Vale do Lobo Royal
Royal Golf Course at Vale do Lobo resort, has rolling fairways set amidst pine trees and beautiful lakes surrounded by wild flowers. Its features include the almost island green of the 9th and the famous 16th, with cliff-top carryover - one of the most celebrated golfing images in the world, which has become the veritable symbol of golf in the Algarve.|The Royal Golf Course was designed by top American golf architect Rocky Roquemore, based on original drawings made by Sir Henry Cotton. It was inaugurated in 1997.
Reception: 6:45am to 7pm(Summer) / 6pm(Winter)
Golf Clubs: Standard
Club House: With Restaurant and Snack bar
With driving range
With an Academy
Trolleys: Manual and Electric
With locker room
Pro Shop: 6:45am to 7pm(Summer) / 6pm(Winter)
Golf Lessons: Resident professionals
With putting green
Juniors: Up to 16 years oldVale do Lobo Royal - latest comments and reviews
Stephanie
2026-04-21
The course is in really good condition. The staff was very friendly and the pace of play was really good.
Lauermann Andreas
2026-04-21
Always fantastic to play not only because of hole 18. well prepared greens and fairways.
Simon Potts
2026-04-19
We had booked Royal for Tuesday and Ocean for Thursday and somehow they were swapped, not that it really mattered. Royal was the best kept/manicured course I have ever played. The fairways were sublime. Best of the week's 5 courses we played. Repir a pitch mark and you could not tell you had been there. Wedge and short iron shots from fairways were a joy.
Nick Butler
2026-04-19
Nice golf course, in good condition, decent pace of play
John Coates
2026-04-17
Excellent round of golf. Course in usual excellent condition & round in four hours.
Susan Donna Chatman
2026-04-13
Very nice
George Hayhurst
2026-04-07
lots of hills
Kim Christensen
2026-03-31
Rain but always nice
Andrew Graham
2026-03-30
Course appears to be in the middle of reconstruction site, every hole seems almost overtaken with building works
Joanne Scarth
2026-03-26
Very nice course, good condition. Greens were a little slow. We would play again
Halper Johannes
2026-03-21
we play only 9 Holes, very wet and windy
Jeff Bull
2026-03-16
Course in immaculate condition throughout. As usual the hospitality in Spikes was superb. An all round great experience
Tecnicals
*Parkland - Total except the 16th
*Undulated - With some steepish climbs on the back 9
*Buggy Recommended - yes
*Signature Hole - famous 16th , par3
*Water hazards - Yes on both 9's, easily seen from tees
*Tree Lined - Yes, with Pines
*Dogleg - Couple on the back 9
*Comments - Excellent course, one of Algarve's best
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