Golf in Algarve

Quarteira – Vilamoura Promenade Connection

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Tee Times Algarve Holidays – Quarteira-Vilamoura Promenade Connection Requalification Works Begin

Tee Times Algarve Holidays: Quarteira-Vilamoura Promenade Connection Requalification Works Begin

The previously announced “Passeio das Dunas” (“The Dunes Promenade”) project by the municipality of Loulé for the urban redevelopment of the coastal zone west of Quarteira – east of Vilamoura, which connects Quarteira to Vilamoura Marina’s has now started it’s works on the field. It is considered one of the most significant urban rehabilitation projects planned for the municipality of Loulé, for Quarteira and Vilamoura, but also for the Algarve.

The current route that connects the leftovers of what once used to be the old fishermen sheds, near the fishing dock, to the beach front that sides with the Vilamoura’s Marina, was being used extensively as a walk stroll by many but it clearly lacked the proper infrastructures and it was a contrasting gap.

With this intervention, performed in 17.7 hectares, it is intended to create a seaside promenade that connects the Vilamoura’s Marina to Quarteira’s beach promenade, with the creation of green spaces, focusing on pedestrian and cyclist circulation, creating recreational spaces, enhancing and rehabilitating the contact with the sea front and running as a new point of attraction, taking in consideration the built environment with the construction and enhancement of accesses to beaches which constitute the main “entertainment space” of these areas.

Tee Times Algarve Holidays: Crowne Plaza Hotel Vilamoura

Tee Times Algarve Holidays: Crowne Plaza Hotel Vilamoura

The redevelopment work zone develops between the Armação Street in Quarteira and the front of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly Hotel Atlantis), being bounded on the south by the beaches and the fishing port of Quarteira and to the north by Vala Real and provides the resolution of the problem of Vala Real, with its partial coverage.

This intervention seeks to fundamentally change the character of the area, promoting a currently vacant site, a no man’s land, capable of living for itself as a source of energizing vitality but also as a requalified public space that is also a promoter of flows between different urban areas and beaches.

The works that have just started are expected to last for 13 months, nearing the end of 2015. It will surely bring value to the area for both the current population and the many visitors it receives, so its end is, naturally, being anxiously expected by many in the Algarve.

Source: Inframoura Vilamoura & Loulé’s Municipality

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Portugal Masters – Leader Colsaerts So Close to First 59

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Tee Times Portugal Golf – Masters – Colsaerts so Close to First 59 – Day 1

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters – Leader Colsaerts So Close to First 59 – Day 1

Nicolas Colsaerts is the current Leader at the end of day 1 and missed out on the first 59 on The European Tour by the merest of margins on the opening day of the Portugal Masters at the Oceânico Victoria Golf Club.

Victoria Golf Course, Oceânico’s jewel, was the most ambitious golf project in Portugal, and was aimed at being one of the best golf complexes in the whole of Europe.

The Victoria Clube de Golfe is the fifth at Vilamoura and the most exclusive one at the resort, making it ideal to became the Algarve’s and Portugal‘s major venue for top international tournaments. Palmer, whose design company has planned some 500 layouts worldwide, compiled the Victoria course project, and Southern Golf, Europe’s largest golf course builder, was awarded the construction contract.

Several man-made lakes provide hazards for the players and also serve as water reservoirs for irrigation.

Tee Times Portugal Golf - Portugal Masters - Oceânico Victoria Golf Course

Tee Times Portugal Golf – Portugal Masters – Oceânico Victoria Golf Course

The Belgian slid an 18-foot foot birdie putt agonisingly just past the left-hand lip of the 18th to fall short of the elusive feat by a single stroke.

No player has broken 60 in the 42-year history of The European Tour, but Colsaerts looked set to change all that after he followed seven birdies with eagles at the 15th and 17th.

That left the 31 year old needing a birdie on the last and he responded by sending a typically booming drive straight down the middle of the fairway.

A short iron left him with a makeable putt and, as he walked towards the green, he was able to share a joke with playing partner Branden Grace, who shot 60 at Kingsbarns in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship two years ago.

Colsaerts’ putt looked on course to drop, but he instead had to be content with a 60 – the 19th time the score has been managed on The European Tour.

Even more significantly, he was able to head to the Victoria clubhouse with a three-shot lead over the rest of the field.

His closest rivals were Alexander Levy and Scott Jamieson, the Scot having set the target mark for the afternoon starters with his round of 63.

Frenchman Levy was first to haul in Jamieson, who operated with a new putter after missing the cut in his previous three tournaments, after 14 holes but he was unable to go on.

Instead it was Colsaerts who took charge as his recent return to form gathered extreme pace on the back nine.

The 2012 Ryder Cup winner has missed the cut in half of the 14 tournament he has played on The European Tour this season, but has found some touch in the past month.

He had made his past three cuts before heading to the Algarve and last time out finished in a tie for fourth at the ISPS Handa Wales Open.

A string of four birdies from the ninth moved him to seven under before he leapfrogged Levy and Jamieson into the lead with the first of his eagles as his power dwarfed the 315-yard par four 15th.

At the penultimate hole he was able to clear the water – which Jamieson had earlier found in the only blemish of his round – to open up his chance of a 59 up the last.

“When I made eagle on 15, I knew then that if I birdied the last three, that would have been 59,” Colsaerts said.

“So I parred 16 and then walking down the fairway on 17, I said to my caddie after I hit a good drive, ‘it’s 59 or nothing’.”

Re-living his final hole, he added: “I hit a good drive. It’s too bad it (the putt) just shaved the edge.

“I thought it was going to be slightly left to right at the end and it kind of went straight and basically just left it hanging. Too bad, I thought it was a pretty good effort, especially with these dark clouds.”

The weather at Victoria Golf Course forced play to be called off for the day shortly after Colsaerts left the 18th, and 16 groups was expected to resume at 8.15am on Friday morning. But the game was suspended due to thunderstorms and (at the time of this writing) the tee times are delayed until further notice.

Source: europeantour.com

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Golf Holidays Now Less Costly

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Tee Times Portugal Holidays – Golf Holidays in Portugal now Less Costly

Tee Times Portugal Holidays – Golf Holidays in Portugal Now Less Costly, as Pound Strengthens

How about holidays in Algarve?

Do you plan to take a golf holiday in Portugal? Well if so, it may please you to know that you can now do so with extra spending money in your pocket, because sterling is flying high against the euro. In particular, the pound recently hit its highest versus the common currency in 2 years, or since August 21st 2012, at 1.2699.

Perhaps you would enjoy Lisbon or Oporto?

What this means for you if plan to holiday in Portugal is that you’ll get more euros when you exchange currencies. Let’s say for example that you intend to spend £600 on a week in Portugal. With that sum, you’ll now receive +€85 more than if you’d done so 18 months ago, when the pound was weak.

Or maybe the paradisiacal archipelagos of Madeira or Azores?

Tee Times Portugal Holidays - Santo da Serra Golf Course - Madeira Package

Tee Times Portugal Holidays – Santo da Serra Golf Course – Madeira Package

So, that’s a+€85 more at no extra cost to you! With that money, you could extend your break in Portugal an extra night, splash out at a Portuguese restaurant, or simply enjoy a welcome saving. With this in mind, it’s a fantastic time to holiday in Portugal, as the strong pound cuts the cost of doing so!

By Peter Lavelle at foreign exchange broker Pure FX. For free expert currency advice when you book a holiday in Portugal, call me on +44 (0) 1494 671800 or email peter.lavelle@purefx.co.uk. I’d be delighted to help.

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