Golf in The Azores

[PhilTheFragger]

I am currently in The Azores with my golf society ( Domino Intercontinental Society ) (DICS )
For 5 days of golf and 1 day of big game fishing.
We are on the main island of San Miguel which has 2 courses, Batalha and Furnas

Batalha which we played yesterday has 3 nine hole courses and Furnas is a normal 18 holer

However, one course is head and shoulders above the other and it is all due to the availability of water.

Batalha is on the lower slopes on the west part of the island, it has been a dry summer and their water reservoir has run dry, the fairways are scabby and the greens and tee boxes are really suffering.




Meanwhile at Furnas, they are much higher up and on the east side and have had plenty of rain, they also have several pools / reservoirs which are full,
They water the greens and tee boxes and the fairways seem to be doing fine , it’s lush , green and beautiful



We were due to play Batalha 3 times and Furnas twice, but we have swapped it around, so playing Batalha tomorrow and Furnas Thursday and Friday.
The island is beautiful and the food is incredibly cheap and amazing quality

Looking forward to the next few days

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Lifted from the interweb thingy

“The original 9-hole golf course of Furnas, in the Azores, was completed in 1936 to the design of MacKenzie Ross, best-known for the Estoril Golf Course near Lisbon and for his work in restoring, from near ruin, the world-famous Ailsa and Arran courses at Turnberry in Scotland.

Extended in 1992 under the supervision of British golf course designers Cameron Powell Associates, the full 18-hole golf course of Furnas is now a par 72.

Furnas Golf Course is set amidst majestic Japanese cedars and has challenging contoured greens. The course is naturally flat but is a true test of skill and finesse. Furnas Golf Course has all the playing characteristics of a Scottish golf course.

Each fairway is undulating and requires all types of shots and the small plateau greens are contoured and full of slope.

Most of the greens are slightly elevated and the bunkers are relatively flat with coarse lava sand “

 

[Imurg]

You'll still struggle to break 100 though.....

 

[HomerJSimpson]

You'll still struggle to break 100 though.....

Front nine or back?

 

[Orikoru]

It's nice that you've found support in the Domino Incontinence Society.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

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