Palmares Golf Course - latest comments and reviews

Deirdre McDermott 2025-09-11
Lovely course in great condition. Very enjoyable round

Matthew Hackett 2025-09-01
Fantastic!!!!!!

Jens Fankhaenel 2025-08-31
good course, a little rough at the edges... good they finally invested in new driving range balls

Alan McNally 2025-08-14
Love this course. Great greens.

Chris Morley 2025-07-14
Good course - range does not open until 7:30 so made it difficult to warm up with an early tee.

Ute Uppenbrink 2025-07-09
Alle gespielten Plätze werden wir im nächsten Jahr wieder spielen.

Pat Wallace 2025-06-26
Excellent the staff were very kind and rearranged our teatime due to having car problems and missed the tee time.

Neil Popham 2025-06-19
Excellent all round experience. Good course marshalling and ability to order on course drinks and snacks by phone. Course in very good condition

Cyril Joyce 2025-06-04
Excellent

Terence White 2025-06-02
Hello Jorge, once again Palmares was excellent, cannot fault it though the wind didn't help us today.

Weyens 2025-05-29
Great service

Declan Cahill 2025-05-29
Lovely course, long

Andrew Ward 2025-05-23
Quite windy on Praia holes which made it difficult. On course staff very good. Clubhouse service rather slow.

Bob Teuton 2025-05-14
Very good.

Ray Knowles 2025-05-11
Good course, well maintained, however overriding factor was a 5 hour round! Also, valuables were stolen from people in front of us, despite security on course! Make use of the free lockers for valuables!!!

David McCartney 2025-05-08
Didn't communicate at start of round what time golf buggies had to be returned.

Pascal Broussoux 2025-05-06
Magnifique mais déjeuner gâché par le black out total (panne d'électricité générale)

Pascal Broussoux 2025-05-06
Magnifique mais déjeuner gâché par le black out total (panne d'électricité générale)

Martin Punch 2025-05-03
Challenging course with difficult greens

Jeannot Mailhot 2025-04-14
Nous avons joué les trous 19@27 et nous avions du mal à savoir où aller C’était comme un link et peut-être qu’un peu d’aménagement pourrait régler se problème Il y a quelques blind shot sur les trous 1@9 mais les conditions de terrain étaient quand même bien

Jon Cofield 2025-04-07
Fantastic golf course Lagos/Praia loops. Every hole has a different challenge greens were immaculate. Must play course in this area.

Phil Kennis 2025-04-03
Great course. Would love to play Lagos nine instead of Priai next time

Marc Dellow 2025-04-02
Very good course and well organised by Jim.

Mr Herbert Keil 2025-03-29
Fantastic Course in a perfekt shape

Doris 2025-03-26
A very beautiful course, fun to play. Interesting holes partly by the sea in the dunes. Other holes with a gorgeous view. I enjoyed playing them and will be back during my next stay here in Portugal.

Doris 2025-03-14
Very nice course, very widespread. Interesting holes and most beautiful views of the sea.

John Little 2025-03-12
we had a little weather intervention in the morning but it didn't spoil our enjoyment of this excellent golf course. the top part of the course was once again magnificent but the newer links holes could use a little help when the weather improves. staff as always on the Algarve were faultless.

Michael Fahy 2025-03-02
Played the 27 holes. Great golf course. Staff exceptionally friendly and helpful. Well worth the visit.

Michael 2025-03-01
Great to play the course and see it return to first class condition

Alastair Maxwell 2025-02-05
Fantastic course, once again in fine condition. Last year's difficulties now overcome as the greens were excellent.

