Huelva, receiver of the last light of southern Spain in its southwestern tip, enjoys a pleasant and mild climate throughout the year with an average temperature of 18.6 degrees and the highest number of clear days of the Peninsula: 156. With spectacular beaches of fine sand and unparalleled natural parks such as Doñana, this Andalusian province seduces with its light, its sea… and its golf.
Birthplace of the first golf course on the Peninsula, it has been a long time since the Englishmen who worked in the Riotinto Mines founded in Huelva the pioneer golf course in the whole Peninsula. The possibility of practicing it in any season of the year has allowed golf to develop extraordinarily fast in Huelva.
The Provincial Tourist Board and the Huelva Golf Courses Association, in addition to the Andalusian Regional Government through Turismo Andaluz, are in charge of promoting Huelva’s golf offer with specific actions in Spain and abroad aimed at both professionals in the sector and the golfing public in general.
The current golf offer in Huelva, which is complemented by that of the neighboring Portuguese Algarve, where the international airport of Faro is located, half an hour from the border, is made up of nine courses, distributed in eight clubs.
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Isla Canela Golf
Located between Isla Canela beach and Ayamonte, this course is a privileged destination for golf tourism, both for its excellent communications and its mild climate, with an average annual temperature of about 20 degrees.
The 18 holes of the course make up a fairly natural course design without looking for artificial elements, very adapted to the topography of the area. It is very versatile with large tees, being a comfortable and easy course for average players and, however, quite complicated for high-level professional competitions.
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Costa Esuri Golf Club
Located in the municipality of Ayamonte, the Costa Esuri complex comprises an 18-hole course and is located in a privileged landscape next to the Guadiana River with a spectacular view of Portugal and the mouth of the river.
It is a long British links-style course, with wide fairways, exquisitely shaped greens and where the wind plays an important role. It measures 6,584 meters and is integrated in the descent to the Guadiana marshes and overlooks the sea and the town of Ayamonte. It is a more technical course than other courses, as the fairways of nine of its holes run through a terrain similar to the toughest origins of golf in Scotland, trying to imitate the more traditional terrain of this country.
Being located in a nature reserve, some of its streets are protected areas, without tall vegetation, and being more exposed to the natural elements, which causes an extra difficulty in the practice of this sport.
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Islantilla Golf Club
Located in the most important sports-residential complex on the coast of Huelva, Islantilla Golf Club, with 27 holes, enjoys international fame as a result of the prestigious tournaments it has hosted.
The location of its colonial-style clubhouse is privileged as it sits on a high hill overlooking the sea. The Islantilla Golf Resort, a modern four-star hotel, is only 50 meters away.
The golf course offers three 9-hole courses, designed for different types of players. The gentle slopes, water, landscape and weather conditions make playing golf in Islantilla a pleasure for all types of players and handicaps.
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Golf El Rompido
Located next to the Marismas del Piedras, a natural area protected for its ecological value and with magnificent views of the Atlantic, Golf El Rompido, with two 18-hole courses, offers its visitors the possibility of practicing their par surrounded by a landscape of great beauty.
The South course has hosted numerous tournaments, among others, the Final of the Spanish Professional Circuit, the North course has received a score of 17/20 in the prestigious Peugeot guide of the 1,000 best courses in Europe, valuing it as one of the best courses in Spain.
The complex also has a magnificent five-star hotel.
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Golf Nuevo Portil
Located in the municipality of Cartaya and in the heart of the Huelva Coast, this exclusive golf course enjoys an average temperature of 22 degrees and 3,000 hours of sunshine per year.
The clubhouse includes among its services driving range, pitchin&putt, putting green, locker room, sauna, pro-shop, caddy master, restaurant and cafeteria. The club also offers its clients the possibility of staying in a splendid four-star hotel.
From its streets you can see impressive views of the immense beaches of dunes, the sea and the pine forest, centenary junipers or corners of the Natural Park of Marismas del Piedras and Flecha de El Rompido.
Bellavista Golf Club
Located just five kilometers from Huelva, Bellavista Golf is an ideal place to enjoy golf all year round, in a natural environment of great beauty, surrounded by pine trees and the sea breeze.
A wonderful pine forest accompanies the golfer throughout the course, characterized by wide fairways with little distance between greens and tees that make the game extremely comfortable and fast.
A short distance from the sea, the golf course offers a great challenge for amateurs of all levels, being necessary to use almost all the clubs in the bag.
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Corta Atalaya Golf Club
Located at the foot of the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche, the Corta Atalaya Golf Club, the oldest in the Peninsula, traces its origins to the late nineteenth century when English technicians working for the Rio Tinto mining company founded it under the name of North Lode Golf Club.
It was relocated in 1992 in a new settlement, a mining dump that was later repopulated and from which you can see the cut (the cut) from which it takes its current name. Nearby is a picturesque English quarter with Victorian-style buildings that are worth seeing.
One of the greatest charms of this course is the chromatic spectacle offered by the mining cut, with its reddish, copper and ocher tones. It is a 9-hole course with three par 3’s, five par 4’s and one par 5. Half of the course is quite flat, but two of the fairways have quite respectable slopes. The great singularity of this course is that its fairways are made of earth.
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La Monacilla
La Monacilla Golf Club, the latest addition to Huelva golf, is a design by the prestigious designer José María Olazábal, two-time Augusta Masters champion.
The course, with 18 holes, par 72 and 6,800 meters long, is located in a privileged natural setting, in a wooded area of pine trees, surrounded by green areas and close to the mouth of the Odiel River.
Located five minutes from the city of Huelva, it is a fairly flat course, with wide fairways, very large greens and six tees on each hole, which gives a lot of versatility. It has four lakes, two of which come into play on two holes.
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