Valderrama Golf Club

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The Club de Golf Valderrama is one of the most famous golf courses in Europe. It is located in Sotogrande, in the province of Andalusia in southern Spain, just a little of Gibraltar and was until 2008 the traditional home of the Volvo Masters, the highly doped final tournament of the PGA European Tour. Since 2010 the Andalucía Masters will be held instead.

History

Valderrama was built in 1974 according to the plans of the leading American golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. Originally called the plant Sotogrande New and Las Aves. 1984 was the place for a new owner, Jaime Ortiz- Patiño, and was expanded under the supervision of Robert Trent Jones. In 1999, Valderrama Golf Club by Golf World magazine number 1 was declared in continental Europe.

The 4th hole, La Cascada, is indeed referred to as the signature hole of the course, however, the Famous and Infamous is the 17th hole, a par 5, sloping with a strongly undulating, darting to the front of it and a water hazard green. Even Tiger Woods putted here once his ball off the green into the water - as happened during the 1997 Ryder Cup the other hand, succeeded the Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiménez there in 1994 at the Volvo Masters his legendary Albatros ( he punched with the second shot from about 200 meters a ). . On the 17th tee there is a plaque commemorating this event. Thirteen years later, Graeme McDowell managed the Volvo Masters 2007 the same feat.

Tournaments in Valderrama

• Ryder Cup: 1997
• WGC - American Express Championship: 1999, 2000
• Volvo Masters: 1988-1996 and 2002-2008
• Andalucía Masters: since 2010