Steve Bassi 2025-01-19
Much improved in the last year, still needs work but a wonderful course

Frank Haidinger 2024-12-31
Disappointing! Significantly overpriced for the current conditions = not worth the (high) price at all. For a recommendation the course needs significant improvement. We have played Alvor and Lagos (holes 1 to 18). The tee boxes have seen aerification recently and are heavily sanded. Fairways are dry and hard with coarse spots in many places. The semi(?) rough consists of different grass sorts with different height and density. At several holes the unmaintained rough is next to the green which makes chipping a lottery game. The bunkers are OK (maybe the best part of the course). The greens have seen aerification recently as well and are sanded (like the tee boxes). Putting speed is fast but inconsistent. The ball is not rolling, but jumping in zic zac lines on the green. Clear statement: directly after aerification I expect a 50% reduced green fee until the greens are in good condition again.

Danielle De Clercq 2024-12-16
Nice golf course

Teiber Eckhardt 2024-12-03
Gespielt im November an einem verregneten Tag. Platz in hervorragendem Zustand wie mir seit Jahren so bekannt. Habe auf der 18. Bahn mein Wedge liegen lassen. Habe es zwei Tage später wieder bekommen. Weiterhin gerne wieder. -**- Played in November on a rainy day. Course in excellent condition as I have known it for years. I left my wedge on the 18th hole. Got it back two days later. Still happy to play again.

Bert Ulrich 2024-11-17
Super course, very fast greens, all staff very helpful

Stephen Copley 2024-11-12
The course was in a lot better condition, than when I saw it in August and had greened up considerably since then. We all enjoyed our round

Ben Harte 2024-10-18
Good course

Stephanie Meyer 2024-10-17
Very nice course with a beautiful layout. Fairways and greens in really good conditions.

PHILIP LANDER 2024-10-17
The members of staff were very helpful and good

Bruce Carrigan 2024-10-14
Gorgeous views, not in the best of shape. Not worth the price, there are better value golf options.

Nick Fry 2024-10-10
Overall good lots better than June. However, only water in 1 of our 2 buggies. Need gps on buggies as lots of blind holes. Never saw buggy bar & periphery around course needs tidying up

Christopher Fisher 2024-10-09
We were nervous about playing the course (Lagos & Praia) due to recent negative reviews, but overall it was fantastic. Some beautiful holes and greens in very good condition overall. So glad we played it now!

Michael 2024-10-06
The course is a fantastic layout and the recent poor presentation of greens has been solved and the greens were true and a good test.

Mario Julien 2024-10-04
Great layout-

Diana Kyle 2024-09-24
Greens in good condition. Much better than in June.

Robert Angell 2024-09-22
We had a tee time of 12.40 when we arrived we were told that our tee time was moved to 1.10. Condition of the course was not as good as we expected . Received e mail from club giving a discount on our next visit.

Mike Gallagher 2024-09-15
We had a great time!

peter Clement 2024-09-10
Desperately sad to see Palmares in such poor condition. The layout and views are superb but the tees, fairways and greens are nowhere near where they should be. The fortune spent on the new Clubhouse and it's Michelin starred restaurant are in stark contrast to the deteriorating course. The water shortage cited locally as the main reason seems strange when other courses are not affected in the same way. Something doesn't feel right about what is happening. I really hope they can reverse the position. I have played the course almost every year since the 27 hole layout opened, and when it was the original 18, but sadly I won't be returning with it in the current state. I really wish then luck in restoring the course and will monitor reviews in hopeful anticipation of improvements.

Ian Beattie 2024-09-05
Course still struggling from lack of water, Praia 9 in poor condition, we had to play preffered lies, expensive in clubhouse for refreshments

Markus Betz 2024-09-05
Brown and dry Fairways, its Summer and hot. And so it is ok

Dave Giles 2024-08-22
Absolutely by far the best course in the area. We played at 8am and were so happy with the course we had a quick club sandwich and went out and played 18 more holes. Will be back again next year

Michael 2024-08-03
Course is in good condition and weather was fantastic

Colm Mac Eoin 2024-06-30
The course is very burnt out, it clearly has an irrigation problem. Greens are also very patchy. The layout is good, but it’s not presented to any sort of standard. Temporary green on 18, and no flag on another green. Would not recommend.

