Spain's Flamingos Golf Club in Marbella, Costa Del Sol
The Flamingos Golf Club has two 18-hole championship golf courses set on rugged terrain just outside Marbella in Spain's Costa Del Sol. The original course, the Flamingos Golf, is on the short side at under 5,800 meters from the back tees, but has still played host to Spanish senior tour events. The newer course, the Gran Flamingo Golf Club, is set farther back into the mountains and features some very dramatic terrain to navigate around. It's much longer, playing a par-73, 6,641 yards from the championship tees, and many fairways are cut tightly along steep mountain grades. The par 3s are all very long, with plenty of trouble around them.
The Gran Flamingo is set farther back and is not in view of the Mediterranean Sea at most points, but the 18th hole is perched high above the coastline and offers views of the Rock of Gibraltar and even Morocco in the distance.
A striking, five-star luxury hotel, the Villa Padierna, is the centerpiece of the golf course, and you can have lunch or a drink on the patio before or after your round.
Spain's Flamingos Golf Club
Flamingos Golf Club now features two 18-hole golf courses, thanks to the new Gran Flamingo Golf Club.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club - No. 3
The par-3 third hole at Gran Flamingo plays 222 meters from the championship tees.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club - No. 14
The par-3 14th hole on Gran Flamingo is heavily guarded by water.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club - No. 16
The par-5 16th hole's fairway at Gran Flamingo is ultra-tight, running along a mountainside.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club - No. 17
The par-3 17th hole at Gran Flamingo requires a carry over a ravine.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club - No. 18
The par-4 18th hole at Gran Flamingo offers a view of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club - No. 1
The first hole's green has little room for error on the Gran Flamingo Golf Club.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club - Villa Padierna Hotel
The five-star Villa Padierna Hotel is the centerpiece of the Flamingos Golf Club in Marbella, Spain.
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Spain's Flamingos Golf Club
The original Flamingos Golf Club is shorter, but is located closer to the sea.
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