Silves Course

Silves is the type of course that you can probably only fully appreciate if you're a reasonably accomplished player. That's not to say a beginners can't enjoy a round here. The first-class conditioning, wonderful scenery and panoramic vistas from the high points of this undulating course add a real sense of occasion that players of any ability can appreciate. However, this is a strategic course through and through, and the mind games start from the off.

An aggressive, high quality tee shot that skirts the water encroaching from both sides will leave you with a short, straightforward approach shot to a generous green. The alternative is to play more conservatively from the tee but leave yourself a long uphill shot in that will much harder to judge from back down the fairway. It sets the tone for a course that is set-up to present risks and rewards in equal measure.

The bunkering, in particular, is situated to catch out big hitters, but longer players do not enjoy a massive advantage here. While there are six high quality par-3 holes ranging between 150-220 yards, it is the four par-5s that are, arguably, the most memorable holes. The 13th sums up what this course is all about. A par 5 with an elevated tee, it offers up some stunning views. A tricky second shot leaves the player with the dilemma of going for the green in two or negotiating a dogleg left protected by a large water hazard.

It might be hard to concentrate on such course management issues when the vast majority of holes offer spectacular mountain and valley views overlooking palm trees and olive groves. But if you want to make a score at Silves you'll need to keep your wits about you at all times!

STATISTICS

TEES

White Tees - 5615 Meters (6141 Yards)

Yellow Tees - 5256 Meters (5748 Yards)

Red Tees - 4728 Meters (5170 Yards)

Par: 70

Course Opened in: 2006

Designer: Jose Matias and Peter Booth

Features

Golf Buggies
Pitch and Putt
Pro Shop
Tuition
Putting Greens
Practice Area
Golf Club Hire
Club House
Championship Standard Course

8.0

Very Good

Course not easy as they tend to be in Europe but very pretty except for the nearby cork factory which, depending on the wind direction can blanket some holes with smoke from the chimneys and make breathing difficult at times. We found it very slow at times but I suppose in Scotland we see 4 hours as a long round. Allow 4 1/2 hours. Starter, reception and clubhouse staff all very friendly and would revisit. Allowed us to play in 2 threes. Could not access on my golfers watch??

Chris – Reviewed 8 Oct 2021

Excellent

Much better than the last time i played there (about 5 years ago) with a new club house. Course in decent condition.

Simon – Reviewed 5 Oct 2021

6.0

Good

Course was in average condition overall. Greens were pretty good. Unfortunately it was a 5 hour round, nasty.

Glenn – Reviewed 30 Sep 2021

8.0

Very Good

Nice course but it was a five hour round on several occasions there were three four balls on the tee box at par three's. Members told us that this is often the case. Would put me off playing it again but a fine challenge.

Michael – Reviewed 29 Sep 2021

8.0

Very Good

Again the greens could have been better. Played ok but looked rough to the eye. All my party enjoyed this course so must been good. I must mention the golf transfers these guys were brilliant on time to the minuet every time and very helpful loading and unloading clubs each day.

Richard – Reviewed 28 Sep 2021

8.0

Very Good

Log course needs a buggy. been redesigned and moved around for new clubhouse. long way from hotel about 45 mins. Taxi was 50 our each way

Nick – Reviewed 15 Sep 2021

8.0

Very Good

Enjoyable but expensive for four buggies

Billy – Reviewed 12 Sep 2021

8.0

Very Good

The course had an excellent layout but greens where not in the best condition having been hollow tinned recently. Would have rated the facilities more but there was no food offering at all available.

James – Reviewed 8 Sep 2021

Excellent

Another excellent course

Paul – Reviewed 5 Sep 2021

Excellent

Course conditions perfect

Lynn – Reviewed 16 Aug 2021

Excellent

Change of 1st now 18th works well for the course again a slow round but still enjoyable

Lynn – Reviewed 12 Oct 2020

6.0

Good

Good place, but lacks a lot of character, it all seems a bit too new. Club house is modern but again, 0 character. Course is nice, great views and nice holes.

Sebastian – Reviewed 28 Sep 2020

8.0

Very Good

Mike – Reviewed 16 Mar 2020

8.0

Very Good

Solid second rate golf course by Algarve standards

David – Reviewed 15 Mar 2020

Excellent

Some picturesque holes, was popular with the higher handicappers in the group.

