Vale do Lobo Ocean - latest comments and reviews

Andrew Mcgowan 2025-10-07
Excellent course. Tee off before scheduled time. Staff very friendly and helpful. Overall a fantastic day had by all 22 of us. Thank you

Steve Richmond 2025-10-04
We've been golfing in the Algarve for many years and the Vale do Lobo courses are one of our favourite. Again they didn't disappoint. From arrival to leaving the experience is second to none. Superb clubhouse and facilities, excellent golf courses with stunning views to take in on most of the holes. The staff, in the most part, were great. A couple of staff in the bar area, through their attitude, gave the impression they didn't want to be there! Didn't spoil the experience though.

Greg Reynolds 2025-09-29
Lovely course

Lucy mitchell 2025-09-28
Beautiful Golf Club and amazing course with stunning views! We played all 18 holes finishing at 7pm so to see the sun setting was extra special

Bernie Moloney 2025-09-26
Most enjoyable. Had a great round of golf and a nice meal afterwards. We were paired with 2 golfers and had great fun.

Ben Thornton 2025-09-25
Lovely course great staff.

James Bradley 2025-09-24
Very enjoyable.

Declan Cahill 2025-09-22
Very enjoyable golf day.

john oneill 2025-09-17
Nice course Fairways a bit damp this morning

R.B.H. Hesling 2025-09-17
Wonderful golfcourse in top condition, we enjoyed

Lee Johnson 2025-09-17
Great course, really enjoyed the experience

Simon Reece 2025-09-16
What a magnificent course. From the minute you arrive this feels like a ‘next level’ experience . The clubhouse, putting green, course and team are excellent. When we played they were experiencing issues with water shortage, however this didn’t impact the bar!

Alan Carr 2025-09-16
Fantastic golf course, great views and super greens, staff and clubhouse. One of best in the area

Aubrey Murnaghan 2025-09-02
Excellent course and conditions

SCOTT WALTON 2025-08-27
Course was in great condition but the trees had too many branches which kept hitting my ball. Overall a very good experience.

Deprey Eric 2025-08-05
Like always… nice course but not friendly at all. It seems that they have other vestment rules for visitors than for residents… Disappointing…

Aaron Sargent 2025-08-01
Course was very wet due to watering. Was greenkeepers on every hole for 6 holes They let people tee off the 10th, so the back 9 was very slow

Trevor Whittaker 2025-07-25
course was excellent

SAMI NASSER 2025-07-20
Great day

John Dempster 2025-07-07
Fabulous golf course in excellent condition - and I pl;ayed well!!

Mark Commins 2025-06-17
practice facilities were very poor, driving range had really really old balls and you could only use up to a nine iron

Gavin Tucker 2025-06-15
Excellent course, play was a little slow but still enjoyable.

Zarko Pajariño 2025-06-13
Brilliant

Nigel Gell 2025-06-10
Excellent service, great course. Thoroughly enjoyed the game.

Declan Cahill 2025-06-08
Hi ,it was a hot day . But very enjoyable. Thanks for organising. Declan

Stephanie 2025-06-04
The golf course was in very good condition. The staff was very friendly.

Sebastian Polag 2025-05-30
Perfect Place to Play a round of Golf.

Dan Carr 2025-05-28
course was a little tired in places

Marc Moodley 2025-05-13
Good experience. The greens full of unrepaired divots

DESJAMES Fabrice 2025-05-12
Golf difficile mais extraordinaire par ses paysages hors du commun ! Excellent moment

Stephen Curran 2025-05-08
Favourite golf course on the Algarve. Play was a bit slow but with those views it’s not the worst place to be

john birt 2025-05-07
First class experience

Clive Mabbutt 2025-05-06
Lovely course … no issues!

Mark Dunlop 2025-05-01
excellent course and good pace of play during twilight, good condition although fairways longer than normal

Erwin Voß 2025-05-01
Great Course, wonderful view

Eric Pigeon 2025-04-21
Excellent

Mary Bradsaw 2025-04-08
Excellent.

Lauermann Andreas 2025-04-08
Fantastic course in nearly perfect condition. New sand in all bunkers.

