Santa Clara Golf course

"Nice course but the first 9 lowers the overall impression as it is quite tight between some holes and the risk of lying on the wrong fairway is high if you don't hit straight. Some holes are quite flat while others have a big difference in level. Friendly staff. The range only takes coins" - Charlie

"Have managed the heavy rain well." - Mats Eriksson

"1. Dirty terrible balks at the driving range. Didn’t even get the 15 balls I paid for. 2. Poor quality of tees, fairways and greens. 3. Layout = a big joke. 4. Had to wait 15 minutes to get a sandwich at the half way house, while Marshall stressing us by telling us only 5 minutes allowed." - Jonas Hedin

"Too crowded Very dangerous because holes are very close the one to the others Problems with the thermic cars I had an accident and being ejected from the car because the road was very slidy ( little rain) and I fell out on the road and my head hurted the road Nobody cared or gave me a call the day after just to know if I was all right! Thermic cars are very a pity on golf courses!!!!" - LL

"The course was hopefully overbooked. The starting procedure did Not work a all. We could start 25 !!! Minutes After our Tee time. On hole 12 the marshall told us to play faster although we waited the First Nine Holes. The we had to wait on 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18. we will never come again." - Brigitte

"Greens covered in pitch marks unfortunately" - David adams

"There are a few decent holes but far to many poor ones and the greens were some of the worst we have experienced in Spain." - Anonymous

"The layout was not good. A LOT of blind holes." - Anonymous

"Good condition- greens 7/10" - Anonymous

"Nice layout and not to trickey. Good speed on the greens Walking distance between clubhuse, driving range and first tee " - Anonymous

"Trevlig bana i väldigt fint skick, ganska flack så borde funka att gå dock hade vi buggy. Skönt med en ”vanlig” bana, inte så mycket dolda hål, inte så mycket på skrå. Trevligt att man blev bjuden på ett glas cava i shopen efter rundan. Mäktigt klubbhus, väldigt trevlig Marshall, de var ganska noga med hur alla höll speltempot. Rekommenderar banan starkt, väldigt fint skick överlag!" - Linus

"always good to play here; nice people and course in good shape" - Anonymous

"Fin bana i bra skick Fantastisk restaurang" - Anonymous

"Played in May 2025, everything is fine, Buggy is highly recommended," - Rolf

"Always good service. Nice range, very good restaurant and the course was in good shape." - Pema

"No waiting time! We could drive the buggies on the court!" - Maria

"Nice course, a little bit tricky and on this round very wet fairways and destroyed bunkers." - P.Klint

"Nice course, nice proshop and excellent restaurant; reception open to make changes in tee-times;" - stevie

"Relatively open on many holes. Course on good condition and clubhouse facilities and service excellent! Good driving range on the grass and exceptional buggies (not electric and very quick!) Surroundings good but no great views like some courses. Rained heavily in the morning but drained very well. Prefer to many of the other courses in the area" - Colin Whitaker

"Gut gepflegte fairways und greens,abwechslungsreiche Löcher mit unterschiedlichen Schwierigkeiten,aber immer fair zu spielen.Wir können den Course empfehlen." - Angelika H.

"I played the course for the second time. And I still like it. Interesting layout, good course maintenance and a nice surrounding. The only kind of dislike this time: I played off the yellow tees, which where basically on the blue level making the course even shorter. For the sake of answering some general questions: The course has some significant level changes - buggy recommended- , but isn‘t too narrow. Hence, I think even higher handicapper could enjoy it. The customer service was very good throughout all facilities. Food was too, but rather on the small portion side. Overall, it will be on my „playlist“ next season again. " - Carsten H.

