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Pestana Golf Resort - Vale da Pinta & Gramacho
Pestana Golf Resort - Vale da Pinta & Gramacho, Faro is
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Apartado 1011, Lagoa, Faro, 8401 -908 Carvoeiro LGA Portugal
Tel: (+351) 282 340 900 | Fax: (+351) 282 340 901Website: http://www.pestanagolf.com/en/courses/
Contact/Secretary: Emanuel Amador
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* These are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to bookingFacilities: Driving range, Golf clubs for hire, Golf buggies for hire, Golf pro shop, Changing rooms, Golf clubhouse, Bar, Food available, golf course.
Location: From the airport, take the motorway (Via do Infante - A22), as far as the town of Lagoa. At the junction for Carvoeiro follow this road in the direction of Sesmarias. To assist you, you will find "Pestana" signed from Lagoa.
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4.25
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What the club says: This is a par 71 course that runs through an old olive grove. Designed by Ronald Fream, the greens are wide and deep and are protected by a total of 59 bunkers.
33 reviews for Pestana Golf Resort - Vale da Pinta & Gramacho sort by: Date | Review Rank | Rated High | Rated Low
Terry G rated 4 out of 5 - Jan 18 2013
- Jan 18 2013Odd course that used to be 9 holes with 2 greens, so when you turn up to play, the first 4 holes and last 5 holes all still have of two greens for the club to use - at least they have at last added the yardages to both greens into the strokesaver which is a little expensive at 6 Euro.
Greens are good - 9.5 on Stimp meter in January 2013, so not TOO quick, but a little on the hard side to get shots in to stop! Fairways are well cut and will take a divot. Bunkers seemed in good condition.
(Round played: Jan 2013 - Score: 93 Handicap: )
Greens are good - 9.5 on Stimp meter in January 2013, so not TOO quick, but a little on the hard side to get shots in to stop! Fairways are well cut and will take a divot. Bunkers seemed in good condition.
(Round played: Jan 2013 - Score: 93 Handicap: )
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Terry G rated 4 out of 5 - Jan 18 2013
- Jan 18 2013Played this course a number of times over the last 15 years or so. Very little has changed, and so much of the difficulty here is on the greens, some of which have vicious slopes, and are usually very quick - stimp meter reading was 9.5 on 14th January 2013, so a bit more user friendly than they can be. My favourite of the Pestana courses. Always a pleasure to play even when I played as badly as I did this time.
(Round played: Jan 2013 - Score: 94 Handicap: )
(Round played: Jan 2013 - Score: 94 Handicap: )
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rated 1 out of 5 
- Sep 11 2012
- Sep 11 2012There are bad experiences that are unfortunate and then there are those are pure & simply very poor mismanagement; unfortunately our group experienced the latter. With a tee time of 1.48 we turned up appron one hour beforehand to have lunch and enjoy the ambiance of the place. We were told on arrival that buggies would be available on if available 15 mins before our tee time. Fifteen mins before our tee time we enquired but told there wasn\'t any, not a problem as trolleys were available. Then the problem started; on proceeding to the first tee we found a group of 32 golfers still waiting for buggies....we told the Marshall that we may as well go first and give the group chance to get some buggies in the bank. But we were told this wasn\'t an option meaning in some cases 15 mins between tee times whilst the group waited for buggies back. We eventually tee\'d off some 1hr 20mins late to find a course that was very short, with no sand in bunkers, greens with inconsistent speeds and ridiculous amounts of unrepaired pitch marks. Fairways were generally OK but tee boxes were poor, especially the par three tees. We complained to the staff there at the clubhouse ans were simply told to take it up with our Golf Agent. It isn\'t even high season yet so what it will be like next month beggars belief. One thing for certain is that our Society will NEVER visit the Pestana courses again. This course apparently had the same course ratings at Penina which was interesting as we played there the following day, is there another course in Portugal with the same name as the difference between the two was staggering.....AVOID at ALL costs!
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John D rated 5 out of 5 
- Jul 23 2012
- Jul 23 2012Love it! my favourite course on the Algarve but that is only my view as others would disagree. Main gripe though is that you have to have brekkies at Gramanche to start the day. Back 9 is really challenging and each hole a very different challenge. I actually scored 2pts on the 550yds par 5 18th and it was against the wind! First time for me as I have played it at least 7-8 times!
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 84 Handicap: 13)
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 84 Handicap: 13)
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John D rated 5 out of 5 - Jul 23 2012
- Jul 23 2012Love this course as well as the neighbouring Pinta Course. Some really great holes and it was good to start off not the par 3 10th. Hole 1 has the split fairway par 4 and the finishing 18th has this massive double green leftover from the 9 hole days! Clubhouse very good and brekkies wonderful to start the day!
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 82 Handicap: 13)
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 82 Handicap: 13)
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Simon K rated 4 out of 5 - Jul 1 2012
- Jul 1 2012Lovely course in first class condition with lots of well placed bunkers
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 86 Handicap: 12.8)
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 86 Handicap: 12.8)
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Simon K rated 4 out of 5 - Jul 1 2012
- Jul 1 2012Well kept course in excellent condition. Quite hilly and a decent test
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 85 Handicap: 12.7)
(Round played: Jun 2012 - Score: 85 Handicap: 12.7)
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Paul W rated 5 out of 5 - Jun 20 2012
- Jun 20 2012Fabulous course and facilities. Our favourite of the 5 course played on our week.
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Vic T rated 4 out of 5 - Jun 5 2012
- Jun 5 2012We played Gramacho, we were advised this was more open and easier than La Pinta.
The course played well, being in great condition although it was a shame that the bunkers hadn't been raked first thing - they were like concrete.
The course itself is varied, with some wonderful holes. It was such a shame that the round took over 5 hours and no effort was made by the club to move things along.
The club facilities all seemed to be well appointed, but seemed to be under-staffed.
The course played well, being in great condition although it was a shame that the bunkers hadn't been raked first thing - they were like concrete.
The course itself is varied, with some wonderful holes. It was such a shame that the round took over 5 hours and no effort was made by the club to move things along.
The club facilities all seemed to be well appointed, but seemed to be under-staffed.
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Steve W rated 3 out of 5 - May 27 2012
- May 27 2012The course iis OK but there are much better courses to play in the area. the rolling up and down fairways were dry but soft and spongy under foot, The green were gain dry and reasonably fast.
I was signed in as a guest and still paid €52 which made it expensive for the quality of the course. Gramacho is a much better option to play in the Pestana group of courses.
(Round played: May 2012 - Score: 109 Handicap: 23.4)
I was signed in as a guest and still paid €52 which made it expensive for the quality of the course. Gramacho is a much better option to play in the Pestana group of courses.
(Round played: May 2012 - Score: 109 Handicap: 23.4)
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| Course | Tee | Par | SSS | Yds | ||
| Vale da Pinta | Black | 71 | 71 [123.000] | 6686 | ||
| Vale da Pinta | White | 71 | 68 [123.000] | 6211 | ||
| Vale da Pinta | Yellow | 71 | 67 [118.000] | 5732 | ||
| Vale da Pinta | Yellow | 72 | 69 [120.000] | 5700 | ||
| Vale da Pinta | Red | 71 | 69 [121.000] | 5322 | ||
| Gramacho | Black | 72 | 72 | 6660 | ||
| Gramacho | White | 72 | 70 [126.000] | 6050 | ||
| Gramacho | Yellow | 72 | 67 [120.000] | 5700 | ||
| Gramacho | Red | 72 | 71 [122.000] | 5224 | ||
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