Mark Dowden 2025-04-06

Tommy Landers 2025-04-06
Really enjoyed it

Mark Perks 2025-04-05
Superb golf course

David Stubbings 2025-04-04
Good course needs a bit of tlc

John Wellsbury 2025-04-03
Great course. very much enjoyed playing it. The cost of the buggie was ridiculous. Should be charged per person (3) as opposed to paying in full for two buggies for only 3 players.

Jamie O Driscoll 2025-04-01
Out of this world! Simply amazing course!

Andrew Chambers 2025-03-25
Excellent course and friendly staff

Lars-Erik Aursand 2025-03-23
The golf coarse was in very good condition

Søren Rasmussen 2025-03-23
great course

Horst Hubig 2025-03-12
Green und Fairway in Ordnung

Carl Hegarty 2025-03-11
The course quality at vale do lobo can be poor sometime espeicially the greens however our trip this time saw the course back to its best.

Dr. Klaus Mittelbach 2025-03-09
Friendly staff, well organized, course in a good state of care

Gerald Nuessel 2025-03-07
Sehr guter Zustand, aber nicht ganz wie der Royal

Graham Ellerton 2025-03-04
As always Val do Lobo was in excellent condition with lots of improvements being made. However heavy rain for nine holes did spoil our day and made for a very slow round

Peter Jeffery 2025-02-26
Loved the course, great atmosphere in and around the club house, haven’t been there for a few years and forgot how good it is ????

MR. Hudec 2025-02-25
Very nice a modern club house

Ken MacDonald 2025-02-24
Great course, great views, and good service at reception and from caddie masters.

David Williams 2025-02-14
Course is in excellent condition and the new cart paths are terrific.

Bryan Dick 2025-02-13
Greens were very good for the time of year.

Theo van der Werf 2025-02-11
Great service and friendly staff

Diana Shriver 2025-02-11
A memorable golf course with great views.

Phil Ridley 2025-02-07
Beautiful course in an excellent setting. Late twighlight hours prevented us sadly from completing the whole course. Current irrigation upgrades spoil the setting and ambiance currently but these will enhance the golf course in the years ahead.

Bob McGraw 2025-02-04
The course was in excellent condition and the staff was very helpful and courteous. The rating would have been a 10 if not for all of the noise from construction and work going on around the course.

Clive Mabbutt 2025-01-24
All great as usual…thanks for organising so well

Klaus Schmidt 2025-01-20
Excellent course with scenic views.

Dirk Pahlke 2024-12-08
Great experience, excellent condition with visible investment going into the course

Tommy Landers 2024-12-05
Love the ocean course

James Tannett 2024-12-02
Course in superb condition. Speed good (4hrs 4ball). Spoilt by the weather as well. Not played for a few years but definitely will be returning.

Richard Scott 2024-11-20
The Ocean course was in excellent condition and as a group we preferred it to the Royal.

Kevin Maguire 2024-11-18
The Ocean course was not in the best of condition green were a bit bumpy they were not in as good a condition as they were when we played it back in February. They young lady at check in was excellent and very friendly not like some the members we came across on the course.

Ted Johnson 2024-11-18
Good course layout in decent condition - recent rains have made areas rather muddy, and there’s a bunch of cart path construction around holes #2 and #3. Pace of play was not great (4:30), but also not horrible.

Marc Goumans 2024-11-15
Very nice course. Staff course OK, in terrass very unfriendly, arrogant, could not pay under 10 € for drinks with cash. DRiving range non existing, only iron 9! Marshalls dit not act on slow players in fort of us but used a drone to make them nervous. So not adequate. Will not go back.

Stephan Greve 2024-11-13
Wonderful day

Ted Johnson 2024-11-12
Course in great condition. Fastest greens in the area.

Steven Johnston 2024-11-09
Course in good condition, pace of play good.

Michael Reed 2024-11-07
Great course Bar service a little slow

Tony Seaton 2024-11-05
Lovely course and club house.

Tomasz Hamera 2024-11-03
I like this course very much. Friendly but not easy. Some beautiful holes near the ocean. Greens ok. Slow play today.

Manser Alexandra 2024-11-02
Nice layout of the course. Well kept

Dirk Slootmans 2024-11-01
Vale do Lobo Ocean is a very beautiful course, with the ocean-side holes being especially photogenic. Very well maintained, friendly staff... we are satisfied :-)

Nigel Steers 2024-10-31
Challenging course for 28 handicappers.Very well maintained. Love the buggies with GPS. Took almost 5 and 1/2 hours to play. Slow play in front of us.

