La Manga Club South is the resort's original championship course, designed by Robert Dean Putman when La Manga opened in the early 1970s and later remodelled with input from Arnold Palmer. It remains the toughest and most storied of the three courses, and the one most closely tied to La Manga's tournament history.

Water comes into play on fifteen of the eighteen holes, and the back nine turns notably harder than the front, asking for real composure once the round is already underway. Wide fairways offer room off the tee, but the demanding mix of short and long holes means nothing here plays itself. South's pedigree speaks for itself: it has hosted five Spanish Opens, including Arnold Palmer's celebrated 1975 win, and continues to host the European Senior Tour's Farmfoods European Senior Masters today.

The wider resort brings a full golf academy and decades of championship infrastructure to back up the round. Book La Manga Club South for the toughest test at one of Spain's most historic golf addresses, still hosting professional golf today.