Espiche Golf Course
Espiche is South African architect Peter Sauerman's design, opened in 2012 in a protected nature reserve five minutes from Lagos, in the western Algarve. The front nine runs out past the village of Espiche; the back nine climbs into the hills behind it, through olive, fig and almond trees, with the Serra de Monchique on the horizon.
It's a par-72 of just under 5,900 metres, built to follow the land's natural contours rather than reshape them. Expect rolling, undulating ground, a few blind tee shots, tight landing areas and large, undulating greens that reward touch over power. Water shows up on two or three holes, and dense native scrub lines the fairways throughout, so accuracy off the tee matters more than distance.
The clubhouse, designed separately by architect Nadine Berger and built on the ruins of an old farmhouse, with the original stone worked into its lower walls, opened in 2014 and took third place in Golf Inc. Magazine's Worldwide Clubhouse of the Year the following year, the first club outside the United States to be recognised in the category. It's home to the Gecko restaurant, alongside a driving range, academy, locker room and pro shop. Book a round at the course that put sustainable Algarve golf on the map.
Reception: yes
Golf Clubs: Available
Club House: yes
With driving range
With an Academy
Trolleys: Manual and Electric
With locker room
Pro Shop: yes
Golf Lessons: yes
With putting greenEspiche Golf Course - latest comments and reviews
Gerard Miltenburg
2026-09-28
Prachtige baan en buitengewoon relaxed! Alsof we alleen op de baan waren én veel ruimte op de baan. Na afloop lekkere broodjes tonijn
Kerry Duggan
2026-09-27
Golf course was very difficult due to blind shots with very narrow fairways. I would only recommend this course to single digit handicap golfers.
Barry Whittles
2026-09-26
Course wax in great condition the staff are brilliant
Oliver White
2026-09-21
BUGGY A MUST
Monika Franck
2026-09-07
A very interesting, challenging course in a good condition.
Thomas Donlan
2026-09-01
Great testing course with excellent greens
Dave Giles
2026-08-23
Excellent course challenging but fair requires you to place every tee shot will definitely book again in 2027
Roland Vejdemo
2026-07-23
Beautiful course but very narrow and of you don’t play straight you are lost. Greens in good shape but they were slow because of ”long grass ”
Christopher Brighton
2026-07-05
Such a great golf course, I'm sure if this was in a better location it would be in the top 5 Algarve courses. A proper test of accuracy off the tee, anything semi wayward is a reload! The greens were understandable left a little long for the July heat. Third time I've played here and won't be the last.
Jackie Robinson
2026-06-10
Didnt see a sole until the 16th VERY windy and lost rather a lot of balls!
Nick Jones
2026-06-02
Very nice course. Fairways are tight. Greens are a little slow but we really enjoyed the the day.
Brian Trenbirth
2026-05-22
In great condition but as always a tricky and unfair golf course. It was windy which made it very difficult and not as enjoyable as the other courses.
Tecnicals
*Parkland -
*Undulated -
*Buggy Recommended -
*Water hazards - on 2 or 3 holes
*Exposed -
*Dogleg -
*Comments - a few blind tee shots , small landing areas . large greens
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