Luis Angel Garcia Prieto 2024-10-30
everything was perfect, the golf course, the restaurant an the poeple attention

Hermine Datlinger 2024-10-24
Overall the course was in a good state with soft fairways and good green. You might call the front nine interesting but the back nine are definitely more exciting and scenic.

Conor McCloskey 2024-10-24
Great course but slow play in front of us nearly resulted in getting hit from group behind who were also getting frustrated! A friend also got grazed by a stray ball coming from another hole with no warning. Handicaps should be checked!

Lauermann Andreas 2024-10-22
Fantastic course with nice views

Christopher Halbard 2024-10-21
Great course in good condition and very friendly

Stephanie Meyer 2024-10-20
Very nice course with a beautiful view to the ocean. Course is in really good condition. Very friendly staff.

David Stanhope 2024-10-17
Very good, despite the weather.

Keeley East 2024-10-16
What a wonderful day we had, thank you. From the team in the clubhouse all the way through to the greenkeepers everyone was welcoming and that is before we talk about the course. With so many holes providing a different challenge you cant fail to be impressed and challenged. Would I play again, absolutely

Mihai Gaciu 2024-10-15
very good golf course, excelent experience.

Paul Downey 2024-10-14
Beautiful course, great service in the clubhouse before and after the round. Definitely will play again.

Westley Macey 2024-10-13
Beautiful course with lovely holes 8 ,9 11, 14 and 15 elegant clubhouse good staff one of our favourites

Nick Fry 2024-10-13
In good condition overall

Trevor Turnbull 2024-10-12
Needs attention on fairways and greens, it’s been a long season

Vicki Scott 2024-10-10
Very good course and reasonable price. Would return.

Donald MacLiver 2024-10-07
Enjoyable course. In good condition. Good facilities and staff helpful . Bar service very good.

Garry Knight 2024-09-23
Excellent service

Ian Bullock 2024-09-22
great course. views playing down to the beach fantastic. excellent clubhouse

Iris Cramer 2024-09-18
Leider gibt es keine richtige driving range. Einspielmöglichkeit may. Bis eisen 9. Es war sehr laut auf dem Platz. Sehr viele green keeper mit lauten Geräten und lauten Fahrzeugen. Leider waren die meisten Abschläge übersät mit benutzten Tees. Bei den Grüns wurden leider selten die pitchingeinschläge repariert. Eine Station zur Säuberung der Schläger haben wir nicht gefunden (aber auch nicht danach gefragt) Der ocean Kurs, besonders die 2. Löcher sind sehr schön angelegt. Das Greenfee in dieser Höhe ist meines Erachtens nicht gerechtfertigt für den Platz. -**- Unfortunately there is no real driving range. You may play in. Until iron 9. It was very loud on the course. Lots of green keepers with noisy equipment and loud vehicles. Unfortunately, most of the tees were littered with used tees. The pitching on the greens was rarely repaired. We didn't find a station to clean the clubs (but didn't ask for one either) The ocean course, especially the 2nd holes, is beautifully laid out. In my opinion, the green fee at this level is not justified for the course

Johnny Gwynne 2024-09-09
Course was in great condition - the only thing to improve is the frequency of the food cart could be increased . Also at holes 11 and 12 sone sort of marker on the hill to play over would be helpful and perhaps a bell to signal players have left the green

Paddy Whitfield 2024-09-06
Found the Ocean course in good condition but more challenging than the Royal. Started early and round in 3.5 hours

Ian Gordon 2024-09-04
Very nice venue - welcomed on arrival and took clubs to our buggy ! Course is challenging - undulating and narrow in places but in good condition - some fantastic scenery as you go round ! Highly recommended

Samuel Tuati 2024-08-22
Far better than recent years!! Course conditions, buggy’s, staff. Congrats

Georges da Violante 2024-08-06
NA

steve Twelftree 2024-08-04
Service was very good, course is very average. Not as good as The Royal

Lars Fins 2024-08-03
More expensive than valuable. 50€ for buggies

Andy Bryant 2024-07-22
Course in great condition, but very busy, even in the afternoon. Word of warning for any buggy companions. Very strict in exact golf attire for non-golfers. No flexibility. Is noted at check in, but would have preferred to have known in advance

Gary Jenkins 2024-07-18
Best course we've played in the algarve some of the views were amazing. Will be back.

