Vale do Lobo (Ocean)

• Location: Faro, Portugal
• Open: 1969
• Designer: Sir Henry Cotton & Rocky Roquemore
• Major Course Updates: N/A
• Events Hosted: 2022 & 2023 Portuguese Open
• Key Rankings: 32nd best golf course in Portugal, Top 100 Golf Courses (2020)

 
The “ocean” name is more than just the title of the golf course. In fact, the Ocean course plays closer to the ocean than anything else in the region, highlighted by the par 3, 15th alongside the sea. Umbrella pines and eucalyptus trees dominate the inland holes, which hold their own to the ocean stretches, to combine for a perfect complement to the demanding and challenging Royal course.