Jim – Reviewed 2 Mar 2020

Excellent

Nice and friendly staff Golf course is very quiet and relaxing

Paul – Reviewed 19 Feb 2020

8.0

Very Good

Course in good condition had been prepared to for European Seniors qualifier

Harry – Reviewed 14 Feb 2020

8.0

Very Good

Paul – Reviewed 11 Feb 2020

8.0

Very Good

Paul – Reviewed 5 Feb 2020

8.0

Very Good

John – Reviewed 3 Feb 2020

Excellent

A new favourite. Beautiful settings, some cracking par 5s. Par 3s a little sammy but a great course.

David – Reviewed 15 Jan 2020

8.0

Very Good

Good course

David – Reviewed 13 Jan 2020

Excellent

Not sure how much of our money paid for this course but it was worth it. Loved it. The views, the lay out. It was our favourite. Fabulous place to play.

Richie – Reviewed 4 Jan 2020

8.0

Very Good

We were paired up with a great couple of guys from Ireland. Had a great round- pace was good and overall condition was fair. A bit wet in parts but there had been a lot of rain over the last few days. Was told there is a brand new clubhouse for next year. Will look forward to visiting then. Nice course and easy to play with pull trolley.

Jackie – Reviewed 2 Dec 2019

8.0

Very Good

A new clubhouse is under construction which will alter the course layout.

Simon – Reviewed 13 Nov 2019

Excellent

Some beautiful holes. Plays very short off they yellows but very relaxing. Fantastic staff who remembered us from 3 years ago. They even printed off our return boarding passes for us. Buggie recommended for less mobile players.

Andy – Reviewed 28 Oct 2019

8.0

Very Good

Lovely course with some great par 5’s and par 3’s.

Ben – Reviewed 23 Oct 2019

6.0

Good

Kevin – Reviewed 18 Oct 2019

8.0

Very Good

Good coarse well presented staff are friendly and helpful. Greens ran true and fast tricky to get the pace. Keep it straight and you will play well, start to stray and it gets very tricky

Shaun – Reviewed 13 Oct 2019

Excellent

Definately the second best course we played,well designed and some nice difficult holes to keep us sharp.

James – Reviewed 7 Oct 2019

Excellent

Another great course in super condition great greens that were very responsive to shots being fired in. Tough long par 3 holes and a mixture of short and long par 4's that required good shots. The par 5 holes were terrific.

Karl – Reviewed 2 Oct 2019

6.0

Good

I did not like this course very much, mainly because some of the par fives were quite boring, made for the big hitters, in fact there were not many holes that made you think about what you had to do. The greens were very good and well maintained and the staff very friendly throughout.

Steve – Reviewed 28 Sep 2019

Excellent

One thing I would say about this course it is really nice par 3s are quite hard but par 5s are nice and challenging but only bad thing is the way the club pack groups out a few more mins to let a group play ahead a bit further as we had a 4ball and 3 2 balls newrly on the same tee but nice course

Chris – Reviewed 25 Sep 2019

8.0

Very Good

Enjoyed the course but the smoke/smell from the cork factory nearby spoilt it a little. Well worth a visit though.

Peter – Reviewed 17 Sep 2019

Excellent

course in very good condition

Colin – Reviewed 9 Sep 2019

2.0

Poor

The course was pleasant but slow and not very picturesque bit of an in finished building site

Ian – Reviewed 9 Sep 2019

8.0

Very Good

Great no one on course August quiet weather not too hot so flew round.

Lynn – Reviewed 6 Sep 2019

Excellent

This course was in superb condition.......greens etc were fantastic.....really enjoyed our final day here. Very impressed.

David – Reviewed 14 Jun 2019

8.0

Very Good

Very enjoyable round toss up between this and Gramacho.

Richard – Reviewed 13 Jun 2019

2.0

Poor

We had reserved 5 buggies with yourgolftravel. Only had 3. Were told they don't take reservations on buggies. My booking clearly shows 5 reserved. Didn't try to help us in any way.

Naran – Reviewed 13 Jun 2019

8.0

Very Good

The major issue was there were no buggies for us when we arrived. Buggies were included in our contract with you. The majority of my party are over 60 (4 over 65). It is important that buggies are needed. We were given 5 electric trollies, 5 pull trollies and by the time the last pairing were going out we got 1 buggy. 1 of the electric trollies p Failed to work after 6 holes and had to be pushed for a time. The person gave up after 2 holes and we phoned the clubhouse to have the player collected as he was exhausted in the heat. We will certainly wish to be refunded for the buggies not available I.e 5 x 45 euro which is the cost we paid at the other course.

