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Antony
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 19th Jun 2025 Espiche Golf Course in great condition. Very friendly helpful staff. Tough test you will lose balls, need to really think about where to hit your tee shots to have any chance to score well. Well worth a game anyone who does not lose at least one ball is not telling the truth! |
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martin
Pollard
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 10th Jun 2025 Little Gem. Excellent value for money Good challenging course. Always a pleasure to play this little gem of a course. Greens in great condition and bunkers must be the best in the Algarve - plenty of sand in them and nicely raked.Need to keep your drives pretty straight as not much chance finding your ball if you stray right or left . We will be back again next year staff and clubhouse excellent. |
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Wayne
Seymour
from Spain
on Thu, 15th May 2025 This course had me using topflites A brutal test worth the adventure. Leave your ego off the tee and focus purely on keeping it in play. You WILL loose balls so prepare to use your backup cheap stack. |
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Robert
from Ireland
on Wed, 14th May 2025 Espiche golf Course in very good condition. Some work being carried out so one or two tee boxes were forward. Staff very very friendly and helpful. |
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David
Baish
on Mon, 12th May 2025 As per previous reviews, very challenging course. Made more difficult by the windy conditions we played in. Course is very tight, and even seemingly good shots can be lost to the course! |
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David
from Ireland
on Sat, 10th May 2025 Slow play over booked tee times Too busy, nearly 3 hours to play 9 holes. Had to leave after 13 because of slow play. No marshal on the course to stop slow play. Wont be going back. |
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Susn
from Portugal
on Mon, 5th May 2025 Perfekter Zustand |
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Arie
from Portugal
on Wed, 30th Apr 2025 Interesting but maintenance needs to be better The course itself has an attractive layout with many elevation changes and sloping fairways. However, these fairways often have little playable rough and often go directly into forest or ravine, so that the slightest deviation on a long drive is immediately punished with a lost ball. If you do not know the course, this is sometimes very frustrating given the many blind holes. The strongly undulating greens were often bad with many bumps, holes etc., and therefore do not offer a fair chance to score. In short: nice course, but the maintenance really needs to be better. |
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Dominik
from Switzerland
on Fri, 25th Apr 2025 Landschaftlich schöner Golfplatz Schmale Fairways! Bei windigen Verhältnissen, schneller Ballverlust. Landschaftlich schöner Golfplatz. Mit dem Osterangebot günstiger Preis. |
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simon
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 24th Apr 2025 Tough Fantastic service and course. Condition was great, the people on reception were amazing. The course is so very tough. Really enjoyable in a challenging way! |
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Erik
from United States
on Tue, 15th Apr 2025 we will be back fantastic course, well maintained, top team and good restaurant. |
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James
from United Kingdom
on Fri, 4th Apr 2025 Tremendous Tremendous golf course. Well worth a visit |
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Uwe
from Germany
on Thu, 27th Mar 2025 Challenging sunny windy challenge Despite the lot of rain, the place is quite dry and very difficult to play without knowledge of space, many lanes not visible, the greens unfortunately not good, otherwise a challenge, to take balls with you. |
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Edith
from United Kingdom
on Fri, 14th Mar 2025 A beautiful course but we needed more golf balls to replace the losses! |
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barbara
from Canada
on Thu, 13th Mar 2025 Course was good, fairways not in great condition. Clubhouse was very nice. |
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Andrew
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 11th Mar 2025 Espiche golf Course was in poor condition ,, nice setting and great clubhouse. |
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John
from Portugal
on Mon, 10th Feb 2025 Much enjoyed as always although when we played autumn 2024 the fairways and greens were in much better shape. |
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Keith
from United Kingdom
on Fri, 7th Feb 2025 Dry! Have played here many times and it is generally a tough challenge The course is now very dry for early February. Fairways and greens have brown patches and in my opinion the greens are cut too short. The course needs a lot of watering or rain to become playable again. |
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Brigitte
from Portugal
on Tue, 28th Jan 2025 Bällefresser Breite und insgesamt sehr lange Fairways mit viel Bewegung.man muss schon sehr strategisch spielen, sonst sind die Bälle weg..Fairways und Grüns sind sehr trocken, entsprechend springen die bälle. Der Platz gefällt mir, werde ihn sicher nochmal spielen, aber dann mit Cart und ohne Regen. |
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Philip