"Trevlig bana, men ganska lerig på flera ställen efter allt regn som kommit." - Dan

"Buggy service worked very well. Restaurante was good, but their attention could have been better. The driving range was very poor and did only accept coins, not good. The practice green was also in a poor shape. Golf course was nice, but unfortunately the tees were under restoration and in low condition (very sandy)." - Anonymous

"Great course with some interesting holes The starter was amazing how he kept things moving on two tees was great" - Chris

" Greens were in poor condition. They have been last few years now so I'm not going back anytime soon. Well overpriced for overall condition. Driving range was also in horrible state, they should move area more often. Staff was nice and I like the course sot it's a shame." - JaCe

"Svår och utmanande golfbana, trevlig layout men mycket kuperad. Bil är att föredra. Banan i bra skick, snabba greener." - Lars Hedberg

"Very nice course We always enjoy playing Santa Clara Easy and difficult Buggy highly recommended" - Anonymous

"The staff, the course all very impressive. Only slight negative were the yellow tees. They were at blue tee positioning and they would not allow us to play of whites" - Dalbinder

"I really enjoy the course of Santa Clara. The greens were on a good situation as the employees very kind." - Gonzalo Zabala

"Nice great club house" - Anonymous

"Välskött bana som är rolig att spela. Utmärkt restaurang" - Eric

"Both fairways and greens were in good/fine conditions. The course has a varied layout" - ClaesT

"Hele mooie baan lag er goed bij . Mensen er vriendelijk en behulpzaam" - Anonymous

"Very enjoyable course. Several interesting holes requiring accuracy off the tee. Greens and fairways in good shape. Definitely take a buggy there are some long treks between green and next tee. Lots of water to carry and some strategically placed bunkers. On this topic, the bunkers were not in great shape, I suspect too much water going in them from sprinklers. Good holiday golf." - MarkyBark

"Some holes are difficult and sometimes blind. Condition was good. Buggy is almost needed. Friendly staff." - Anonymous

"Nice course. exellent to play. Greens difficult Staff very friendly" - Anonymous

"The opening 4 holes are the easier ones then the course gets hillier and tricky. The back 9 is not so tricky. There are plenty of ditches by the side of the fairways to be avoided but there is a wall protecting the ball running into many of them. Buggy recommended. It’s a pretty course but sadly more building are being constructed nearby. The food in the clubhouse was good and very friendly staff. It’s a fun course to play but only once in a while." - Spiggy

"prima baan, mooie layout." - m de ron

"Nice clubhouse, friendly staff, sometimes hard to find next hole. Don’t pay more than 105€" - Don Stago

"Nice course, but still early in the season (april). Very friendly shop, starter and restaurant eith good food. We enjoyed the round." - Pema

"Nice finish and no waiting, perfekt." - Anonymous

"Bra kondition men många knepiga hål. Lång transport mellan hål" - Anonymous

"Iregular and mezzy" - Anonymous

"Nine holes took 3 hours. We gave up." - Anonymous

"Love the course, in great condition, greens and fairways in good condition. Quite hilly so would recommend a buggy. Course really well presented, course staff very helpful and polite. Restaurant excellent, and now a free glass of cava at the end of the round. ?? " - Nigel

"It is e very nice course with different layer of the holes" - Karla

"The blue tee was shorter than red on the scorecard. The bunkers were terrible. No sand. The greens was OK." - Geir Østnor

"Really nice and interesting course - better than expected! Good course condition, some sandy tee boxes and green collars, but other than this , well maintained ! We took a buggy , but saw several flights walking the course. Hence, walkable, but not recommended for everybody. Nice clubhouse with very good lockers, lounge area and restaurant. I would play the course again and will add it to my short list. Thumbs up to the Santa Clara team! " - Anonymous

"Not an easy course, but greens in a good conditions, fairways well maintained, some parts around the greens are dry, All over we enjoyed playing, service very good." - Swiss Golfer

"Best condition it's been on for years. Lots of improvements being carried out" - Dalbinder

"Perfect condition" - Mats

"Good fairways and green" - Håkan Fast

"Having not played in two months, I wanted to hit a few shots on the driving range before the round. The grass was in terrible shape, the boxes hadn’t been moved for a while. Not good! The course lay-out was nice, diverse and the terrain kept changing from hole to hole. Liked it very much! I didn’t find too many bunkers on the round, most of them on the greenside. The first of them was like concrete, and I thought that if they are all like that, I have to stay away from them! Foind my golf ball in four or five others, which were perfect. The greens did not look that fast, but they were, and I found it hard to read the breaks. Ended up having more three-putts than two, and I was not an exception in my fleet… Anyhow, I would like to come back and play the course again. It is not the easiest one, but not too challenging either for a bogey handicapper like myself." - Jaakko

