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Spain Completes Historic Amateur Golf Treble in a Single Weekend

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Three teams. Three finals. Three European titles.

Victorious Spanish Amateur Golfers

Spanish amateur golf produced one of its finest weekends on record. Three national squads contested three separate European Team Championships, in three different countries, and all three returned home with gold. The wins span three generations of Spanish golfers — senior women, junior women, and junior men — and confirm the strength of a development system that keeps producing teams capable of winning at the highest level.

A Fourth Straight Podium for the Senior Women

A Fourth Straight Podium for the Senior Women

The Spanish women’s national team retained its European Team Championship title, beating Ireland and Finland before defeating France 5-2 in the final, played in Ireland. Andrea Revuelta, Paula Martín, Cayetana Fernández, Paula Francisco, Balma Dávalos and Paula Balanzategui made up the winning side. It is Spain’s third title in the last four editions, its eighth overall, and its twelfth podium finish in nineteen years, according to the Real Federación Española de Golf.

Back-to-Back Gold for the Under-18 Women

Repeat Champions, under 18 women

In Switzerland, the Spanish Under-18 women’s team topped qualifying, beat Sweden and the Czech Republic, then edged a tight final against England. Nagore Martínez, Adriana García Terol, Carolina Pérez-Tasso, Amanda Revuelta, Ángela Revuelta and Carlota López delivered Spain’s second consecutive gold in the category and its eleventh European title overall — the most of any nation in the competition’s history.

Home Advantage Delivers for the Under-18 Men

Under 18's also amongst the winners

The third title was won on home soil, at Montecastillo in Jerez de la Frontera. Gonzalo Baños, Nicolás Vidal, Mateo Hidalgo, Yago Horno, Raúl Gómez and Samuel Love led qualifying and beat England in the final, winning both the morning and afternoon foursomes sessions. A bunker shot from Gonzalo Baños on the 18th hole sealed the title in front of the home crowd — Spain’s eighth Under-18 men’s European title, placing the country level with England and Scotland at the top of the all-time standings.

A Result Built Beyond the Scorecard

Three titles, three generations, one weekend. Behind the results sit the players — but also the captains, coaches, physiotherapists, clubs, regional federations and families who support them year-round. Spanish amateur golf has rarely looked stronger. What comes next may be more exciting still.


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Vilamoura Summer Tournaments 2026: Four Courses, Four Weeks

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One Course a Week, Right Through August

The Vilamoura Summer Tournaments return this August with four Individual Stableford Net competitions, one per course, spread across the month. Entry includes lunch, warm-up balls and a shared buggy for each round — a straightforward package for anyone who fancies pairing a summer stay with some competitive golf.

4 Golf Tournments in August in Vilamoura

The Schedule

Three of the four rounds fall on a Tuesday, with the closing event shifting to the Monday before month’s end. The Old Course opens on 4 August, priced at €195. Pinhal follows on 11 August, then Millennium on 18 August, with Laguna closing things out on 24 August — the latter three each priced at €125.

The Four Courses

The Old Course was laid out by Frank Pennink in 1969 and reworked by Martin Hawtree in 1996. Doglegs and well-guarded greens ask for precision over power, and a recently rebuilt clubhouse and TrackMan-equipped driving range give the round a modern edge either side of it.

Pinhal is Vilamoura’s second course, dating to 1976 and remodelled by Robert Trent Jones in 1985. Pine trees line most fairways, which makes for a shaded round in August and a genuinely tricky one — the 18th, a blind uphill approach guarded by three bunkers, has a reputation for wrecking scorecards.

Vilamoura Old Course
Pinhal Gold Course, Vilamoura

Millennium has been open since 2000 and is the most played course at the resort. The front nine winds through pine trees; the back nine opens into flatter, more forgiving terrain. A fair test for most handicaps, and a sensible one to start a golfing week on.

Laguna is the outlier of the four — low-lying, largely treeless, and built around a series of lakes that come into play on eleven holes. Wind off the coast is the real defence here, along with 79 bunkers for anyone who finds dry land.

Millenium Golf Course
Laguna Golf Course
Format and Prizes

Each tournament runs as a standalone Individual Stableford Net event. Prizes go to the top three overall finishers, with Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive awards presented separately for men and ladies at every round.

What’s Included

Lunch, warm-up balls and a shared buggy come with every entry, whichever course is on the card that week. The Old Course carries the higher fee of the four, reflecting its status as Vilamoura’s original layout; the other three rounds are priced identically.

Four courses, four Stableford rounds, one August circuit — golfers can enter a single tournament or take on the full set. Sign up for the Vilamoura Summer Tournaments 2026 and pick your course.


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Should You Bring Your Own Clubs on a Golf Holiday? The Case For and Against

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What frequent flyer perks, damage statistics, and one snapped driver shaft can teach you about packing for a Golfing Getaway.

Every serious golfer has had the debate at some point before a trip: pack the clubs, or hire on arrival. It sounds like a small decision. It rarely is. Get it wrong and it can mean an extra hour at the baggage carousel, a damaged driver, or simply irons that never quite feel like yours. Here is what actually weighs on each side of the argument.

The Case for Bringing Your Own Set

There is no substitute for clubs you know. Your own irons carry the exact lie angle, shaft flex and grip wear that your swing has adapted to over years, and no rental set — however well maintained — replicates that. For golfers with a single-digit handicap, or anyone who has recently been fitted, the performance gap between “mine” and “borrowed” is not trivial. It shows up in distance control and, more than anywhere, around the greens.


Golfer checking in a golf travel bag at airport departures before a golf holiday

What It Actually Costs to Fly With Them

The honest answer is: more than most golfers expect, and not just in euros. TAP Air Portugal treats golf bags as special sports baggage, with fees typically running from around €45 to over €100 depending on route and season, and registration required at least 24 hours before departure . Budget carriers popular for short Algarve or Costa del Sol hops are no kinder — easyJet charges roughly £15 per 3kg increment above a 20kg allowance, on top of its own booking fee for the bag itself . Add the return leg, and a couple travelling with two sets can be looking at well over €200 in fees alone before a single green fee is paid. (Baggage Policies) ; (Greencard Golf)

The Risk Nobody Budgets For

Then there is the handling itself. Industry travel-insurance data puts golf club damage at around 1.2% of checked-bag journeys — a figure that drops below 0.1% with a proper hard case, which says a great deal about how soft-sided bags fare in an aircraft hold . Delayed or misrouted bags are a separate headache entirely: airlines classify a bag as officially lost only after searching for it, sometimes for up to 21 days on international routes, which is considerably longer than most golf trips last. A set that does not arrive on day one rarely arrives in time to matter.(Travel Arbitrage)


Golf clubs packed in a hard travel case with foam padding

Making the Call

For a golfer who plays one set of clubs, knows every millimetre of it, and is flying direct with a generous baggage allowance, bringing your own remains the better option — the performance benefit outweighs the fee and the modest risk. For anyone connecting through multiple airports, flying a budget carrier with tight weight limits, or simply travelling light, the arithmetic tips the other way. Hiring removes the fee, the risk, and the queue at oversized baggage — the trade-off is playing an unfamiliar set for the week.


Rental golf clubs ready for collection at a golf course pro shop in Portugal

Tee Times Golf Holidays offers golf club rental across its portfolio of courses in Portugal and Spain, from major brands delivered directly to the hotel or first tee — a straightforward way to sidestep the whole debate for a shorter trip.


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