Fuerteventura Golf Club – Review and Rating

Translated by AI

The whole course is like a small oasis with a good handful of ponds, where hoopoes and other flying creatures are always around. Still, it is not that easy to make a birdie, even though the slope rating is fairly gentle.

The signature holes on this par-72, 18-hole course are the second, a fairly narrow and short par 5, and the seventh, a par 3 of normal length with a large pond in the line of play that can be hard to carry into the wind. With a few exceptions the holes are not particularly long. Tees and fairways are usually in very good condition and the greens exceptionally smooth and fine. After all, this is a dry area that demands a lot of upkeep from a golf course.

From the yellow tees the four par 3s range from 154 to 186 meters, from the red tees from 120 to 140 meters. Eleven par 4s measure 302 to 383 meters from the yellow tees and 255 to 310 meters from the red, and the three par 5s range from 424 to 460 meters from the yellow tees and 384 to 389 from the red.

Several of the par 4s are doglegs and call for a bit of thought, as do the two closing holes with fairly large elevation changes. Should you end up in the rough, it is usually grassy and fairly forgiving. The tees are clearly marked, although you can go the wrong way, and unfortunately you have to cross two minor roads during the round. Here, as on so many other courses, it is wise to invest in a course guide, especially for your first round.

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