"Terrible layout , whole meets each others. Ex nr 9 you make a good drive and get punished with a tree in front. Just an example. To slow play with all the pensionists. Just terrible Joaquin" - Anonymous

"We paid a normal fee, the caddy master hurried us during the first 9.after that we had to wait starting the second 9. The greens are not that good and played to often and to soft. Also after playing not very kind Bij the by the guys. The lady in the restaurant was very kind. A pitty because it can be much better there." - Wgg jos

"the general condition should be better, the tee off on 1 and 10 is a bit chaotic due to the parallel fairways. the driving range balls are terrible." - Anonymous

"No good condition of the course. And most of the yellow tees was placed on blue/red tee boxes meaning the length of the course was not for our level, too short. The greens was not in good condition and the layout was even dangerous due to holes almost crossing each other." - Anonymous

"Some of our friends had played this course in the past and had recommended we play here. The course itself was very good, with a number of challenging holes. We meet with the starter before our round, who informed us that the greens had been attacked by a virus. This meant that they did not run truly, and made them difficult to put on. There had also been excessive watering of the areas around the ground, particularly short of the green. If a ball pitched short of the green it stopped immediately. You were then left with a pitch from very wet Bermuda grass. The state of the greens and the areas surrounding them made the round not as enjoyable as it could have been." - Peter Le Vey

"fairways okay Overall okay Played 5 1/2 hours. To many people without the necessary hcp Not Okay The quality off the execelent restaurant has dropped, perhaps a new cook ?" - Mirador

"Nice layout and some ”tricky ” holes - not always the longest club in the bag. We liked it! Two things: Very smelly dam at tee 1, tee 10 and 18 green. Not so good rangeballs and very small (and soft) putting-green." - Per Dahlstrom

"Bad Greens. Carry the Bags from the Parking is Not a good service" - Michael Franz

"Course in excellent condition except for the greens, which were very poor.Also we were charged 10 euros for buggy insurance or leave a credit card to pay for any damage incurred. 5 hours for a round of golf was far too long." - Mark C

"Greens not so fine" - Stiken

"Greens are in very poor condition with lots of disease" - Anonymous

"Excellent considering the very hot and dry climate. Fairways and greens look good and definitely well maintained. Congratulations to the green keepers. Restaurant, reservation and starter staff very friendly and helpful . Santa Clara is overall much better than a few years ago!" - Pietro Herschmann

"A great course well presented and in fantastic condition given the recent very hot weather! Greens rolled true and was a pleasure so played twice whilst we were away. A special mention to our starter Thomas, what a credit to the golf course and made sure we were looked after all day!" - JCM88

"It cools be More distansmarkers . A good coursguide should ber good Aldo ! But the condition on Course was verry good." - Anonymous

"Very good Tee boxes a little rough but overall great course" - Anonymous

"Course was disappointing with tees moved forward. Taking a 7 iron off the tee on a Par 4 on 3 occasions was annoying. Facilities were good and condition of course was OK." - Way-aye

"Nice course, the rating is lowered by an overly zealous starter/start routine" - MM

"Really good condition. Greens were slower than expected but ran true. The food and drink options were good and affordable. It is a difficult course with some tricky holes." - Anonymous

"Good condition- lovely flowers and waterspring!" - Ditlef

"I like this course :)" - Anonymous

"Santa Clara is a good course. Bit tight in places so bring a few balls if you are a bit wild off the tee. Good greens & fairways nice club house" - John Maye

"Short but varying and fun to play. Some demanding and narrow holes. Some Great views. Friendly staff. Hilly. So Buggy recommended. The finish of the course OK but not more" - Chris

"Nice course but a lot of construction going on with noise and dust and dirt. Greens have been hollowtined, would have been nice to have been told before booking…" - Anonymous

