Golf courses creators have to practice their dexterities on very improbable landscape at times. One of the popular visitors of the proposed site at Penina was Sir Henry Cotton in 1963. He was then challenged by an absolutely flat, grassy, and paddy field. Unfortunately, it was also water-logged that calls for appropriate designs and measurements. However, the course he created - the first in the Algarve, opening in 1966 - will perhaps come to be seen as his memorial.
However, Robert Trent Jones, one creative designer might have decided to modify and renovate the landscape, but Cotton took an amazing approach: he decided to plant various types of trees, said to total more than 350,000 in the site. He created this for two purposes: one reason was that they would help to absorb the water on the landscape provided by heavy rains and the other was that these trees will serve as major features and beautification of his new course. They both line the fairways and help create the doglegged. However, thousands of trees could not drain the former paddy fields and the numerous drainage canals were needed that time.
Though outcomes were not positive in the first place, Cotton was still strong-minded that his course should not be made nonsense and worthless. Therefore, he built enormous tees, up to 100 yards (90 m) in length, an idea he probably got from Robert Trent Jones. Results were all good and amateurs can play Penina at fewer than 6,900 yards (6, 310 m) because it can be stretched to nearly 7,500 yards (6, 860 m) One of the longest courses in the world, even the ultimate power hitters are still left with distance to cover for their shots to the greens.
Penina Golf Course popularity served as the main belief of Cotton for living at the Pinena Hotel for many years, but decided to leave because of the Portuguese 'revolution'. He was disfavor about the Portuguese administration and rules for Englishmen. His last days were disappointed when it was proclaimed that the course would be changed by new designers. However, the modifications did not devastate his original designs and plans.
Cotton died just before Christmas in 1987, but he was first awarded as the golfer who had built the most prestigious gold course in Penina. The said awards and recognition has been announced in the New Year's Honours list. To acknowledge his great contributions at Penina Golf Course, Sir Henry was buried at Penina with dignity and recognitions from his generation of golfers.
However, Robert Trent Jones, one creative designer might have decided to modify and renovate the landscape, but Cotton took an amazing approach: he decided to plant various types of trees, said to total more than 350,000 in the site. He created this for two purposes: one reason was that they would help to absorb the water on the landscape provided by heavy rains and the other was that these trees will serve as major features and beautification of his new course. They both line the fairways and help create the doglegged. However, thousands of trees could not drain the former paddy fields and the numerous drainage canals were needed that time.
Though outcomes were not positive in the first place, Cotton was still strong-minded that his course should not be made nonsense and worthless. Therefore, he built enormous tees, up to 100 yards (90 m) in length, an idea he probably got from Robert Trent Jones. Results were all good and amateurs can play Penina at fewer than 6,900 yards (6, 310 m) because it can be stretched to nearly 7,500 yards (6, 860 m) One of the longest courses in the world, even the ultimate power hitters are still left with distance to cover for their shots to the greens.
Penina Golf Course popularity served as the main belief of Cotton for living at the Pinena Hotel for many years, but decided to leave because of the Portuguese 'revolution'. He was disfavor about the Portuguese administration and rules for Englishmen. His last days were disappointed when it was proclaimed that the course would be changed by new designers. However, the modifications did not devastate his original designs and plans.
Cotton died just before Christmas in 1987, but he was first awarded as the golfer who had built the most prestigious gold course in Penina. The said awards and recognition has been announced in the New Year's Honours list. To acknowledge his great contributions at Penina Golf Course, Sir Henry was buried at Penina with dignity and recognitions from his generation of golfers.
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Said to be an accidental find by American golf tourists its eighteen hole fairway, designed by Sir Henry Cotton and originally called The Penina, was the firstset of golf links in this western part referred to as the Algarve or Portuguese Riviera. .
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