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Finca Golf Club is part of the Quara group who also own Las Ramblas
and Villamartin and is situated at the foot of Mount Escotera.
The course has been open for approx 5 years and has been designed with
Championship golf in mind.
The designer has presented the course with the widest variety of different greens
to be seen on the Costa Blanca, although some think too varied.
The course has good views and a number of lakes with running water ensuring
plenty of wild birds and vegetation.
A new club house and hotel are currently under construction and the practise
facilities are excellent with two chipping and putting greens, practise bunker
and a driving range played off grass.
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Handicap Certificate - Yes Men 28 Ladies 36
Course Details - Par 72
6302 Metres
Designer - José Gancedo
Green fees and Associated Costs:
18 Holes € 75 (Look out for Summer Deals!)
9 Holes € 40
Buggy Hire € 35 (18 holes)
Trolley € 5
Club Hire € 20 (Full set) |
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Mike Say's:
"Most committed golfers can not visit this part of Spain without playing this
golf course although at €75 per round it is one of the more expensive courses
in the region.
The course is unique in that it has nineteen holes with a short par three over
water being used when maintenance work is being conducted on any of the
other greens.
The course is a good test of golf although personally I think that the course
designer has gone OTT with the variety of shapes and sizes of the greens.
The general condition of the course varies from excellent to very average over
the golfing year.
The course staff are friendly and courtious but the clubhouse administration and
golf pro's can be surly at times.
The facilities are generally excellent although yet again the bar prices are a little
on the pricey side and who knows what will happen when the new clubhouse
and hotel are opened? "
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Directions:
Travelling from either Cartagena or Alicante,leave the AP7 at the exit for
Torrevieja Norte and follow signs for San Miguel.
After only 50 metres take the exit off the small traffic island to Montebello and
Algorfa.
At the next traffic island take the second exit,again in the direction of Algorfa.
Stay on this road for approx 2km until you reach the traffic island with the large
waterfall,go over this for 50 metres to the next island with the smaller water
feature and again go straight ahead and down the hill.
You will pass the golf course on your right and the car parks are after approx
1000 metres.
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Contact Details:Ctra.
Algorfa-Los Montesinos, km 3
Finca La Rellana
03169 Algorfa, Alicante
Tel. (+34) 965 967 058
Fax. (+34) 965 967 058 |
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| Hole |
Par |
Metres |
Hole |
Par |
Metres |
| 1 |
5 |
525 |
10 |
4 |
305 |
| 2 |
4 |
368 |
11 |
5 |
490 |
| 3 |
3 |
168 |
12 |
4 |
375 |
| 4 |
4 |
362 |
13 |
3 |
167 |
| 5 |
5 |
535 |
14 |
4 |
396 |
| 6 |
3 |
179 |
15 |
4 |
366 |
| 7 |
4 |
424 |
16 |
3 |
162 |
| 8 |
4 |
338 |
17 |
4 |
323 |
| 9 |
4 |
427 |
18 |
5 |
474 |
| Out |
36 |
3336 |
In |
36 |
3058 |
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Out |
36 |
3336 |
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Total |
72 |
6394 |
The Course Review - La Finca
Golfers of all standards will find this golf course a tough golfing challenge,even
off the forward yellow tees the course is still 6032 metres long.
Play good golf shots and you will get good results,play bad shots and you will
be punished by the numerous water hazards.
The key feature of this golf course is the great variety of sizes and shapes of
the greens with some 100 metres long and ten metres wide,others 100 metres
wide and ten metres long,some completely square in shape (like a bowling green),
some completely bowl shapes and some the size and shape of a kidney bean.
While you may find this mildly interesting as you go around the course,I personally
think that they spoil what could be a really good golf course.
Being totally honest I would dig up half of the greens and start again,nothing to do
with the quality just the silly shapes and sizes,you will see what I mean!
The feature hole on the course is the 323 metres par 4 seventeen hole which is
also stroke index 2 on the card.
The hole has a lake directly in front of the tee and all the way to the green so the
challenge is simple,go for the green and take your chances or bail out to the fairway
which runs around the right hand edge of the lake BUT there is a sting in the tail here
because the fairway is narrow and is bordered on the other side by yet another
water hazard.
This really is risk and reward golf at it's best BUT a genuine card wrecker if you get
it wrong and is tantalising because nearly all golfers will have a shot against the
card here.
There are a number of other good golf holes here with many bunkers and well
positioned streams and lakes.
While the course is a little on the pricey side it is still worth the visit although
as usual don't be surprised at the level of food and beverage prices.
You will find the course staff extremely helpful BUT some of the clubhouse staff
and administration staff and golf pro's need to take a happy pill at times.
The owners have been constructing a new clubhouse and hotel for what feels like an
eternity and with this being Spain who knows what will happen to green fees and bar
prices once these are all open next year.
Until the next time
Mike
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