Mark – Reviewed 30 May 2019

Excellent

After the second hole, the views and course opened up and were fantastic!! Our transfers for all three courses and airport were spot on, friendly, helpful staff, can't thank them enough.

Steven – Reviewed 29 May 2019

Excellent

Phil – Reviewed 26 May 2019

6.0

Good

Quite a nice course the greens were not in good condition and clubhouse very basic

June – Reviewed 25 May 2019

8.0

Very Good

Another great course for all golfers , only slight negative was the cork factory next to the course which threw out a lot of smoke which drifted across the course but wouldn’t stop me going again.

Andy – Reviewed 24 May 2019

Excellent

Josh – Reviewed 15 May 2019

8.0

Very Good

Lovely course, great greens but the pace of play was slow. We were 12 ladies walking with electric trollies but were held up by 4 balls in buggies. The course needs some marshals. The club house is tired but the staff were the friendliest. The new clubhouse hopefully will have better facilities and is under construction. Would recommend this course.

Jackie – Reviewed 6 May 2019

6.0

Good

Short of buggies so some had to walk. No ability to pre book buggies

Granville – Reviewed 6 May 2019

8.0

Very Good

Different from Gramacho but enjoyable.

Graham – Reviewed 27 Apr 2019

8.0

Very Good

Stephen – Reviewed 24 Apr 2019

8.0

Very Good

Mark – Reviewed 23 Apr 2019

8.0

Very Good

Consensus of opinion from 12 of us was we all enjoyed and loved the course. The clubhouse was a bit tatty but I understand they’re building a new clubhouse. Would definitely return there.

Paul – Reviewed 13 Apr 2019

8.0

Very Good

Good course and gives golfers of all abilities a chance. Will return!!

Robin – Reviewed 10 Apr 2019

8.0

Very Good

Great fun. Course was in fantastic condition.

David – Reviewed 12 Mar 2019

8.0

Very Good

what a course to welcome our first day in Portugal. the course was in great condition and some of the holes where breath taking. it was a tough walking course for the first day.

David – Reviewed 11 Mar 2019

8.0

Very Good

No problems.... some of staff obviously having a bad day !! So nice to see the new signage to the course , makes getting there so much easier

Mike – Reviewed 9 Mar 2019

8.0

Very Good

Greens were slow compared to gramacho and pinta..long par 5s and par 3s with some short par 4s we were a bit spoilt playing the other to first..good course tho

Paul – Reviewed 6 Mar 2019

6.0

Good

was ok had to alter the round to silves from alto which we had been booked on despite asking not to

Stephen – Reviewed 19 Dec 2018

8.0

Very Good

Alan – Reviewed 8 Dec 2018

Excellent

Peter – Reviewed 9 Nov 2018

8.0

Very Good

Paul – Reviewed 8 Nov 2018

8.0

Very Good

David – Reviewed 25 Oct 2018

Excellent

Playing it again on 28 December

Shirley – Reviewed 23 Oct 2018

Excellent

Phil (Chris Redman) – Reviewed 16 Oct 2018

6.0

Good

William – Reviewed 10 Oct 2018

2.0

Poor

We will not play here again . We have had mixed experiences on this course mainly pretty negative. Instead of improving it gets worse . There seems to be a problem with drainage on the fairways. Obviously there is a comprehensive watering system due to climate . The problem is most of the fairways remain soggy giving difficult conditions and making the course play very long . They need permanent preferred lies on many holes . There is no Marshalling / supervision on the course. They allow non-golfers on the course making it chronically slow . Whatever happened to min Handicaps.? At one point we were one of 4 x 4 balls on one tee. We came off after 16 holes ,having been on course for 4.75 hours . We ought to have our money back

Michael – Reviewed 5 Oct 2018

Excellent

Michael – Reviewed 3 Oct 2018

Excellent

Gerard – Reviewed 26 Sep 2018

8.0

Very Good

nice but feel not as good as the others. greens need work and slow round. NO course Marshalls to quicken up play. Again buggy's expensive

Kelvin – Reviewed 25 Sep 2018

8.0

Very Good

Course was good (1st time we played it).. greens better than Pinta. Pestana look like they are spending a lot of money on facilities so when these are finished this will be a really good facility and track... only gripe... 30 degree temp and no on course refreshment buggy

Mark – Reviewed 20 Sep 2018

Excellent

Bunkers were watered too much

Stu – Reviewed 16 Sep 2018

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