Penina Resort Golf Course 🇵🇹

A great combination course that provides 9 holes of solid, but gentle, practice for beginners, or alternatively, 18 holes of challenging golf for the more seasoned player. 

Designed by the world-famous golf architect, Sir Henry Cotton, it is the perfect course for golfers of every level and ability, and excellent for honing technical skills and shot shaping.

Resort Course: Rules & Specifications

Holes: 9 or 18 (by playing two sets of the same nine holes)

Par: 35 or 71

Handicap: Not required

Course Length - 9 hole:

- White marks - 2987 metres (3267 yards)

- Yellow marks - 2629 metres (2875 yards)

Course Length - 18 hole:

- White marks - 5964 metres (6522 yards)

- Yellow marks - 5259 metres (5751 yards)

Grass:

- Fairways - Bermuda 419

- Greens - Creeping Bent

The rules followed on the Resort Course are those of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.

The course also follows the following local rules:

Dress Code:

 - No T-shirts, jeans or tennis shoes. Soft spikes mandatory on all courses

Out of Bounds (white stakes or lines):

- 5th hole over the ditch on the right of the fairway

- 6th hole over the wire fence on the right

Course Markings:

- White Stakes - Out of Bounds

- Red Stakes - Lateral Water Hazard

- Blue Stakes - Ground Under Repair

Etiquette:

- Please smooth bunker footprints

- Replace divots

- Repair pitch marks

- No more than 2 people in any one golf buggy

- Any match that loses ground on the players in front is obligated to wave the following group through

Resort Course is a member of the Audobon Co-Operative Sanctuary System and makes a concerted effort to aid the protection and preservation of all wildlife residing on and around this fine course.

Practice Facilities

Penina provides a host of exceptional practice facilities, including one of the Algarve’s best driving ranges, two chipping greens, practice bunker, two putting greens, a golf clinic and tuition from two leading PGA Pros. Offering plenty of space, carefully thought out hazards and well-maintained surroundings, golfers will find it hard to tear themselves away.

Golf Facilities 

- Sir Henry Cotton Championship Golf Course (the first 18 hole course to have been constructed in the Algarve);

- Resort Golf Course (a great combination course that provides 9 holes of solid, but gentle, practice for beginners);

- Academy Course (this executive 9-hole course has been specifically designed for the intermediate golfer);

- Driving Range;

- Putting Green;

- Golf Pro Shop;

- Golf Lessons.