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Situated near Carvoeiro in
an old olive grove, Vale da Pinta is a championship course that is,
nonetheless, adaptable to any kind of game.
Designed by the North-American Ronald Fream, currently one of the most
respected architects and whose style involves the preservation of
nature in his projects, Vale da Pinta is the twin of Quinta do
Gramacho, but with a full 18 hole course.
The course runs through an old olive
grove, where some of the trees are more than 700 years old. True
to U.S. golfing concepts, Fream has created wide, deep greens
protected by a total of 59 similarly sized bunkers.
The challenges posed by the course
are adaptable to differing levels of skill. This is achieved by
the presence of five sets of tees for each of its holes.
Those players with handicaps ranging
from scratch to 12 can play off the black marks placed further back.
White marks are for those handicapped between 13 and 20. For
ladies there are red marks (from scratch to 28 handicap) and blue
marks for lady beginners.
As of September 1996 the David
Leadbetter Golf Academy, which is Europe’s fifth largest,
established a presence at this development
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