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 13th Jan 2025 As ever, espiche is a tough challenge, but again the course is fantastic, love the course, and all it's scenery |
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Sylvia
from Netherlands
on Sun, 22nd Dec 2024 The friendliest people :) I really like this course. It's fair, and in good condition. Lots of diversity and the team is always very welcoming. |
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Steve
Thompson
from United Kingdom
on Fri, 15th Nov 2024 Interesting test of golf Classic Portugese coast up in the hills with fairways lined with trees and scrub. Very tight course and a tough challenge. But had great fun plotting our way round. Need to be accurate off the tee and hit quite a few long irons for position. Great test. Greens a little slow, but true. |
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Joan
from Canada
on Mon, 4th Nov 2024 très côteux, jeu très lent parce que beaucoup de golfeurs marchent, trop long pour les femmes |
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Nicholas
Fletcher
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 24th Oct 2024 A real challenge , must play. A real challenge this course , def worth playing , stray off the fairways you’ve had it . Immaculate greens. |
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Ian
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 24th Oct 2024 Loved it Loved it great course with lovely scenery need to keep it straight on back nine great view from the clubhouse and excellent tapas |
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Ian
Cullen
from United States
on Sat, 19th Oct 2024 Tough but very nice Very tough, unforgiving off the tee but a beautiful course. Greens were superb ! Really enjoyed it! |
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Lee
from United Kingdom
on Wed, 16th Oct 2024 Trotters tour of The Algarve Always a massive challenge in terms of putting a round together over the whole 18 holes……..masochistic golf at it’s best 🤣🤣 |
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Martijn
from Netherlands
on Fri, 4th Oct 2024 Excellent conditions, quite some holes are feeaky with camber toward a hazard. Some holes don’t seem to have an option to avoid a hazard… overall nice experience, ondulated and great but sloapy greens. |
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Elliot
Rushton
from Spain
on Thu, 3rd Oct 2024 Espiche Sep24 A very nice course in very good condition and super greens. Quite brutal if you miss the fairway (and sometimes brutal even if you do) and bring plenty of balls and for that reason I would say for good golfers only. Our group struggled and just too difficult for casual golfers. |
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Dafydd
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 3rd Oct 2024 Brilliant course, extremely friendly staff and very welcoming, really enjoyed the round |
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Samuel
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 1st Oct 2024 Really has the wow factor, very difficult course and definitely one for better golfers . Definitely the best clubhouse in the area |
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David
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 24th Sep 2024 Espiche Interesting course up in the hills outside Lagos. Very tight & if your ball goes in the rough it’s generally unplayable so leave the driver in the bag. Good condition with beautiful greens. Nice clubhouse with great views. Tricky course but will return. |
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martin
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 23rd Sep 2024 Well worth a visit. All staff very friendly . Good advice from the starter. You don’t have to be very long- but keep it straight. Very enjoyable course. Yes we did lose some balls - but then we ignored the advice of the starter. Greens were superb . Thought it was better than Boavista |
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Paul
from Portugal
on Fri, 20th Sep 2024 Tight fairways Great course in great condition. Buggy essential for 18 holes. The rough is very unforgiving and any wayward shots cost a ball and a shot! A bit too difficult unless you stay on the fairway. |
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Robin
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 16th Sep 2024 This course is tough if the wind is blowing. We lost 104 balls between 16 of us on our recent trip.Excellent greens and 1st class service |
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Derek
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 3rd Sep 2024 Nice find Very picturesque golf course beautiful club house. This was an excellent test for low (5-6) to mid range (10-12) handicaps. Course was in excellent condition, greens in particular. A lot of run offs so even straight shots can run off the fairway. We played the whites to suit low handicappers but yellow would be good test. |
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Stewart
from Portugal
on Wed, 28th Aug 2024 Great Course The greens, and green surrounds and bunkers were in absolutely stunning condition. Each hole is like playing in your own personal golf course. Lovely clubhouse and very nice staff too. |
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Sean
Kinsella
from Ireland
on Tue, 13th Aug 2024 Unique and beautiful Such a wonderful and unique golf course. Be careful off the tee or you will lose balls especially on 10 and 18,run off areas lead to big trouble. Its a course you want to play again and again. 1st hole is the weakness but everything after that is superb. Amazing Clubhouse and food and bar all very good. Going again in September and November. Looking forward to it. |
