Fuerteventura golf courses
Fuerteventura
boasts two golf courses and a third is well on its way to
completion. The island has high hopes of becoming a major
golfing tourist attraction. The climate is ideal for playing
golf all year round.
Golf in
Caleta de Fuste
Fuerteventura's
biggest and only PGA championship golf course is at Caleta de
Fuste and a second 18 hole golf course, Las Salinas, is near
completion adjacent to it.
Golf in
Morro Jable
Fuerteventura's
march towards becoming a major golf player continued with the
opening of Barcelo Jandia golf course at Morro Jable in the
south of the island. Further golf courses are planned in
Pajara, El Cotillo and Corralejo.
But still Caleta
de Fuste's flagship golf course remains the most popular.
Caleta de
Fuste golf course
The course
opened at the end of April 2002 and it earned it's title when
it staged the 2004 Spanish Canaries Open to much acclaim.
Stretching over 1,500,000sq. metres, it has some superb views
to the Atlantic ocean with lakes and palm trees. The fairways,
tees and rough are all planted with two varieties of Bermuda
with agrostis seaside at the fringes and at the grens,
agrostis Penn A4.
There are 67 bunkers presenting a challenge to golfers but
none are too deep.
The course is a few minutes from the sea and golden sandy
beach at Caleta de Fuste. Designed by Juan Catarimeau it has
been designed with the prevailing north, north westerly wind
in mind.
Catering for the challenge of sea breezes are large greens
averaging more than 614sq. metres. From the tee, there are
fairways more than 50 metres wide.
He has tried to design a course where the number of difficult
holes balance the number of easier ones giving golfers the
chance to recover shots.
The 18 hole golf course is a par 70 of 6049 meters from the
men's championship tees with two loops of nine holes starting
and finishing at the clubhouse.
There are three large lakes connected by a stream and all come
into play. Buggy paths connect all the holes.
Three of the par threes are played into a head wind, there are
two par 5s and the rest are par 4. The course is mostly flat
except for the 17th and 18th.
Green
fees at Caleta de Fuste golf
Green fees are 48 Euros for 18
holes and 30 Euros for nine holes. A book of ten discount
tickets is available priced 390 Euros for 18 holes and 210
Euros for nine holes.
Trolley hire is 3 Euros and a buggy costs 30 Euros for 18
holes.
Club hire at
Caleta de Fuste golf
Clubs can be hired. A set of
Frazers are 15 Euros and Calloways 30 Euros with a deposit
required for the Calloways usually secured against credit
card.
The practice facilities include a 50 bay driving range, a
large putting green and a second green for chipping and bunker
shots. A bucket of 40 balls costs 3 Euros and includes two
clubs.
Dress code
at Caleta de Fuste golf
Dress coded is not strict but
not allowed are jeans, tee shirts or no shirt. A collared
shirt, polo shirt and tailored shorts or trousers are
acceptable.
Spiked shoes are not permitted - preferable are soft plastic
spikes or, as a last resort, trainers
The clubhouse is based in the five star Elba hotel. It
includes a large pro-shop, changing rooms with lockers, a
storage area and various bars, cafeterias and restaurants,
sauna and swimming pool. There is an outside terrace and
garden area.
Caleta
de Fuste golf card
1 343 323 271 260 4
2 400 380 320 300 4
3 370 348 317 272 4
4 166 145 128 111 3
5 476 447 410 377 5
6 357 335 299 274 4
7 183 160 140 124 3
8 368 345 304 277 4
9 342 310 266 255 4
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3005 2793 2455 2250 35
10
410 380 342 322 4
11 331 320 290 277 4
12 196 170 140 128 3
13 391 375 338 300 4
14 356 340 308 282 4
15 188 170 144 125 3
16 313 296 253 241 4
17 460 454 406 367 5
18 379 360 316 303 4
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3044 2862 2537 2345 35
6049 5855 4992 4595 70
The
Spanish Canaries Open 2004
The Spanish
Canaries Open in 2004 put Caleta de Fuste on the golf map.
France's
Christian Cevaer won the 2004 Spanish Open with two eagle-2s
in a round of 69 to clinch his first European tour victory by
one stroke.
He finished at 9-under-par 271. Peter Hedblom of Sweden (70),
Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina (71) and David Park of Wales
(72)
Cevaer holed a pitching wedge from 137 yards for a 2 at the
367-yard par-4 first. His second eagle came when sank a
50-yard wedge shot on the 349-yard 16th. Cevaer, who joined
the Tour in 1994, missed most of the 2002 season after
breaking his elbow
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