With an area of 122 hectares, Valle Romano Golf & Resort has taken care of all the details, but especially the respect for the environment and the efficient use of energy resources.
In addition, it was the place chosen by important professional golfers, such as Seve Ballesteros, to live and play on its impressive 18-hole golf course, designed by Cabell B. Robinson.
The complex also has a Club House; a prestigious golf academy with bilingual teachers, a specialized store and a restaurant-cafeteria. It also has a shopping area and well-kept green spaces.
The golf course. Valle Romano has such characteristics that make it unique for its design, geographical location and for being a model of sustainability. Not only does it comply with current environmental regulations, but during its construction priority has been given to preserving the maximum area of vegetation, to serve as a refuge for native flora and fauna.
It is an exceptional 18-hole course, built according to the highest quality standards of the United States Golf Association of America, with “Tifsport” grass, certified by the University of Georgia, and with a very sophisticated irrigation system, with the latest technology.
Valle Romano is the brainchild of Cabell B. Robinson, one of the world’s leading golf course designers, whose projects include numerous prestigious courses in Spain, France, Morocco, Switzerland, Portugal, Cyprus and Italy.
This course is prepared to enter the European Tour, with fairways designed to adapt to players of all levels and greens of great amplitude. Robinson has designed a course that is located in the less steep area of the estate, which goes from elevation 1 16 to 50.
One of the objectives of this course is that all types of players can enjoy it, from the lowest to the highest handicaps. For this purpose, an average of 5 tee platforms have been built per hole and large greens with an average of 500 square meters, although they even reach 1,000 square meters. The greens, with gentle but very long slopes and a large number of flag positions, make every hole on the course easy or extremely difficult.
The fact that it is a course for all types of players, together with an excellent level of maintenance, good facilities, a privileged geographical location (from all the holes you can see the sea) and a high degree of commitment from all the staff involved in the project means that this course meets all the requirements for organizing any type of competition.
According to Ildefonso Esquivel, director of Valle Romano Golf, “the client who comes here repeats again and again, because he leaves satisfied and likes the course”.
Since September 2011, the Valle Romano Golf Facebook page has had a new online Green Fees reservation application. “The objective is to channel the number of Green Fees reservations through the Internet, taking advantage of the time users spend on our social networks,” says Ildefonso Esquivel. “Now the customer has a channel open for 24 hours to make their reservations comfortably at the time that suits them best.”
THIS IS THE ROUTE
Valle Romano is a course pampered in its design and endowed with its own personality and at the same time simple. A good example of this personality is that the 18 holes are a tribute to our champions, men and women golfers who with their triumphs have written many chapters in the history of Spanish golf. The memory of their names will always remain in Valle Romano.
Hole 1, Marcelino Morcillo
Par 5. 533 meters
We start with a dog-leg left hole.
The fairway drops to the left and is protected by bunkers.
One stroke over the bunkers is recommended.
The hole ends in a smooth fairway and a wide green to facilitate the third shot.
Hole 2, José Mari Olazábal
Par 3. 201 meters
Visually easy.
It is essential not to miss on the left.
Green defended by two bunkers and a slight piano.
Hole 3, Ramón Sota
Par 4. 408 meters
Demanding par 4 where the exit is fundamental.
The second shot must be very accurate to facilitate the shot to the green.
The green provides amplitude and without outstanding difficulty.
Hole 4, Ángel de Miguel
Par 4. 278 meters
A recovery hole where the second shot must be precise, given that the green is almost 1,000 m².
It will be a pleasure to puttear with the feeling of being at sea.
Hole 5, Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Par 4. 339 meters
Play your stroke so as not to hit the water.
The shot to the green will give you the pleasure of flying over the beautiful lake that protects the green.
Be accurate because the green is not wide.
Hole 6, Diego Borrego
Par 4. 315 meters
Hole with a slight dog-leg to the left where a good tee shot is essential.
It is not a long hole, but it is defended by a small green protected by two well-positioned bunkers.
Hole 7, Ángel Gallardo
Par 3. 226 meters
Par 3 that requires a perfect shot.
It is recommended to lean on the left side of the green.
The green provides ample space for putting.
Hole 8, Valentín Barrios
Par 5. 510 meters
Strict par 5 with the Clubhouse in the background.
It requires you to hit the ground running.
Long hole, but it allows him to hit a comfortable second shot to the green that does not give him much difficulty.
