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Golf in Portugal: Madeira Islands Open

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Portugal Golf - Madeira Islands - Santo da Serra Golf Club

Portugal Golf – Madeira Islands – Santo da Serra Golf Club – European Tour 2014

Golf in Portugal: The Santo da Serra Golf Club is considered one of the most spectacular golf courses in Europe, with unbelievable mountain views and sea waterfront.

Built in 1937, the Santo da Serra Golf was re-designed by Robert Trent Jones in 1991, is located in the village of Santo da Serra, a short distance from Funchal and within 15 minutes from Madeira International Airport.

27 holes available for play, all characterized by generous “fairways” and “greens” and a choice of positions of tees, which favors all abilities.

The Madeira Islands Golf Open is on the European Tour calendar, from 8th May to 11th May 2014, bringing together annually the best practitioners of the sport that hole by hole, try to win. Last year’s winner: Peter Uihlein. The last two days of each tournament are played only by the top seventy players from the first two days of the tournament.

You can’t miss this chance to visit the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo this week. Take advantage of the excellent conditions that the two islands offer you, with its three golf courses, to practice this sport and meet the beautiful villages, surroundings and landscapes.

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Portugal Holidays: Elected Best Destination

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Portugal Holidays and Golf Pleasure

Portugal Holidays and Golf Pleasure

Portugal was recently elected as “Best Holiday Destination by plane (Europe)” by Zoover Awards 2014 that distinguish destinations and tourist attractions as well as accommodation in more than 25 countries. The results are based on the reviews from the users of the site zoover.com, with more than 150 million views per year.

Portugal achieved a total score of 9.12 (on a scale of 1 to 10), with special attention to the categories “hospitality” (9.23), “reached by plane” (9.19), “gastronomy” (9.03) and “culture” (9.16 ).

João Cotrim de Figueiredo, President of “Turismo de Portugal” (portuguese turism agency) extols that “Tourism is a plan of our country and that this recognition as the best holiday destination by plane in Europe is the result of excellence in the promotion of Portugal, whose reputation has been consolidated in a sustained manner. ”

The Zoover Awards elects the best accommodation in Europe, as well as the best and most popular destinations worldwide. The awards ceremony took place last Thursday in Amsterdam, the headquarters of the Telegraaf, the largest daily newspaper in the Netherlands.

Source: publituris.pt

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Portugal Golf – Pestana Silves Golf Course

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 Silves Golf Course
Silves golf course opened in 2006 and is located in a serene spot below the Monchique mountain range in the countryside inland from the coastal resort of Armaçao de Pera.

Finding it can prove difficult the first time you play as I was informed many of the road signs disappear from time to time. However, finding it is well worth while.

Many holes offer spectacular mountain views as well as overlooking palm trees and olive groves and the surrounding cork and citrus farms generate a true feeling of authentic Portuguese golf. Whilst the course is certainly not ‘a walk in the park’, you do get a feeling of peace and tranquillity, and even the rumble of a passing train will not disturb this ambience.

It is a course for all standards of players. Low handicappers will find it a serious challenge to come in under par. But high handicaps will always be able to enjoy their round.

And so it was on Saturday, despite the chill in the wind towards the end of our round. Scoring from the 13 players was not quite as good as normal, but perhaps that wind was a factor.

Once it had been pointed out to your organiser that he had misinterpreted one of the cards, we eventually found out who had won the prizes! The winner was never in doubt – that was our leader Carlos Ferreira (11 handicap) with 32 points. In 2nd place after a back 9 countback was Tony McInerney (22) with 30 points. Also on 30 were Ron McLachlan and David Exley.

 Ladies winner was Mary Moran (28) with 26 points. Mary also won the nearest the pin with a fine tee shot at the 16th.

 Post match refreshments and analysis of where we all went wrong was again at Chez Carlos restaurant . Another very pleasant Saturday.

 Ron McLachlan