Espiche Golf celebrated its third anniversary on July 9^th with a summer soirée which brought together representatives from the local tourism industry, tour operators, business partners and members of the Golf Club.

 

To mark the occasion, which also coincided with the 2^nd anniversary of the award winning Clubhouse and Gecko restaurant, Espiche Golf welcomed Dora Coelho, the director of the Algarve Tourism Association (Associação de Turismo do Algarve), Philip Pope, the director of the Boavista Golf Resort, Sofia Ribeiro, the director of the Hotel Vila Galé in Lagos and Alexandra Almeida from the Portuguese Golf Federation.

 

Celebrations began in the evening with invited guests enjoying the exceptional sunset over the course and the mountains, followed by a dinner in the Gecko restaurant and musical entertainment.

 

Espiche Golf won worldwide recognition after becoming the first golf club outside the United States to win a leading position in the “Clubhouse of the Year” awards by the prestigious Golf Inc Magazine.  The Portuguese golf club won 3^rd place in the “New construction and Refurbishment” category.

 

Efficiency, aesthetics and the overall design concept were criteria used to evaluate the Clubhouse with a panel of architecture, design and golf experts judging the awards.  The Espiche Golf Clubhouse, which opened in May 2014, stood out among the hundreds of clubhouse applications from around the world for its innovative design, project sustainability and creativity.

 

ESPICHE GOLF

 

Espiche Golf is only a few minutes away from the coast and the historic city of Lagos, in the quiet and less developed are of the western Algarve.  The golf course is located within an ecological reserve and combines both a place for an exceptional sporting challenge and a respect for the surrounding natural environment.

 

Architect Peter Sauerman created the course to integrate seamlessly into the landscape and the entire course was built following an ethos of preservation and sustainability.

 

Espiche Golf offers golfers a challenging 18 hole, par 72 course.  The lakes, rivers and indigenous vegetation enrich the biodiversity of the area and the expansive views across the vineyards and fields and towards the inland mountains of Monchique.

 

Covering a distance of more than 5,800 metres from the tees and offering numerous possibilities, the course is a pleasure for beginners and casual golfers as well as experienced players with a variety of techniques and intelligent play being well rewarded on the course.  The cleverly designed fairways make full use of the natural dips and rolling hillsides, while the brilliantly formed and cleverly located greens require the player to use their full range of golfing techniques.  There are two different starting points on the course, from the 1^st and 10^th tees, and both located in the centre of the course.