Espiche Golf S.A. - R. Matos Brancos 701 – N

Played the course last week it was slightly breezy that is all. The 12 in our party worked out that we lost in total 65 balls. Our handicaps range from 1 to 16 so we are not bad golfers. The course is a fantastic layout with only 1 flaw!!! No rough!!!! Somehow the rough needs to be grown. Not sure it can be done with Bermuda but a certain grass species needs to be introduced to the rough, then fertilized and watered regular otherwise the course becomes unplayable as there is nothing to stop the ball from tumbling into the bushes. Take the 10th for example. We played up the right being concerned we had lost the balls only to find our balls had rolled almost in the bushes to the left. So maybe the fairways could do with similar treatment. There are some great holes on the course no. 6, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 17. Would like to play it again when it is a bit more user friendly.

Great course for a very reasonable price. Beware the bushes surrounding many of the fairways which swallowed quite a few of our balls. Greens are well kept, the clubhouse is very modern and the food and drink is excellent quality and reasonably priced. Played the first week of September and was relatively quiet and not too hot if you tee off before 9am.

Do yourself a favour and don't come here- this is the worst golf course I've ever played. Let's start with the positives: the greens are decent, the staff is quite friendly and the course conditions are okay (not good, but ok). Everything else is a total catastrophe. More specifically, if you want play on a golf course that rewards you for for hitting good shots, this golf course is completely the opposite. Yes, a golf course can be narrow. Yes, a golf course can be challenging. Unfortunately, a golf course cannot be unplayable, to the point where the best word to describe it is "impossible" I'm a reasonably good golf player (handicap 0), and accuracy is the strongest part of my game. During my round, I didn't miss a single tee shot. However, whenever the wind blows in the same direction as the incline of the fairway, you have a 100% chance of either losing your ball or finding it in a bush or in the water. You can hit as good of a shot as you can muster, but you will need to get awfully lucky to find the ball (and be able to play the next shot vaguely towards the green). Just for some background, the us open is my favourite golf event of the year as I love difficult courses. Many of my favourite golf courses are, in fact, the toughest in Portugal. It's also important to note that I didn't pay to play, which guarantees that I'm not writing this because I feel ripped off. I'm writing this because I think it's important for people who are considering playing here, and my opinion is shared with pretty much every good amateur that I talked to. If you want to play golf, you can do so here. But if you want to test yourself and enjoy the sport, avoid Espiche like the plague.

Great golf course, not so commercial as others. Highly recommend.

One of the friendliest courses in the Algarve, very interesting and varied layout. The course is very environmentally friendly, meaning that also the greens are not as manicured as in other courses, but it's not an issue once you are used to it.

Nice facilities, for a beginner like me the course looks impressive. The teacher, Mickael, is really good!

Very nice course. Perfect greens. But see photo of what you are getting when you want to rent clubs !! This is not acceptable to pay for something like that. Really unfair !! It seems they do not care about golfer visiting them once.

I enjoyed this course so much I have played it again and am about to book another tee time for next week! the course is very challenging and any wayward shots are punished severely, there is little or no rough but plenty of bushes to to claim said errant shots and confiscate golf balls. The staff are extremely friendly and welcoming. My starter on the first round was Carlos and he was very helpful with guidance as to how the course played, i met him again on my second round and was pleasantly surprised that he even remembered my name! I would thoroughly recommend playing this course and book it through Golf In Portugal for a great round + buggy deal