Les Docherty 2024-07-15
Excellent course and good food served In the Clubhouse

Ian Hughes 2024-07-09
Lovely course

John Dempster 2024-07-08
Excellent Golf Course

Martin Meyers 2024-06-21
Played here last year and again this year, the course, staff and everything about this golf club is absolutely brilliant. The course is absolutely beautiful, and in excellent condition. Nothing was too much trouble from the reception staff, the starter and the bar and restaurant staff. Brilliant, we will return many times Im sure in the future.

Bruno Verdiesen 2024-06-20
Beautiful course, but a bit noisy with all the construction work and the greenkeepers carts.

Gareth Toms 2024-06-13
Excellent course, great condition

Eamonn Ryan 2024-06-10
Great course in very good condition. Well worth a visit.

Jon Cofield 2024-06-09
Absolutely fantastic golf course in superb condition. A must play experience

Martin Purdy 2024-06-05
Not quite as good as the royal , but still a great day

Paul Turner 2024-05-28
Very good condition and stunning back 9

Richard Kiely 2024-05-26
Excellent as always.

John Redmond 2024-05-20
Greens had been hollo tined and sanded but other than that a good experience. Green fees and biggies too expensive

Mark A Servaes 2024-05-18
The course was in superb condition.

Jo Darton 2024-05-13
Very slow but a great course

Schuler Marco 2024-05-12
Perfekt

Per Lokken 2024-05-12
The shuttle 40 minutes delayed

John Coates 2024-05-10
We played the Ocean course the day after its sister course The Royal and the comparison could not be more different. Some of the fairways were patchy and the tee boxes were not in the best condition. Also all of the greens were spiked which meant even though they were very fast they were not totally true. This was the 4 th time I had played this course and this was the poorest condition that I have seen it in.

Ronald Hawkins 2024-05-08
As always the course and service was simply outstanding. It's our number 1 place.

James Page 2024-05-02
Great course, took a few holes to adjust to different grass. The back 9 are worth the wait.

Dennis Baird 2024-04-29
the courses are spectacular, but the food in the Spikes restaurant was disappointing. Had to return 2 rib eyes as they were almost totally fat and gristle.

Simon Potts 2024-04-23
A bit disappointing having played Royal earlier in the week. I found Royal much more interesting and better looked after

Andrew Godfrey 2024-04-22
Reception staff not at all friendly, other staff much better, course in good condition but congested so many delays, trolleys expensive.

Conor Carroll 2024-04-20
Excellent course, fast greens, very friendly staff

Vincent Greenan 2024-04-15
Fantastic course in great condition. Greens very fast

Stephen Maggs 2024-04-05
Too busy and time between tee times is too short at 8 mins, no marshall to speed up very slow play so impacts the experience for a great golf course.

Sabine Fettu Deschaud 2024-04-05
Great as last years

Bernardette Heaney 2024-04-01
Quite hilly, slightly more difficult course, breathtaking, stunning views.

Mark Walls 2024-03-31
Great facilities and warm welcome. Course is beautiful, in great condition and many memorable holes

Petteri Salminen 2024-03-28
Amazing course and everything in a perfect condition. Would go back anytime to play it again. And staff very friendly.

Ellenor Dunbar 2024-03-27
The course was in good condition and its location is fabulous. I was disappointed in one of the buggies as the edge of the seat was badly ripped . As we paid Euro 55, I expected better. Apparently they are going to change all buggies however, in the meantime, they should reduce the price.

Leopold Haider 2024-03-25
Sehr schöner Platz. -**- A very pleasant place.

Winfried Arens 2024-03-23
The driving range is a joke. Limited space and only up to iron 9 allowed. Never come back again. The course is ok.

Mr Herbert Keil 2024-03-23
Anspruchsvoller Platz in gutem Zustand. -**- Challenging course in good condition.

Kenneth C McDonald 2024-03-22
Buggy’s weren’t ready. Had to wait on buggy’s coming off the course and the one they gave us ran out of charge by the 4th hole

Lauermann Andreas 2024-03-19
Absolute fantastic course with great views

Chris Fairhurst 2024-03-19
Great course and a good golfing challenge

Horst Hubig 2024-03-13
Toiletten iauf den Plätzen in Vale do Lobo gehören renoviert. Ocean course im besseren Zustand,als im Jahr 2023. Greenkeeping in Ordnung. -**- Toilets on the courses in Vale do Lobo should be renovated. Ocean course in better condition than in 2023. Greenkeeping in good order.