Hole 9, Severiano Ballesteros
Par 3. 224 meters
Great par 3 that forces us to play to the left side of the green.
Long and demanding, requiring maximum concentration.
Hole 10, Álvaro Quirós
Par 5. 540 meters
Hoyo that you will not forget for its beauty and design.
Play a strong tee shot and pay attention to the second shot and the shot to the green, which is very small.
Hole 11, Raquel Carriedo
Par 3. 166 meters
Nice shot to the green, where it is essential not to go left.
Large green that allows you to putt with peace of mind.
Hole 12, Sebastián de Miguel
Par 4. 344 meters
Panoramic exit, where it is not necessary to go hard but straight ahead.
Street with a drop to the left.
Unforgettable shot to the green with the beauty of a lake that penalizes the miss to the left.
Hole 13, Pepín Rivero
Par 3. 177 meters
Beautiful par 3 between trees and bunkers.
Play the shot with determination and lean on the left side of the green.
Hole 14, Miguel Ángel Martín
Par 4. 379 meters
Hit firmly and enjoy this wonderful Par 4.
Try to avoid the right side of the fairway and, above all, do not overshoot the green.
Hole 15, Marta Figueras-Dotti
Par 4. 391 meters
Leave with peace of mind.
You have a place to stand on the right side of the fairway, even if you can’t see it from the tee.
Be accurate on the shot to the green and avoid the right side.
Hole 16, Manolo Piñero
Par 5. 504 meters
Hole to immortalize its design and enjoy it.
Exit by leaning to the left and be careful on your second stroke.
Green in transversal flanked by bunkers in its defense.
Hole 17, José María Cañizares
Par 4. 323 meters
The stroke in the middle of the road is not perfect.
It has trees protecting the hole.
Hit the green comfortably and enjoy the view.
Hole 18, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Par 4. 369 meters
To finish, a demanding par 4, get out whatever strength you have left, hit your drive and check out the beauty of the hole.
Be picky with the second shot and try to avoid the green bunkers.
Easy to puttear.
GOLF SCHOOL
The Valle Romano Golf Academy offers a wide variety of programs, which are adapted to the needs of both amateurs and beginners and with the application of the best programs and teaching techniques in the world of golf.
Golf professional Gabriel Cañizares is since September 2011 the new Technical Director of the Valle Romano Golf School. Cañizares supervises and advises the methodology and golf techniques taught to all students at the academy.
“It is an honor for me to be part of this project, and I will do everything in my power to make Valle Romano a reference within the golf offer in the Costa del Sol”, says Gabriel Cañizares.
The varied offer includes intensive one-week courses, specific putting and short game courses, VIP courses, clinics or private lessons, among others. Special attention is paid to juniors with monthly courses on Saturday mornings or intensive summer courses.
The entire practice area is illuminated, with indoor and grass stalls.
EQUIPMENT
Valle Romano Golf & Resort has equipped its facilities with state-of-the-art equipment, including 40 buggies with GPS, an ambulance buggy, a semi-automatic defibrillator and an intercom on hole 8 that connects to the Club House.
Buggies with GPS are a tool that serves both for the operation of the course itself, as well as for the players who make the tour in these vehicles.
Ildefonso Esquivel, manager of the field, says that the GPS “have been focused on two aspects: on the one hand, it is another touch of improvement in terms of the service we are providing with respect to our competitors and, on the other, it gives us a very specific day-to-day operational control”.
The ambulance buggy is an ideal vehicle for use in crowded events, sports stadiums, fairgrounds, factories, airports and golf courses. This ambulance car is equipped with lights, compartments for medical bags, electrocardiographs, drip stands, among other special requirements. It is powered by a four-stroke gasoline engine.
On the other hand, the semi-automatic defibrillator has been placed in a strategic location in the Clubhouse. It is a technical equipment approved for use in accordance with current legislation, capable of analyzing the heart rhythm, identifying fatal arrhythmias and administering an electric shock, in order to restore a viable rhythm, with high levels of safety. To guarantee its correct use, qualified personnel from Valle Romano have completed a course approved by the Junta de Andalucía for the use of semiautomatic external defibrillators by non-medical personnel in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.
And finally, on the green of the 8th hole, a wooden booth with an intercom has been installed that connects directly to the restaurant and allows you to order a snack without interrupting play.
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