Course: Pinhal
Location:  Vilamoura
Course Designer:  R. Trent Jones
Established: 1976
Par: 72  – four par 3´s, ten par 4´s, four par 5´s
Signature Hole: 13
Pinhal course is situated amongst the pine tree forest that plays a large role in this course. The outward nine holes wander through the holiday villas that line the fairways. The well-positioned bunkers make the course very enjoyable to the players, testing their choice of clubs and their accuracy. The Par-4 on the fourth hole is difficult to achieve with water waiting to swallow all shots that venture towards its banks. The Par-3 on the eighth at 149-metres is trickier than it first appears. The back nine-holes have a more open feel but the slightly altered fifteenth will cause a problem to meet the requirements of only four shots.