DAVID JOHN GREATHEAD 2024-06-22
Quality and testing course. Not in the best of condition and greens struggling to recover after re turfing in large areas. Not value for money this year, sadly.

Mark Parsons 2024-06-21
Played in June 24, nice layout. For a premium course, it wasn’t in the best of conditions, particularly the greens, a fact which the management are aware of as we were given a 20€ voucher against a future booking. Nice to see some proactive behaviour by a golf course.

Gareth Toms 2024-06-16
Our second round of the day was also troubled by some very poor greens, including a temporary green. We were also behind a junior tournament which meant play was very slow, with one of the par 5’s taking 45 minutes. A real shame as this is usually the highlight of our golf

Gareth Toms 2024-06-15
Fairways dry and a number of greens very patchy

Michael 2024-06-14
Course in much better condition than earlier this year. A great course, always challenging.

Nick Fry 2024-06-14
Greens were in poor condition with often 2 deferent types of grass. The 18th had a very poor quality temporary green on the fairway - won’t be going back for a while

Eamonn Ryan 2024-06-10
Course has not recovered from the damage caused by the early season drought. Hopefully steps will be taken to address the problems.

Michael Webber 2024-06-04
Overall a very interesting course. Condition was not the best, but was still playing well. Bunkers are not good.

Peter Clement 2024-05-26
After leaving a review yesterday lamenting the condition of the greens we spoke today after our round to a member of staff. They explained the problems with the greens were due to the severe water shortage in the Algarve over the last couple of years. The location and design of the course is fantastic so here's hoping they receive the rainfall they are desperate for this autumn and winter.

Peter Clement 2024-05-24
The location and course design are as always excellent. However the greens are very poor either from disease or from lack of proper maintenance. It was very disappointing, we have played Palmares many times over the years and the course is in poorer condition than we have ever seen it.

Terence White 2024-05-23
We all love this course but this year the greens were not up to there so a bit disappointed , though we were told about the lack of water over the months have not helped .

weyens 2024-05-20
Lot of wind

Tom Lomasney 2024-05-14
Course had problems with patchy greens and people trying to access our 1st tee of time as coming off any nine

Mike Beetlestone 2024-05-10
Unfortunately the green were in very poor condition and the 18 holes we played lacked any character. All the staff however were excellent

Garry Hebert 2024-05-07
Great golf course. Will definitely come back.

Frank Haidinger 2024-04-27
Course in good condition, driving range is ok. Good restaurant, but waiters slow.

Peter Allen 2024-04-27
Great golf course

Richard Ormonde 2024-04-26
We played new 9 some of it very sandy overall pretty good

Jon Cofield 2024-04-17
Played Lagos and Praia loops. Greens were patchy and a little damaged on some holes otherwise a super course and excellent facilities

Louise jackson 2024-04-08
Beautiful course played holes 10 - 27... well kept , really maintained well , great pace of play and a well thought out course ! Food on the restaurant afterwards was amazing ! Only negative some of the greens by coast (holes 19-27) had some damage but overall an amazing course and resort

Sabine Fettu Deschaud 2024-04-05
We liked it but it was raining too much and we stopped playing after 9 holes

Kevin Henley 2024-03-29
Day 3 of ''tough'' schedule and first golf (3 days on the bounce) for months plus some heavy ''pre'' and ''apres golf'' and we didnt do the course justice - but we survived! Breakfast was nice but took an age to arrive. Would say practice green was like lino and it took us several holes to stop being afraid of the more regular paced greens on the course. Place has changed beyond recognition as last time I played here it was from the old small clubhouse - the new one is amazing - like a high-end hotel reception (apart from the breakfast service!) We will be back at some point, probably November to try again - may or may not eat before golf!?

Kevin Davison 2024-03-21
Check in at Palmares went very smoothly.

Christopher Steven 2024-03-14
Very nice!

