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Yesterday we held the first ever Club vs Greenkeepers and staff at West Cliffs. My thanks to Paulo and Sara for organising the Greenkeepers team and to the members who played. A great game, great fun and a super meal afterwards at West Cliffs. We wanted to thank the staff for the hard work they put in every day to make our golf courses two of the very best in Europe. Also a huge thank you to Francisco Cadete and Priority Goal SA for sponsoring the Greenkeepers team. The golf club will make a matched donation to the Captains charity. A rematch at PDR is planned for the Autumn. Thanks to all for their support.

Geoff Newton

The registrations for the Club Championship 2023 are open. The competition will be held at West Cliffs and Praia D’El Rey on the 5th and 6th of August.

Find out here the results of the Atlantic Trophy that took place on 18th of June at Penha Longa.

Find out here the results of the Atlantic Trophy that took place on 21st of May at Troia.

Find out here the results of the Atlantic Trophy that took place on 14th May at Quinta do Peru.

I am sure that some of our members and guests have been wondering what these are! These pair and their mate who cuts the hotel grounds are the latest robots that we are trialing at PDR. They are designed to check the potential increase in the quality of fairways, roughs and surrounds whilst optimizing labor to focus on bunkers, tees drainage, irrigation, landscaping, paths, etc. They also help in what we do not need to replace expensive, old cutting equipment. The larger unit can cut between 10mm and 70mm with precision quality and at a number of different times each day. I think the fairway on hole 5 is now even better than before.

The robots are alarmed and have sophisticated GPS to prevent theft and we are able to run them at night during watering.

The cost effectiveness will be evaluated in a few weeks time.

They do not have names yet and will not steal your golf ball! I hope that you enjoy the benefits of this cutting edge technology.

Enjoy your golf.

Geoff Newton

As informed by our captain Rob Walsh, due to heavy rain last January 1st, the decision was taken to temporarily turn the 10th hole into a 135m par 3.

Please read carefully the golf rules changes for 2023.