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Frans
Scharroo
from Netherlands
on Tue, 2nd Jul 2024 Cheating with false damages Very beautiful and well maintained golf course. Unfortunately with a receptionist and operational manager who are very customer unfriendly and incorrectly charge damages. The low rating of only two stars is one hundred percent due to the very unfriendly treatment of tourists. Mrs. P. Binnie and A. Santos Sequeira promote this golf club in a very bad way. In any case, we will never go there again. |
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Damien
from Ireland
on Mon, 1st Jul 2024 Great course, tough in places , a great challenge. Highly recommend. |
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Greg
from United Kingdom
on Wed, 26th Jun 2024 Make sure you are straight Great course but tight fairways make some holes difficult if you can't keep your balls straight. Either side of the fairways is thick rough and difficult to find your balls. Other than that some lovely holes. |
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Paul
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 17th Jun 2024 Holiday Golf Millionaires golf for us today. Course in great condition. Highly recommended, but keep driver in the bag! |
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Mark
Huddleston
from United Kingdom
on Sat, 15th Jun 2024 Brilliant course, a hidden gem |
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Robert
Farrell
from United Kingdom
on Sat, 4th May 2024 Rob Farrell Top notch , very tough and testing 20 hcp will find it a big challenge, super club house it keeps bringing you back to do better. Definitely no late night before you play this course , it will destroy you. 02/05/24 |
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Dave
Carver
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 22nd Apr 2024 Hidden gem The price of this course had our group thinking it would the least impressive of the 3 we played on our short trip. However it was undoubtedly the best from the amazing clubhouse, to the welcome in the shop, bar and starter and then onto the course. Someone described it as a ball-eater and it certainly is. Stray off the fairway and it is almost always a reload. Some great holes from the first (with the wall 270 yards off the tee) with several strong and fun par-3s. Take plenty of balls, hire a buggy and enjoy. |
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John
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 15th Apr 2024 Best in the West Very good layout and in great condition. Lovely clubhouse with service to match |
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Neil
from Portugal
on Mon, 1st Apr 2024 Espiche Golf Club - well worth a visit! A traditional old style Portuguese course with plenty of mature trees. Course was in excellent condition, lots of sloping fairways and greens - not long but you need to be straight. Lovely clubhouse and friendly staff - well worth a visit. |
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Franz
from Italy
on Sat, 23rd Mar 2024 If you like mountainclimbing: thats the one for you!! By foot: a challange! Not for us! |
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Günther
Hanke
from Germany
on Mon, 26th Feb 2024 Hat Spass gemacht wir waren trotz kräftigem Wind und kurzem Regenschauer bei 14° C vom Platz begeistert. Wunderschön in die Landschaft eingebettet, aber durch Schräglagen nicht einfach zu spielen Der Ballverlust hielt sich in Grenzen |
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Randy
Snippe
from Portugal
on Thu, 15th Feb 2024 Definitely has great potential Great clubhouse and helpful staff. Tha course has a great layout which makes you play different shots from the t box. Not impressed with the lack or visibility of yardage markers and the superintendent needs to take better care of the greens and the invasive grasses around them. Parking was a bit odd as well. |
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Lee
from United Kingdom
on Wed, 14th Feb 2024 Lee J on tour Loved this course. I have played many courses in the south of Spain and The Algarve and this one ranks as having the most beautiful setting amongst the Portuguese hills . There are no developments surrounding the course nor busy roads so it is beautifully peaceful, enabling one to enjoy one’s golf, pure and simple. The course is quite challenging and requires accuracy in both teeing off and approach shots. The staff seem friendly and welcoming unlike some others. The Clubhouse offers super views of the actual course and landscapes surrounding the course. Price is fair and reasonable. A real ‘gem’ of a course. |
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Mair
Jones
from Portugal
on Fri, 26th Jan 2024 Great course in rolling countryside but tight fairways - wayward shots result in lost balls! Lovely clubhouse |
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Nick
Salter
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 4th Jan 2024 Tough layout but nice course Course & geeens in great condition, but I found layout tough, you have to keep the ball dead straight otherwise it will run off fairways into trouble, where you are unlikeky to find your ball. Fairways are lined with thick bushes & trees |
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Peter
from Slovakia
on Sun, 5th Nov 2023 Nice tricky course, fairways in bed condition, nice greens, very bad buggy. |
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John
from Portugal