"All day was dusty and noisy, construction all around, all the greens worst from all courses where we played this year, greens were punctured and covered with sand ???? (April), drinks in restaurant so expensive ; why ??? For 95 € per person in this quality nonsense" - Michal

"Good course with quite a few great shorter par 4s. Turf, greens etc was in excellent condition. Starter is awesome and pace of play was roughly 4h 20 min" - Anonymous

"The clubhouse and facilities are excellent. The greens are good and the course generally well manacured. The problem is the layout, the course is built around a viaduct and they have had to squeeze the holes into a tight area in places. We all lost a few balls over hitting fairways, guess we should have bought a stroke saver. The back 9 is better/flatter but we won’t be rushing back." - Paul - Scotland

"The design of the golf course is unpredictable. You need a buggy, long transport distances. The fairways and greens ok. To hilly, some blind holes, difficult! Customer service fine!" - Maria

"Good customer service Challenging bit fair golf course Enjoyed the round" - Binder

"Pleasent course. I played it after 6 years and it has improved sufficiently enough for me to play it again. Value for money and a good for the last day of a tour " - Dalbinder

"Spectacular views" - Simon

"I had to start on hole 2 because my teetime was cancelled due to a shotgun tournament!??" - Christian

"I love the course. Everything was perfect. The service in the reception and Caddymaster. The restaurants service food and drnks was good." - John SB

"Course was in good conditions Design of the course is « spicy » not that long but you need to play at the right place. Course was very busy. I was supposed to start at 1:40pm and real start was at 2:30pm due to different competitions. 85€ is not the best price/quality ratio I got in Marbella." - Deham

"Only played 4 holes due to weather" - M griff

"It was very busy, because a few players doesn’t use buggies ; Walking goes very slowly with 4 players up and down and the other players behind them has to wait and wait. We played more than 5 hours!!!" - Anonymous

"Course in good condition staff very helpful and friendly good days golfing will play again" - Anonymous

"Big quality varies on fairways, tees and greens. Some areas on the fairway and tees hardly with no grass. A lot of pichmarks on the greens. Nice staff, but the starter delayd the tee-off with no understandable reason. Remember to bring cash for the driving range, as you are not able to use card on the machine and it's not possible to purshase range tokens in the pro shop with card! Buggy not needed." - Anonymous

"The holes are terrific. Nice views and spectacular fairways and sorroundings. And the Terrasse at the end was in perfect scenery. But there are waaay too much player on the course. Whe played 5,5hours. On the backnine we met the group ahead of us on every single Tee-Box... That big crowd on the course made it even very dangerous on some very narrow holes (5, 6, 7?), pasing back and forth, not to get killed by some other cluesless players. Also the blind holes, which are nice to see, and interessting to play are way too dangerous for the group ahead." - Anonymous

"De olika banorna låg så tätt att det var obehagligt. Har nog aldrig väntat så länge o ofta på tree" - Anonymous

"Santa Clara is in a better shape than years ago. Friendly staff, well kept course giving a fair chance to most players. Not really correct is the way the Marshall is pushing the players on the course without any reason. It took us not quite 4h (4 players) and our pace was always correct not having anyone in front until hole 15…" - Pietro

"The track is in good condition, but far too wet in several places. The room was intimidated by the high coverage and several holes are so close that shots were fired from the neighboring course, particularly annoying" - Mirador

"Great course good food and friendly staff." - Eugene McCullagh

"Great Course wonderful staff good food what else can I say." - McCullagh

"Overall in good condition, but greens have deteriorated since last played in June." - Anonymous

"Good. But some workers that dident look up at all when we was about to hit from tee. Greens was not so good and even " - Anonymous

"For a buggy you have to write an insurance agreement inc. credit card info with deductible 500€ or buy 10€ extra insurance for buggy. That's rip-off! Course condition was good but the greens were really bouncy." - JaCe

"The green were not so good, but the court were nice" - Anonymous

"We spend 5 hour and 50 min on one round. Because they allow people who not can play, and dont have played golf before. We talk to the Marsall 5 time. Sad golf round" - Eirik Kruse

