Parador Golf
Parador Golf opened in 1925 by the Spanish Royal Family and is the Costa del Sol Golf’s oldest golf course and consequently is steeped in history, it is here that the pioneers of the sport in the province took their first shots on its fairways.
With a history reaching back sixty years, the facilities of Parador Golf are in perfect condition thanks to years of careful maintenance.
Parador Golf Course is a par 72 golf course is fairly long with long par three’s and four’s and reasonable par five’s. Parador Golf is an easy walk, being rather flat, and has wide fairways lined with mature pines, olive trees and palm trees.
The golf course has a mature feel and the par 72, 6024 meters course shows it was built in an era when land was more readily available than today.
Designed by Scottish golf course architect Tom Simpson, who was better known for his golfing layouts at Turnberry and Muirfield.
Parador Golf is part links with seawater lagoons that change with the natural tide, and part parkland with the fairways forming avenues between the trees which are home to flocks of colourful parakeets.
Parador Golf Course presents a challenge for amateurs of all levels though some holes do present a challenge particularly the 12th, a perfect drive is required in order to reach the green in two and avoid the eucalyptus grove on the right.
Parador Golf is a true championship golf course, having hosted the Turespaña Masters Open de España in 1992 and 1999.
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