on Fri, 20th Oct 2023 Johnny at Espiche We all enjoyed playing the course. Lovely firm greens to putt on. Will definitely return |
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Jon
Butler
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 19th Oct 2023 Espiche Golf - worth a visit For a new-is golf course this is a treat. very challenging especially if a bit wayward with your drives. Excellent value for money |
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Tim
Herbert
from Jersey
on Fri, 13th Oct 2023 Up in the hills First time there and an interesting - and reasonably challenging - course which we played twice and overall enjoyed. Tight in places. Good greens. A few blind shots when playing it for the first time with rogue bounces on those that sloped significantly. Clubhouse was excellent with friendly helpful staff. Good value |
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Michael
from Ireland
on Wed, 11th Oct 2023 Espieche golf for all Excellent natural golf course A joy to play with excellent greens |
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Christina
from Portugal
on Tue, 10th Oct 2023 A nice maintained course. A hot day to play and we had not understod that we should have booked a buggie in advance. That meant that we only could play the first nine holes. Too hot and Too Tired to continue. |
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Michael
from Germany
on Tue, 10th Oct 2023 great country course with a very stylish Clubhouse |
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David
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 5th Oct 2023 Semi rough and rough desperately needed A fantastic course but plays unfairly due to the severe runs offs into scrub. Some definition of rough would really help. This course could be one of the very best but the greenkeepers need to put in some definition to make the course fair |
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David
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 5th Oct 2023 Unfairness spoils a great course This course is a great course, however the slopes and run offs render the golf a lottery. If you find the middle of the fairway you dont expect it to roll back 60-70 yards and then you second well struck shot aiming over trees runs across a slope by 50 yards into a hazard. The slopes are there, they need to grow in some rough on the extremes of hazards. Spent too long looking for balls from well hit shots. This course could be amazing but they will have to make it fair to good play. |
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Michael
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 3rd Oct 2023 Stay on the fairway or in real trouble Lovely course but very tough, no room for a wayward shot. Played with two lovely members who showed us round. Makes you think about course management. |
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edward
from United Kingdom
on Fri, 22nd Sep 2023 would not include on my play list Pretty course but with the hard dry fairways and hardly any fringe to difficult for higher handicap golfers |
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David
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 21st Sep 2023 Espiche Golf Course Very enjoyable course which would definitely suit a straight hitter. Certainly play it better second time round. |
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Giacomo
Malvermi
from Portugal
on Wed, 20th Sep 2023 Lost balls Inland course, built in what must have been farm land and olive groves. on gentle undulating hills. Very new, with development in abundance on land adjacent to the course. The positives: Lovely staff, great facilities and clubhouse. The negatives: The course itself. Far too tight. They obviously didn't have enough land. Lots of scrub and thorny bushes off piste. Lots of OBs and lateral water hazards (without water) Even when you hit a good drive as I did on 18th you can run into trouble into a water hazard on right. We all hit 3 great drives on the first par five on the back nine only to all three lose our balls. I actually lost 9 balls on this round which is a lifetime record for me. Even if you go slightly off you will alnost certainly never find your ball. Not really a course where you can liberally use a driver, so if you're happy to use long irons off the tee then you'll like it.. Nice fairways, slow greens which were in very good condition. Sorry Espiche, I 100% won't be going back |
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Marc
from Canada
on Mon, 18th Sep 2023 Great course, wonderful staff reception an excellent experience |
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Doug
from United States
on Thu, 14th Sep 2023 Nice day at Espiche My first time playing an Algarve course, the layout was challenging yet fair. Good use of the terrain. Greens in great shape. |
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Max
from Portugal
on Mon, 4th Sep 2023 Espiche Review Lovely course, with great scenery. Staff very helpful and welcoming at the course also. Clubs we hired weren't the best but they were the only ones they had at the time for being left handed. Would see however should be slightly less than the price charged for what is on offer, all in all a worthwhile and enjoyable day. |
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Martyn
from United Kingdom
on Wed, 23rd Aug 2023 Fantastic course, food and staff Brilliant course in exceptional condition especially the greens which could not be faulted. Very nice clubhouse with good food and all the staff were very friendly. So good we immediately booked again for the next day. Cannot speak highly enough. |