Helen Pettitt 2024-03-11
Got booked in the middle of a members roll up which seemed a bit strange. memebers were very friendly though. Played here many years ago and was a pleasure to play the new layout. no bag drop off - its a long walk to the clubhouse which is unusual - long way to driving range - fine if have a buggy, otherwise give yourself enough time, driving range good Course was in great condition and would come back

David Sayburn 2024-03-10
We had a 1pm booking at Palmares on Sunday March 3rd which the club acknowledged through your Teetimes site, but when we arrived they had no record of our booking. Although they were able to accommodate us in the end this was clearly an unsatisfactory situation.

Petteri Salminen 2024-03-05
A challenging course and buggy is a good option. Some longer distances in between the holes and a bit hilly too. Course in a good condition, though few greens were a bit off.

Wim Blaauboer 2024-03-01
In general the course was good just a few greens where under repair and some were pricked.

Peter Basford 2024-03-01
Warm welcome, all staff very friendly and bonus of having buggies. Shame the Alvor 9 was closed.. alvor and Lagos 9s are the best. Praia is weaker. Pin position on 26 unplayable from above the pin. Fairways great condition. Views are stunning. Clubhouse terrace very nice.

Chris Bax 2024-02-27
Course in good condition. Some greens on Praia 9 are struggling (look a bit ugly in places but putt fine). Nice layout - varied course - would recommend

Bastiaan Alring Hesselink 2024-02-25
In basis one of the better courses in the Algarve. However when I played on February 24 the condition of the course was very bad. Greens horrendous. Probably to do with pro event week before. However they should be ashamed to quote the full price for greenfee and buggy on a course in this condition. So be careful when you book next time.

Grant Gledhill 2024-02-10
Pace was so slow and we stopped after 10 holes due to being held up and not allowed to be played through by the slow group

Michael Schwarz 2024-02-09
Beautiful and varied course with partly narrow and hilly courses.

Inge Verhoeven 2024-01-13
Today it was not so great. There was competition at the golf course and all 4 ball players in front of us. Every hole waiting and waiting and it was very cold so it was hard to stay in the golf flow. For us greenfee players it wa not that great of a round of 18 holes as we expected. But the clubhouse and the food is always great althought they didn’t serve dinner we enjoyed it.

Inge Verhoeven 2024-01-11
Always a very warm welcome at Palmares. A bit busy this time with 4 ball flights but not to much of a deal

Peter Rommel 2023-12-16
Normally, I love this course but this time half of the greens are in terrible condition

Thi Vanada Kim 2023-12-08
Good course but poor green conditions. Hard to putt. But the restaurant service, the caddy master were very nice.

David 2023-11-29
the greens were all in pretty poor condition and I do feel teatimes should have advised that they are all diseased and would have played another course instead in the 2 deal package..Palmares gave us a free buggy and complimentary drink to compensate but the course really should not have been open

Elizabeth Tolster 2023-11-27
Having played Palmares many times before, we were quite disappointed this time. We booked Lagos but had to play Alvor and Praia as Lagos was closed. In general, the fairways were ok but the tees and greens were poor.

Guy Aubery 2023-11-23
Nous avons été très déçu du terrain. Les greens étaient en très mauvaises conditions. Bien qu’on nous ait offert le cart et 2 consommations, le tarif est beaucoup trop élevé et nous ne recommandons pas à ce terrain. -**- We were very disappointed with the course. The greens were in very poor condition. Although we were offered a cart and 2 drinks, the price was far too high and we would not recommend this course.

Mark Boon 2023-11-10
The course is a great layout, although finding your way on the holes past the train track is difficult as its is very linksy. We were offered complimentary buggies and a drink as they informed us the course had struggled with the drought, but in all honesty there were a few patches on some greens it was in good condition, but the warning was gratefully received. the only downside was the speed of play. it took 5 hours and we finished as the light disappeared. in part this was due to the number of groups in front and that clearly some people playing who could not cope with the golf course, and they did not even tee off on some holes as the could not clear the hazards to get to the fairway, even from red tees. This did distract from our enjoyment.

Brendan McKeefry 2023-11-08
Was very wet so only played 9 holes...