Course:  Real Club de Golf El Prat – Yellow Course
Location: Terrassa
Course Designer:  Greg Norman
Established:  1954
Par: 72: – four par 3´s, ten par 4´s, four par 5´s
 
El Prat was the first golf course in continental Europe designed by Greg Norman. His team was able to lay out an impressive 45-hole complex. The course’s design concept gives it a unique character that places an emphasis both on aesthetic appeal and playability.
 
They are usually set up as the Pink (comprising the Bosque and Arriba nines), the Yellow (Piscina and Abajo nines) and the Green (Valles nine and holes 1-5 and 15-18 of the Abajo nine).
 
The Yellow – like the Pink course – was originally constructed with tournament play in mind and is more open than the Pink layout although a few holes are occasionally routed through tall pine trees which are a predominant feature of the new Real El Prat site. Precision rather that length is essential to carding a decent score on the Yellow course where the deep fairway bunkers once made shots disappear far too quickly.
 
Lavishly bunkered green sites represented a fearsome challenge, so you needed your ‘A’ game intact to conquer Real El Prat’s Yellow course. However, in 2021 a newly renovated and softened Yellow course was unveiled whereby 56 bunkers were removed and 31 others modified as part of a “Sustainability Plan” aimed at “reducing economic and environmental impact”.
 
According to the club’s PR release: “This plan does not only deliver an eco-friendlier course with an improved playability but also offering members and visitors of Real Club de Golf El Prat a more varied golf club. Especially, those playing multiple rounds will benefit from the variety of layouts with a demanding Pink course or the easier Yellow making sure they make the most of their experience.”