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Robin
from Portugal
on Fri, 21st Jul 2023 July 2023 Read the reviews and was a little suspicious. Welcome was warm and clubhouse very cool and modern. Little bit out of town, down a track being worked on when I visited. Course is interesting. Fairways are quite thin and yes can easily lose balls in rough. But found it quite interesting. Had to think a lot about shots. The biggest issue was wind. It was really windy when I played. Could turn a decent shot into a absolute disaster, take lots of ammo. But when I got over the slight strop of wind ruining some shots and just decided to enjoy was good fun. Greens very good nick. |
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Philipp
from Portugal
on Fri, 30th Jun 2023 Go there! It is worth it! Nice remote Golf course near Lagos. Very good conditions and very nice staff. The Range has good conditions. Highly recommend using a buggy. A lot of up and down. Fairways are narrow and have a good slope. You can hit the fairway on the right and find your ball down on the left. |
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Graham
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 22nd Jun 2023 Espiche untidy newish venue Never played here before so did not know what to expect. Found it to be similar to a few courses I had played in southern Spain. Definitely a course where buggies are a must. Lots of weird bounces on fairways which was challenging. It may be good to return in about another 5 yrs when the course is more established |
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ken
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 19th Jun 2023 Good shots still went off the fairway. Great greens |
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Christina
from Portugal
on Mon, 12th Jun 2023 In good condition We only played 13 holes because it started to Rain. |
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CON
from United Kingdom
on Wed, 24th May 2023 Espiche Staff were great Didn’t get to complete the round because of lightning. We’ll be back. |
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Christina
from Portugal
on Tue, 11th Apr 2023 Nice Course! |
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Christina
from Portugal
on Tue, 11th Apr 2023 Nice Course! |
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Keith
Lewis
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 28th Mar 2023 Challenging Course Another tough course that players harder than its slope rating. Quite good condition with quick greens and a lot of run that can get you in trouble if you don't know the course. |
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Celyne
from Portugal
on Fri, 3rd Mar 2023 So much promise… Nice facility, well kept. Great big va greens and nicely placed bunkers challenge approach by shots. The va back nine especially va has too be many by blind shots and too many fairways that are elevated in the middle sending we’ll hit shots into the hazard by lining the fairways. Grass is still largely dormant so the roll is incredible. |
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Ann
from United States
on Sat, 11th Feb 2023 Lovely course. Beautiful scenery. |
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Chris
from Netherlands
on Sat, 11th Feb 2023 This course remains one if my favourites. Out in the open. |
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Chris
from United Kingdom
on Fri, 3rd Feb 2023 Espiche inFeb Good condition, unforgiving if you are not on the fairway. Good value, warm reception. |
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William
from United Kingdom
on Mon, 23rd Jan 2023 Enjoyed playing, greens immaculate. |
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Geraldine
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 19th Jan 2023 Espiche fab course fab food Challenging course but most enjoyable take care off the tee as the fairways are quite tight. |
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John
from United Kingdom
on Thu, 12th Jan 2023 Greens looking indifferent but rolling ok. Tees require attention but definitely a course to include in any Algarve trip west of Villamora. At €118 for 2 players inclusive of buggy it is also good value. Staff were excellent |
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Timothy
from United Kingdom
on Tue, 10th Jan 2023 Good condition and very helpful staff Very good layout and condition for time if year. Very friendly staff,. Because of some slight rain we had the course to ourselves. |
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Stewart
from Portugal
on Sun, 4th Dec 2022 Espiche Golf course Absolutely loved the layout. Each hole is like being on your own golf course. Kind of like a mini Monte Rei. You do need to keep it on the fairway though!! Will definitely go back. |
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Edwin
from Italy
on Fri, 2nd Dec 2022 To much ob holes |
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Philip
from United States
on Mon, 21st Nov 2022 Great course in good condition We played Espiche for the first time and were very happy with the overall experience. The receptionist was very welcoming and helpful, the club house was very cool overlooking most of the holes it seemed. On the course, we were enjoyed the variety of holes as well as the good condition of fairways, bunkers and greens. Finishing the experience in the restaurant with coffee and pastries rounded the entire experience off very nicely. Very good value for the money. We will be back. Thanks to Algarve Golf for booking the Tee time for us! |
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