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Penina Championship
Penina Championship is a Sir Henry Cotton design, located just inland from the coastal resort of Alvor. A very challenging course which is very flat, narrow and long. You will find very good greens which are very well protected with bunkers. There are trees and high rough, you will need to play straight or you could easily go out. There is a long Par 4 to start which is slightly challenging and has a dog leg left. Penina would suit players of all standards and is a fairly friendly course for ladies enabling them to enjoy a shorter distance with 676m between the red and yellow tees. A great golf course with one of the Par 3’s, hole 13 the most memorable and voted one of the best 500 holes in the world!
Reception: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Clubs: Standard Set|Taylor Made Set
Club House: With Restaurant and Snack bar
With driving range
With an Academy
Trolleys: Manual and Electric
With locker room
Pro Shop: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Lessons: Resident professionals
With putting green
Juniors: Up to 17 years oldPenina Championship - latest comments and reviews
Robin Booth
2025-10-19
The course is a good golf challenge. However its current standard of maintenance is poor, particularly the quality of the tee boxes & bunkers. There were areas of some fairways that were destroyed by what we assume are animals, possibly wild boar. The greens however were good. The pro shop welcome was efficient but by no means was it warm, friendly or welcoming.
Bernard Roche
2025-10-16
Lovely weather,course in good condition, not perfect but very enjoyable
Gerard Caulfield
2025-09-28
Arrived at 9.30 for our 10.16 tee time and were informed that there were no buggies available as we hadn’t booked any. We have been going on golf trips to Spain and Portugal for 25 years and have never had to prebook buggies. We were told to come back 10 mins before our tee time and maybe 2 would be available. Eventually 4 mins before our tee time 2 buggies were “found”. Also no food was available at clubhouse until 10.30.
Marius Fuhrberg
2025-09-24
Unfortunately, Penina Championship was not in great shape. The fairways and greens were ok but the surroundings appeared quite neglected.
MICHAEL JOHN LANE
2025-09-15
Overated and overpriced. Feels tired and very ordinary. Faded glory
Danny Sullivan
2025-01-02
Great day at Penina, staff & course were both brilliant
Glynn Roebuck
2024-10-22
Great course in good condition, very friendly staff, we all loved it.
René Østergaard
2024-10-19
Great layout
Not great condition
Chris Fairhurst
2024-10-13
Course absolutely fantastic design, greens ok but fairways could do with a little TLC
Brian Mcqueen
2024-09-05
It's been a few years since I last played Penina and I was shocked with the condition of the course. The course still has some great holes but badly needs some investment and TLC.
Reception and shop staff were very helpful and friendly.
Ian Beattie
2024-09-05
Penina was in reasonable condition, probably the best of the 4 courses we played
DAVID JOHN GREATHEAD
2024-06-23
Course in very good condition playing long. Greens good and true. Very well looked after by all staff. Tough conditions due to playing in temperatures in the thirties.
Tecnicals
*Flat - Some gentle slopes on green approaches
*Dogleg - On both 9's
*Tree Lined - Heavily with Umbrella Pines
*Buggy Recommended - If Essential
*Water hazards - On both 9's, check on course planner required
*Parkland - Totally
*Signature Hole - 5th
*Comments - Premier Championship course in West Algarve
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