[{"pk":9409,"msg":"Good course, tough but fair","name":"Geoff Bush","date":"2025-06-14T07:17:01","classification":5},{"pk":9405,"msg":"","name":"Jan Dresselhuys ","date":"2025-06-12T13:08:31","classification":1},{"pk":9279,"msg":"Nach Anfahrt durch enorm große Orangenhaine gelangt man auf einer Anhöhe zum Clubhaus. Leider kaum Parkplatz frei, da voll ausgebucht. Dieser Platz hat keine Driving Range, was wir als sehr störend empfanden; auch das Puttinggreen ist klein und schlecht. Dafür ist die Aussicht meist sehr schön; Auf Anraten haben wir ein Cart benutzt, was aufgrund der Wege und Anstiege eine gute Entscheidung war. Die Abschläge sind Großteils gut aber abgenutzt. Die Anlage wirkt gepflegt, überall werken Mitarbeiter an Pflanzen und Beeten. Die Fairways sind meist breit und der Rasen kurz, grün und gut spielbar. Roughs sind vorhanden aber meist von etwas wie Orchideen bepflanzt also kaum spielbar. Out nur an wenigen Stellen. Die Geens ziemlich groß und leicht onduliert, sehr schnell. Einige sind sehr trickreich, da das Vorgrün einen (zurück-) rollenden Ball nicht stoppt; daher kann es vorkommen, dass der Ball zig Meter wegrollt. Landschaftlich sehr schön mit bis 1000 Jahre alten Olivenbäumen und großen Palmen; relativ wenig Wasser im Spiel, wenig Bunker. Gelände ist hügelig – ähnlich Poysdorf oder Längenfeld Kremstal, aber mehr Platz am Fairway.\r\nDer Empfang sehr freundlich, Signature Ball gekauft, Buggymaster kompetent und freundlich, Starter hat improvisieren müssen, weil Ausfälle waren. Wir hatten Jörki aus Finnland als Spielpartner mit etwa gleicher Spielstärke und gemeinsam hatten wir Spaß und nachher ein kühles Bier auf der schönen Aussichtsterrasse. Manche Löcher sehr lang zb 530 Meter bergauf. Manche Abschläge erinnern an Loch 18 in Poysdorf. Mit Cart 8000 Schritte.\r\n \t \r\n \t \r\n\r\nRating: 1 ganz schlecht … 10 top besser geht es nicht. 0 – nicht gewertet / vorhanden\r\nAnreise und finden des Platzes: 8\r\nLage, Aussicht, Umgebung: 8\r\nParken: 4 zu wenig Parkplätze, und dann unbefestigt\r\nRezeption: 8\r\nToiletten im Klubhaus: 9\r\nRestaurant: 2 kein Essen nur Bananen und Getränke aber freundlich.\r\nDriving Range, Chipping, Putting: 1 – nicht vorhanden bzw. schlecht. Für den Platz unwürdig.\r\nTee 1 und Starter: 7 kompetent, flexibel und freundlich\r\nAbschläge: 5 eben aber abgenutzt, an manchen Stellen haben Wildschweine am Rand gewütet\r\nFairways: 8\r\nGreens Zustand: 9 glatt, grün, sauber und schnell, aber trotzdem nicht leicht.\r\nCart/Buggy – Strecke, auf Fairway fahren:  8 gute Wege, am Fairway fahren erlaubt, unser Buggy hatte schlechte Bremsen. Vor dem Losfahren unbedingt testen, weil es steile Bergab Stücke gibt!\r\nToiletten am Kurs: 8, sauber strategisch gut\r\nDiesen Platz will ich wieder spielen: 7 – schön aber keine Driving Range\r\nPreis – Leistung:  GF. EUR, gut \r\n\r\nBewertung Schwierigkeit: 1 sehr leicht …… 10 superschwer\r\nSchwierigkeitsgrad allgemein Bahnen: 5\r\nSchwierigkeitsgrad Greens: 8\r\n","name":"Alexander Oppolzer","date":"2025-03-12T09:15:02","classification":4},{"pk":8919,"msg":"Excellent but not overly challenging course. Hilly and therefore buggy recommended. In very good condition and well maintained. Staff were superb. Very friendly and helpful. Welcome (almost) halfway hut with snacks and drinks Sadly no driving range which would be a useful addition. ","name":"Nigel Warmington","date":"2024-09-17T11:30:54","classification":4},{"pk":8894,"msg":"Lovely course using the natural contours of the land. ","name":"Tim Hamilton","date":"2024-09-09T09:19:57","classification":5},{"pk":8887,"msg":"love this course, great views but facilities are not amazing, small putting green and no range. course was in good condition but green not fantiastic","name":"Andrew Jukes","date":"2024-09-02T07:15:59","classification":5},{"pk":8826,"msg":"Once again staff extremely helpful and very pleasant a joy to return to the course ","name":"Ann Smith","date":"2024-06-23T12:11:08","classification":4},{"pk":8803,"msg":"","name":"Garry Clark","date":"2024-06-17T08:20:15","classification":4},{"pk":8794,"msg":"Silves golf course  is fantastic!\r\nIt's not particularly long so even poorer golfers can score well on this course.