"Nice course" - Anonymous

"Very interested course. The finished was perfect" - John SB

"Great course in good condition." - Hans

"Although we were told that Buggies were allowed on all fairways but one, this wasn’t actually the case as the 90 degree rule was required on at least half the holes Greens good Fairways excellent Buggy def reqd Probably too many golfers booked on the course as very slow" - Anonymous

"Bra greener men några hål som inte va bra. Bra restaurang och bra service." - Juppe

"Very nice course but I prefer holiday golf on courses where I can drive buggies on all fairways. It’s too hot for me in the summer in Spain." - AnttiK

"Generally in very good condition, greens honest and fast enough." - Anonymous

"Nice shape" - Stiken

"Good Maintenance en good Lay out. Nice marshall at the TEE box." - Sandra

"Nice and well maintained ." - Frits kuijzer

"Nice and competitive Greens very difficult Good customer service and staff helpful Well the fairways and bunkers Not very well the buggy because many times the R and the F don’t work and you have spend some minutes for re-start " - Patrizio Strino

"Sehr schöner Platz mit hoch interessanten Spielbahnen. ProShop sehr ansprechend. Der Service passt rundum. Von der Starterin bis hin zum Restaurant." - TomTom

"Fairways & tees was not good at all. Was especting the standard of the course to be much better." - Anonymous

"Very wet but understandable with the current weather. Buggies only on paths is a pain but again understandable. The clover patches around greens etc is totally unacceptable and should be destroyed immediately." - Hugh Hegan

"Not very interesting course with small paralell fairways and many reconstructions areas around - you can hear a lot of traffic noises from the highway! Restaurant seems to be nice but you cannot have dinner after 7:00 pm on Sunday?" - Anonymous

"We found it difficult at Santa Clara today. The fairways are soft after recent rain so the course is playing long and the greens are fast which took sometime to get used to. The course plays well and we enjoyed playing it." - Anonymous

"Today we had a big problem with e-cards, so we start After the original time. They were a lot of people with the same problem??. Best regards, Chris" - Anonymous

"We had a nice day at Santa Clara friendly reception, good fairways after rain super greens and good tee boxes too first time we were in the new restaurant, excellent throughout, location next to the course, service and food we will be back soon" - Mirador

"Good condition and fun to play. MAny holes where you can hit driver even if you not are dead straight. But also holes where it pays off to play strategic. Nice club house and good practice areas" - Lars

"Took a long time to play because a slow party ahead of us, the starter did his best to speed up. The first 5 holes are a bit narrow, then it is more space. Very nice clubhouse" - Anonymous

"Only just a 4 - a number of holes have been changed but not updated on satnav systems - the second in particular caused all our party to play it incorrectly. There was no indication at the start of the round that this was the case. The course itself was in good condition. The par 5 down the hill could be better signed; second shots were completely blind" - Philip Callaghan

"Course was in good condition. The staffa was very friendy and the food was tasty. We will came back soon!" - Eikka

"Just a perfect course! Greens were in a top condition with a good ‘bite’ and the fairways just good despite the very dry period during the last months. Very nice clubhouse, we love the new design! All over we give Santa Clara a 8.5" - Toby K.

"The course have som blind hole, so we lost some balls" - John

"A course we have played for over 10 years. This year a big disappointment. Shop staff rude and unfriendly. Starter on the other hand was first class. Greens showed a lot of damage and poor maintenance, as did fairways , such a pity as well maintained this is a great golf course." - Anonymous

"Course is ok, but much noise from the builder at some holes, some confusing holes with mostly hanging fairways ;), necessary to play it more times. Maybe a love of a third experience...but not shure ?? But with friends you always enjoy Restaurant nice and very friendly! Nice Outside area, " - Anonymous

"Ok in most places" - Anonymous

"Very nice and friendly course ! The layout partly challenging but with a buggy no problem ." - Anonymous

