Amendoeira O’Connor Jnr Course

Layout:

All golfers are challenged by the various water features spread throughout the entire course, and the rich topsoil, which has been skillfully landscaped has helped develop an expansive oasis-like setting with an abundance of mature palm trees sweeping throughout the course.

Hazards:

The tees are generally well connected to the fairways, but it’s the longer overall distance, water hazards and imposing greens that provide this course’s challenge. Golfers must also be prepared to read the subtly contoured putting surfaces that can deceive even the most experienced golfers.

Standout Holes

Christy O’Connor explained: The course also has my version of the Amen Corner, starting at the seventh. We have a lake which runs from the 9th, through the 8th and into the 7th, so it is a kind of a chain reaction and the 7th will be the first of it. The 9th is a real key hole of the golf course, the lake running not only to the right off the tee, but also to the left of the second shot. It is almost a two–part golf hole.

On the 13th I am going to try and incorporate Moorish–type walls into the green, building something that reflects the Moorish heritage of what the Arabs once called Al–Garbe, and which became the Algarve. Christy’s 18th hole brings the course to a fantastic finish, a gentle climb with the river running along the right hand side. ‘This hole is a humdinger,’ he smiled. ‘And once you get up here and look down on the golf course, you will feel you have been blessed.’