Bom Sucesso Resort

Translated by AI

It was meant as a nod to old classic golf courses, with surprising undulations around the greens and a somewhat haphazard layout of the fringes.

That is how Bom Sucesso got its layout. But it is a top-class championship course. When Donald Steel was given the job of designing the course, he saw the chance to give Bom Sucesso exactly the classic touches that define many older championship courses in Europe.

But there were some differences between Bom Sucesso and the true classics. The main one was that Bom Sucesso was to be built as a frame around a larger resort with hundreds of villas and apartments, with shopping centers, a helipad, tennis courts, a pool and a playground.

Donald Steel managed this too, and in 2008 the facility was finished. Today both pros and happy amateurs are offered a first-class course where everyone can join in and feel successful, while non-golfing parents and children can pass the time among the resort’s many other temptations.

Bom Sucesso Resort sits on the Atlantic shore by the Óbidos lagoon on the Costa de Prata, the Silver Coast. It is right next to the medieval town of Óbidos. From here it is 50 minutes southwest to the airport and the bustle of Lisbon.

The clubhouse, with its restaurant and golf shop, is of fairly ordinary quality. On the other hand, guests can stay in the resort’s five-star villas, so there is no shortage of service.

This page by Bo Sjosten was originally published in Swedish on our sister site Golfjournalen.se. It has been translated by AI.