Vilamoura Old Course
The Old Course - the name saying it all. Situated in the heart of the Vilamoura seaside resort a mere 20-minute drive from Faro airport, this Frank Pennink designed parkland style layout is one of the oldest in the region and renowned all over the golfing world. Often described as the Grande Dame of Algarve courses, it meanders throughout impressive pinetrees - the principal hazard - over gently undulating natural terrain.|In addition to raising the Vilamoura Old Course to new heights of quality, an attractive new clubhouse and adjacent putting green were also built at that time. As with all Vilamoura courses, environmental protection practices are strictly adhered to by means of detailed management systems in line with guidelines established by ISO 14001 standards, Green Globe and Committed to Green programmes.
Reception: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Clubs: Titleist
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 oldVilamoura Old Course - latest comments and reviews
Steve Richmond
2024-10-16
Great golf course in excellent condition. Our party played it last year and wanted to come back for another go. A bit of refurbishment going on, including the clubhouse, but that didn't cause much of an issue. The staff were great apart from the ''jobs worth'' course marshall. Our shuttle buses, arranged by our Dom Pedro hotel, were very late which meant we arrived virtually on our tee time. We had to book shuttles 1hr 30 mins before tee time and were told they would be 35/40 mins. Turned up 1hr 10 mins later. We therefore had to rush around and teed off slightly late. We then had the marshall tell us we were behind time. Seemed ignorant to the issue when told and part spoiled the experience. Very disappointing. Lower rating due to this.
Paul Meredith
2024-10-09
Course good. Service excellent. It would have been nice to know that clubhouse is being redeveloped. We had a major issue with the shuttle to the hotel as had to wait for nearly 1 hour.
Bernie Moloney
2024-10-01
Poor condition and preferred it as it was before.
Lucy MItchell
2024-09-16
It was under renovation when we went but the staff have done their best with temporary facilities. Staff very helpful & friendly. Course needed some work on the greens as they weren’t in good condition.
Monika Franck
2024-09-06
The course is unde construction in the moment
We got a special offer for the buggies and the driving Range.
We enjoyed the game
Cormac Hannan
2024-07-26
Greens in horrendous condition. No mention of it prior to booking. Everything else good
John Finnegan
2024-07-26
Disappointed by the condition of the greens but everything else was excellent
James Side
2024-07-25
Course was in reasonable condition albeit a lot of work being done and the greens were somewhat bobbly. I was unaware that the facilities would be unavailable and coupled with the work on the course I find it hard to believe that the cost wasn’t discounted to take this into account.
Anthony Alden
2024-07-23
hi the staff were amazing , but we really should have been told about the work happening on the course beforehand , chain saws and construction work is really not what we expected from the the most expensive course of our trip. we would have much preferred to play another course if we were made aware of this. The Millennium and Pinnal were fantastic but the old course was a let down
JULIAN REDDING
2024-07-19
Unaware course under major maintenance incl. Clubhouse (shut)
Joe Westall
2024-07-19
Greens were awful and marshals rushing us for no reason
Anthony Seaton
2024-06-27
Compared to previous years just a bit disappointed at the condition of the greens. They had recently been worked on but not great condition. Not made aware (made our booking 10 months ago)
The work on clubhouse and infrastructure of paths etc didnt impact on golf much and is understood no doubt will enhance things in future.
Tecnicals
*Undulated - Rolling fairways and minor steep slopes
*Dogleg - Several mainly on the back 9
*Tree Lined - Heavily with Umbrella Pines
*Buggy Recommended - If Essential
*Water hazards - Only on the 4th
*Parkland - Pure Parkland
*Signature Hole - 4th
*Comments - Excellent parkland Algarve golf course, always in demand and good condition
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