The Salobre Golf Course in Gran Canaria Spain

The natural characteristics of the countryside andnot just in design but also in the atmosphere
the local vegetation have been an importantaround it.
consideration in designing this 18 hole golf course.The new Salobre North Course was inaugurated in
It mirrors the general trait of the Gran Canarianautumn 2008 and has been designed by Ron
countryside. Over 600 species of plants and treesKirby. It has around the same features and
have been planted to enhance the attractivenessstunning views as the earlier course. It is essential
of the course and the main course occupies anto hire a buggy this course. Here also the natural
area of six-kilometers.features and vegetation have been incorporated
The Salobre Golf is an idiosyncratic courseand they play an important role.
bordered by a volcanic setting. You must beThis side of the island has marvelous views of the
prepared to test your golfing skills in the testingvolcanic panorama. In fact the verdant greenery
course, and you will have to play every club inof the eye-catching course, takes a back seat in
your bag. The course is almost desert-like incomparison to its environs. You have to be very
some parts and there is a very high tee on thecareful as the course will punish you for hitting a
fourteenth, where the green is enclosed bywayward shot off the tee, but if you manage the
mountains, cactus landscape, and rough stones.course well you will be able to control this
Dave Thomas and Roland Faur have made surecomprehensively engaging layout.
that the course designed by them is interesting asThere is no other course around which
well as challenging, where the golfer has to all theincarcerates the natural beauty of the south of
skills to come up with a winning score card.Gran Canaria like the Salobre Golf. It must be
It is a par 71 course which has been divided intothere in your list of must play golf courses when
4 par 5s, 9 par 4s, and 5 par 3s. The elevatedyou visit the Gran Canaria Islands. Salobre Golf
location of the Salobre Golf course offersleads the way to urbanization in the aboriginal
breathtaking panorama of the mountains as wellCanary countryside with its high quality standards
as the sea. It is quite interesting to see theand individuality. Salobre Golf's philosophy is to
contrast of the green of the golf course with theattain a faultless synchronization between
desert milieu and any golfer is sure to have adevelopment and nature with its fauna and flora,
wonderful time. Salobre Golf is a more exhilaratingkeeping the environment safe. The golf course is
course as the golfer can go through differentblended into the tranquil beauty of the
kinds of situations in one round. The course hascountryside.
similarities with the golf courses in Arizona, USA,