PGA Aroeira No.2

PGA Aroeira No.2 is Donald Steel's other Herdade da Aroeira design, opened in 2000 as Aroeira Challenge and renamed in 2024 as part of the resort's relaunch as PGA Aroeira Lisboa, Portugal's first PGA National venue. A major renovation through 2025 has rebuilt tee boxes, bunkers, fairways and greens while keeping Steel's original layout and routing intact, timed to mark the course's 25th anniversary.

Where No.1 asks for accuracy through pine avenues, No.2 plays a different game. Greens run large, some over 700 square metres, and Scottish-style pot bunkers sit among more conventional traps across the fairways. Five lakes come into play throughout, most persistently on the back nine, and five tees per hole keep it accessible to a genuine range of abilities despite its European Tour-standard credentials. Post-renovation, greens and bunkers are already in excellent shape, with fairways settling in well as the work beds in.

One thing worth knowing before you book: a new hotel is under construction at this course, due in 2028, so reception and clubhouse facilities remain temporary for now, with a short shuttle over from the No.1 clubhouse. The golf itself is the real draw here, and freshly renovated. Book No.1 and No.2 together for the full PGA Aroeira Lisboa experience, and you'll get two genuinely different Donald Steel tests in one trip.