Andrew Chambers 2024-03-10
Excellent condition

Josette Franken 2024-03-09
Lovely golf course. The course is beautiful with nice views, fine fairways, not so happy with the bunkers, fast greens. The starters understand that you like to play alone with your golf buddy and if it works out then it can be done. Staff friendly and helpful. Pity it rained from time to time so jacket on jacket off. Overall nice game though.

Kevin Maguire 2024-03-04
We enjoyed playing the Ocean course, some of the fairways are not in the best condition. The green were firm and putted nicely if you got on the wrong side of the hole it's a challenge to keep the ball on the green particularly with the flags at the front of the green.

Peter Basford 2024-03-03
Very good welcome, course in great condition, Views on the back 9 are stunning.

Heuertz Georges 2024-03-02
More challenging and unforseeable, very tricky

Stuart Hurst 2024-03-01
lovely experience as always, some stunning views on the back 9.

Oliver White 2024-02-29
FANTASTIC COURSE,GREAT CONDITION

Pauline Hill 2024-02-26
Nice course in decent condition with good variety of holes including a couple of nice holes on the back nine by the ocean.

Gerhard Wittmann 2024-02-25
Der Platz ist in sehr gutem Zustand. -**- The pitch is in very good condition.

Matthias Schücking 2024-02-25
Superb course. Very good conditions. Some holes directly at the ocean with stunning view. Perfect organization with the travel agent “Teetimes.pt”

Matthias Schücking 2024-02-25
Superb course. Very good conditions. Some holes direct at the ocean with stunning view. Perfect organization with the travel agent “Teetimes.pt”

Matthias Schücking 2024-02-25
Superb course. Some holes direct at the ocean. Perfect organization with the travel agent “Teetimes.pt”

Sinead Egan 2024-02-22
Fabulous course. So beautiful. Were looked after extremely well from the moment we arrived. Looking forward to playing there again

Kevin McLaughlin 2024-02-22
The staff of Vale do Lobo were exceptional. Nidia at teetimes.pt was very helpful in getting out tee time booked. Thank you to all.

Sean Verity 2024-02-20
Greens were pretty soft but ran well and a reasonable speed. Course is in ok condition and would be better if people repaired pitch marks and replaced divots. Pace of play a bit slow.

Matthias Schücking 2024-02-20
Lovely course. Many holes directly at the ocean. Highly recommended. Thanks to our booking partner „teetimes.pt“. Perfect organization and communication!

Karin Harlacher 2024-02-12
Toller anspruchsvoller Platz, man wird an 11/12/13 mit wunderschönem Blick auf's Meer belohnt. -**- Great challenging course, you are rewarded on 11/12/13 with a wonderful view of the sea.

Patrick Kearney 2024-02-12
I like the course and staff were lovely and helpful however the pace was too slow, not the problem of people in front of us but the ones ahead of them and they did not care, we did not finish last 3 holes so we’re disappointed

Gerd Martens 2024-02-04
Top, Full service

ALAIN PASTEGER 2024-01-31
very stunning course with amazing views along the shore. super fun to play

Matthew Coates 2024-01-24
Great course and service

Paul McKenna 2024-01-16
Great day out - course in good condition, greens excellent.

Ian Hint 2024-01-12
Great service.

Kristiane Peuten 2024-01-07
nice golf course but the greens were verified and not good to play

Jan Texler 2024-01-02
both courses of Vale do Lobo are great, Ocean course slightly worse quality of greens (in December)

Billy Carey 2023-11-30
Great

Alexander Male Phillips 2023-11-28
Some tee boxes in poor condition. Current work to 10th tee was not advertised in advance. Overall though was very enjoyable.

M. Mrs. Geist 2023-11-24
Great course, fantastic conditions

Stuart Riccalton 2023-11-20
Great course although some 'quirky' holes which made the golf enjoyable. Facilities are always good at Vale do Lobo and the golf is good value for money. Prefer this course to the Royal.

Chris Fairhurst 2023-11-19
Really good enjoyed the day