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Penina

The Algarve’s first championship course, a parkland layout in the Portimão floodplain.

Hosted: Portuguese Open

Holes
18
PariExpected shots for a good player to finish the whole course. Most 18-hole courses are par 72.
73
Designer
Sir Henry Cotton
1966
Company
JJW
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Course notes

About the course

The Penina Championship Golf Course is the grandfather of all courses in the Algarve and a permanent living memory to its architect and active promoter, Sir Henry Cotton. It was originally paddy fields for rice growing that has been converted into a flat challenging course and especially for the stronger player. Something short of half a million shrubs and trees were planted in the conversion. As the fairways are flat Henry Cotton introduced strategically placed water hazards to catch the unwary long hitter.

Facilities

  • Driving range
  • Chipping green
  • Practice bunker
  • Putting green
  • Golf academy
  • Pro shop
  • Tennis
  • Restaurant & bar

Description and facilities from AlgarveGolf.net.

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How the course plays

Par mixiPar is how many shots a good player is expected to take. A par 3 is short, a par 4 medium, a par 5 long.

6,239 m

White · Par 73

  • Par 34
  • Par 49
  • Par 55

What stands out

Longest hole
Hole 10 · 498 m · Par 5
Stroke index 1iThe hole officially ranked as the hardest on the course (stroke index 1).
Hole 12 · Par 4
HoleNineiWhich half of the course. OUT is holes 1–9, IN is 10–18.PariExpected shots on that hole.SIiStroke index: 1 is the hardest hole on the course, 18 the easiest.WhiteiLength of the hole from the white tees, in metres.
1OUT48407 m
2OUT42388 m
3OUT418306 m
4OUT410353 m
5OUT54451 m
6OUT314176 m
7OUT416310 m
8OUT312171 m
9OUT46352 m
10IN55498 m
11IN511494 m
12IN41385 m
13IN313185 m
14IN43358 m
15IN417301 m
16IN37192 m
17IN515476 m
18IN59436 m

Hole lengthsiEach bar is one hole. A longer bar means a longer hole. Colour is the par: 3, 4 or 5.

  • Par 3
  • Par 4
  • Par 5

OUT

  • 1407 m
  • 2SI 2388 m
  • 3306 m
  • 4353 m
  • 5SI 4451 m
  • 6176 m
  • 7310 m
  • 8171 m
  • 9SI 6352 m

IN

  • 10SI 5498 m
  • 11494 m
  • 12SI 1385 m
  • 13185 m
  • 14SI 3358 m
  • 15301 m
  • 16192 m
  • 17476 m
  • 18436 m

From the teesiTees are the starting points. White is the usual full length; yellow and red start closer to the green.

  • White6,239 m
  • Yellow5,814 m
  • Red5,168 m

Front and backiA round is 18 holes in two groups of 9. This compares how long each nine is.

  • OUT · Par 352,914 m
  • IN · Par 383,325 m

Against this guideiHow long an 18-hole round is here, compared with the middle course in this Sortami guide. Not an official ranking.

  • This course6,239 m
  • Guide median6,157 m

Scorecard metres from AlgarveGolf.net.

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