BENAMOR
DG PORTUGAL 2024 Editor, Kevin Markham
Opened in March 2000, Benamor is the first course to open east of Faro, and it lies just outside Tavira. The Martins Dias family invited the late Sir Henry Cotton to design an 18-hole course. Sir Henry was inspired by the beautiful church next to the site of the clubhouse, and by its spectacular location. The final result is a delightful par 71 golf
course of 5,500 metres. Benamor offers golfers a pleasant test of golf over an undulating landscape with views of the mountains to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. A golfer’s accuracy is called upon time and again by the architect’s retention of as
many of the old trees as possible, and they are constant companions during your round. The greens, tees and fairways are always kept in good condition.