Opened on April 1st 2001, this attractive par-3 course is destined to become one of the Algarve's golfing gems. Set within the Balaia Golf Village complex east of the bustling holiday resort of Albufeira and looking out over the ocean, it is a course to test every golfer, irrespective of handicap.
You can go out and play eighteen holes to concentrate on your short game, without the drilling which time on a practice ground sometimes implies. Alternatively, you can just play nine, leaving plenty of time for things.

As you stand on the first tee, you can see pretty well the whole of the course spread out before you. While aesthetics are not exactly what golf is all about, what you see is indeed a pretty sight. An old wooden bridge divides two lakes just in front of the first green and, with the clubhouse just behind you, this is an opening hole to test the nerves.

Tee to green distances on the course range from 67 metres to 160 metres.
The third, despite being the shortest, is certainly not the easiest hole. The tee looks up to an elevated green which not only slopes towards you, but has subtle undulations to test your putting. As if that were not enough of a challenge, a strategically- placed bunker in front means a good test of club selection.

Hole four- stroke index 1 - is 160 metres long a bordered by cork oaks. Individual ability will dictate which club you choose.
Because of the trees, accuracy is the key.
Holes six and seven turn back towards the beautifully appointed clubhouse. The sixth plays from an elevated tee to a wide green.
The seventh flows along a rolling fairway where judging flight line will prove critical.
The imposing clubhouse stands overlooking the course, the complex and the sea in the distance.