Guardian Bom Sucesso Golf
Bom Sucesso, Vau 2510-663, Obidos, Portugal.
Guardian Bom Sucesso Golf
Based in Obidos, Portugal
Located near the beautiful town of Obidos on the Lisbon coast, 50 minutes form the airport, Guardian Bom Sucesso Golf is one of the most innovative golf resorts in Europe.
Thought has been given to the length-challenged player as well as the low handicapper. From the white tees this is a course difficult enough to test the world’s top players, yet from the forward tees, long carries are eliminated so that all can enjoy the experience of navigating around the variety of well placed hazards, stunning lakes and strategically placed bunkers that this course has to offer. The well-shaped greens are set to offer rewards to the player who positions their ball well for the approach to the green, and once on them position is again important as the surfaces are undulating and will offer putts of varying degrees of difficulty, according to their direction.
The course is mainly walkable with only one or two larger climbs from greens to tees.. The front 9 holes are played on a level terrain while the back nine are located on uneven terrain and are therefore quite spectacular.
The final 3 holes have especially breathtaking views. This portion of the course was built in an ecologically protected area, the routing of the course was permitted but the changes of levels are at their most severe, which makes for some stunning holes. The 17th in particular is a truly great hole. It is a Par 5 and is located at the highest elevation of the site, swinging downhill and right to left over some superb ridges, to a green which has the lagoon of Obidos as its backdrop. The temptation for the best golfers will be to cut the corner to reach the green in two but the steeply sloping ground to the left of the hole will make this a dangerous approach.
Bom Sucesso is a superb layout, which follows the tenets of good golf design. Being a ‘resort’ course, there are places where tees are near resort roads, but in all cases tees are set down or raised up to avoid any interference from passing traffic, which will always be minimal in the playing areas. Where houses line the fairways, most holes run through dished valleys, with the houses set well back and above the play, a massive amount of tree planting adds to the safety barriers as well as to the beauty of the course. Greens are especially well located and where greens are near roads they are set in positions surrounded by banks and trees which will contain wild shots.
The Bom Sucesso Golf course opened in 2008 and was designed by Donald Steel.
18 holes, Par 72
White; 6238 m, Slope 130
Yellow; 5854 m, Slope 126
Blue; 5533 m, Slope 124
Red; 4842 m, Slope 117
The total length is 6238 m
Handicap; Men; 36 Ladies; 36
Facilities; Restaurant, bar, pro shop, driving range, putting green, chipping area, golf academy, rental clubs, trolleys and buggies.
Information and photographs of the accommodation at the Bom Sucesso Resort can be found here.
Bom Sucesso Golf Resort address; Bom Sucesso, Vau 2510-663, Obidos, Portugal.
Bom Sucesso Golf Course GPS; LAT; 39º 23' 05" N. LONG: 9º 14' 13" W.