"We always like playing this course which has some great holes. Technically difficult in places. Unfortunately it is very popular and therefore very busy with all four balls rammed together and no monitoring for slow play so very slow and times. Greens showing signs of being over played at the end of the season. Staff friendly." - Stuart

"Delayed starting times. Slow play." - Anonymous

"Very nice golf course and clubhouse." - Steven Burnley

"Course was good and greens very good! However, missed very muvch the possibility to buy food and softdrinks on the course!" - Anonymous

"Course is good and conditions are ok given the amount of players going through every day. Delay, waiting-time to booked tee-time was 35min and round took 5.5h! Tee-time was 12.40pm and we hardly made it back before sun went down. The club has to send people around asking/encouraging flights to speed up." - THomas

"Good layout Back nine better as a few holes on front nine have holes which are close with golfers having to wait for stray balls Greens quick and true Nice clubhouse" - ANDREW

"Greens in good condition fairways fair missing a chipping area but overall a great golfing day out" - Anonymous

"Nice club house and a very nice restaurant. But the course was not the same, so sad. Becuase I was hopeful that this was a nice golf establishment." - Andreas

"First class course in excellent condition. Very enjoyable. Bar and restaurant staff couldn’t have been nicer. Highly recommend playing this course." - Eugene McCullagh

"Some holes are tight, fairways and tee boxes very clse, eg. 1st and 10th tee boxes. Good facilities, signage for 14-15 is disastrous, we managed to lose one of our players!! Good starter on the 1st tee. Buggy very necessary and OK buggy paths. The condition of tee boxes were very average and Greens are good. In general terms the course looked overplayed." - Tom A

"The course is good value for money with a nice clubhouse and very friendly staff." - Peter Parker

"Helt ok greener och fairways, men den är väldigt smal på en del hål. Trevligt runt omkring med bra starter, och en mycket mysig restaurang." - Anders Nimmerfelt

"The course was in good condition although very busy. It did seem like some the holes had been modified as the apps several of us use showed very different hole layouts and distances which made them tricky to play. There were also several holes where we were playing very close to the next hole which slowed us down waiting for people to hit wayward shots back onto their fairway." - Graeme

"Perfect score. Nice fairways and greens. Super restaurant" - Anonymous

"The standard og the course is very good on all Hole." - Anonymous

"Too much waiting No cotrol" - Anonymous

"Overall good, but tees a bit worn and greens a bit hairy. Layout fun but tricky (blind holes) when you play the course for the first time." - Mike Hanner

"Personal att front desk was not serviceminded And interessted in us. The greens has a lot of NOT fixad pitchmarks. " - Swedish party

"First time for me on this fabulous course.superb summer conditions, fast greens. tricky holes but great fun, 100% coming back. fantastic Club Sandwich on the terrace...love it" - Sascha

"Very nice scenery and in good shape, challenging but fun. " - ReVer

"Love this course. Unlike most courses there are no blind holes even though the course is not flat. Greens and fairways are perfect. Now with the renovation of the restaurant it is even better. Definitely feels like my homecourse in Marbella." - Sonnee

"Front 9 is cramped in too little space, and very disappointing. Back 9 a little better as the course opens up a bit. But overall not very good. Greens are decent and fair. Bunkers with lots of stones.. Fairways ok. Tee-areas below average. Long par-3’s and short par 4’s… Nice driving range and restaurant." - MK

"Well kept course and very nice staff" - Anonymous

"Beautiful surroundings, a bit slow greens but the layout is great. Buggy is not necessary but some holes are a bit hilly. We would say the course is intermediate. Really friendly staff and the food in the restaurant was delicious." - Johanna and Hugo

"Lovely to play on dry grass!" - SUE ASH

"Fairways and Greens are in good condition. " - Richard Heuberger

"This a course I played several times before, and it is very enjoyable, with some very nice and challenging holes. This time however we played after a major maintenance round, and on some holes the fairways were in bad shape and very hard to play." - Ivan

"We’ve played this course several times in the last two weeks. Course conditions are excellent, the price is reasonable and service is good. We play Santa Clara since many years and it’s one of our favourite. We’ll definitely come back." - Thola