by many species of birds. The dense woodland has earned it the name of the "Wentworth of Lisbon", because of the similarities between this course and the one at the famous London club.
Set in a vast estate close to Costa de Caparica (a long beach with 30 kilometres of white sand), Aroeira has the added advantage of being just 20 minutes to the south of Lisbon.
The course offers a wide variety of different playing situations requiring golfers to use almost all their clubs, without there being any bunkers on the fairways. After hosting the Portuguese Open (European Tour) in 1996 and 1997, Aroeira increased its golfing attractions with the opening of a second 18-hole course in 2000.
Characteristics and Services
Inauguration year : 1972
Author/architect : Frank Pennink
Professional length : 6122 m
Number of holes in course : 18
Par of the course : 72
Driving Range
Buggies
Trolleys
Individual lessons & Group lessons
Main events : World Championship Am and championships FPG
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Aroeira II
A new course in the Lisbon area, which makes Aroeira a very special centre for golfing enthusiasts, thanks to its two neighbouring courses and its large practice area.
This course has a fairly different concept of golf from Aroeira I, consisting of large fast greens, some of which are more than 700 m2 and are equipped with Penn A2 grass. Aroeira II is the first Portuguese golf course to use this type of grass on its greens, which can be cut to a height of only 2 mm. Despite the inviting nature of its greens, the course becomes increasingly difficult as you move from hole number 1 to number 9 (stroke 1), as well as from number 10 to number 18 (stroke 2). Unlike the older course, the new course has bunkers on the fairways, some of them in the Scottish style of pot bunkers. But the sand traps are not the only obstacle that have to be taken into account: because of the course´s five large lakes, water is a fairly constant hazard, particularly at the last nine holes.
With the opening of its second course, Aroeira has become the largest golfing centre in the Lisbon region and is also an attractive leisure and tourism centre, especially in view of its nearby beaches.
Characteristics and Services
Inauguration year : 2000
Author/architect : Donald Steel
Professional length : 6400 m
Number of holes in course : 18
Par of the course : 72
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