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Faldo Amendoeira golf course opening in September
• 24 Jul 2008 •
 THE Oceanico Group have announced that the Nick Faldo golf course in the Algarve will open in September. The course is part of the Oceanico Group’s 500 million euros ‘Amendoeira Golf Resort’, which covers 259 hectares near Silves and is designed to be one of the finest five-star golf resorts in Europe.
Designed by Nick Faldo, with strategic play in mind, the Amendoeira is a 6,604 metres, par 72, championship course that demands careful positioning to score well. “The land at Amendoeira is dramatic and the project has the potential to be a real talking point in the Algarve. With so many courses in the region, that’s no mean feat,” pointed out Faldo, who will be the non–playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2008. In a modern twist of a traditional recipe, cacti and wild herbs replace the role of Sunningdale’s heather, spartan Holm oaks and ancient olive trees take the place of a lush English woodland and desert scrub bunkers of crushed limestone replace Berkshire’s sandy tracts in a golf course that revels in the classic principles of strategic play. Nick said, “This is a very exciting project, which gives me a great opportunity to exploit my passion for design, the same way I exploited my passion for playing. The real skill is that when you stand on the tee, the golf hole tells you what to do and, if you do what it tells you, there is reward but if you don’t, you’re penalised.” Faldo added that he likes his courses to be challenging to whoever plays them. “There might be easy holes in some places, but they are a challenge because you have to think about them and that is what I am after,” he said, adding, “The best compliment you can get in the design business is when players come off the course and say ‘wow, that was a challenge,’ and that is just what I am planning here at Amendoeira.”
Simon Burgess, director of the Oceanico Group, said, “The Algarve is renowned for the quality of its golf facilities, and Amendoeira will enhance this further with both of our courses offering golfers of all levels an experience that will be hard to beat.” |  Return to Top
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