\r\n\r\n","name":"Nigel Mapletoft","date":"2024-06-13T09:06:08","classification":5},{"pk":8187,"msg":"","name":"Rob van Lokven","date":"2023-09-07T13:40:56","classification":5},{"pk":8177,"msg":"","name":"Ann Smith","date":"2023-09-03T15:17:26","classification":5},{"pk":8124,"msg":"","name":"Geoff Bush","date":"2023-07-01T08:44:14","classification":5},{"pk":8120,"msg":"Played Penina in June 2023 with three colleagues (with high handicaps ranging from 14 - 23).\r\nThis was the first time we had played Silves but it certainly won't be the last.  \r\nNot sure if it's a stern test for players with low handicaps but it was a perfect challenge for our group of players.\r\nThe course was in excellent condition and some of the views across the hills towards Monchique were stunning.   ","name":"Nigel Mapletoft","date":"2023-06-29T15:57:03","classification":2},{"pk":7662,"msg":"","name":"Terry Smith","date":"2022-10-14T20:37:03","classification":4},{"pk":7524,"msg":"Again amazing we truly love all the courses there is no where like the Algave to play. Ready to rebook for May.","name":"Jill Tompkins","date":"2022-09-16T09:59:51","classification":4},{"pk":7008,"msg":"","name":"Huib Herbert","date":"2021-12-13T12:58:39","classification":4},{"pk":6802,"msg":"","name":"Stephan Freischlaeger","date":"2020-02-23T16:24:24","classification":4},{"pk":6673,"msg":"Love the Pestana courses. Silves will get a wonderful new clubhouse and some amazing villas and apartments. Always a pleasure to play here.","name":"Marion Brosens","date":"2020-01-04T15:03:00","classification":5},{"pk":6579,"msg":"It is a pitty we cannot make a practive swing anymore. Thats why we have put a 2 in facilities.\r\nMoney Value; the buggy for 45 is expensive. It would be good to but a package deal. ","name":"Nick Rijken","date":"2019-11-04T11:41:13","classification":5},{"pk":6532,"msg":"","name":"Tony Bandy","date":"2019-10-23T10:34:57","classification":4},{"pk":6512,"msg":"Course generally in good condition particularly the greens. The tee box areas were a bit narrow and some well worn. Having no changing , locker area is a drawback but anew club house is being built that will change (after 10 years of operation)","name":"Kevin Burke","date":"2019-10-17T10:06:56","classification":4},{"pk":6474,"msg":"Bad experience! No buggy available at reserved T-Time, T-Time was rescheduled to Twilight (no refund), too many players so very long waiting times in the course, no driving range & the kitchen was closed after we were hungry after we played. \r\n\r\nThe course is still a construction site and half of the course is filled with black smoke from the nearby cork factory (....”all natural cooking process”)\r\n\r\nThey will never see us here again, waste of money & time of your holiday....","name":"Peter Bleijenberg","date":"2019-10-12T11:59:27","classification":3},{"pk":6444,"msg":"not busy at all, no waiting times","name":"Jan Dresselhuys","date":"2019-10-06T16:46:37","classification":3},{"pk":6379,"msg":"","name":"John Hampson","date":"2019-09-29T08:07:22","classification":4},{"pk":6344,"msg":"","name":"Frank Dewhurst","date":"2019-09-17T11:13:30","classification":4},{"pk":6115,"msg":"Played 14 June19. Have played here before and I think the course is getting better. A good test of golf. \r\nCourse in very good condition.\r\nWill definitely return.","name":"Geoff Bush","date":"2019-06-16T10:38:46","classification":4},{"pk":6002,"msg":"","name":"Elspeth Brown","date":"2019-05-24T10:29:51","classification":4},{"pk":5819,"msg":"","name":"Hubert Pfautsch","date":"2019-04-05T11:36:30","classification":5},{"pk":5749,"msg":"Beautiful day of Golf. Course in excellent condition.","name":"John Harries","date":"2019-03-18T20:34:41","classification":5},{"pk":5619,"msg":"Slow round. Needs marshalling","name":"Barry Summerfield ","date":"2019-02-20T20:47:29","classification":3},{"pk":5225,"msg":"The layout and some of the views on some of the holes was a pleasant surprise. Not a difficult course but it was in fantastic condition, we scored well and walked away having an enjoyable experience. The staff were very nice, what lets Silves down are the clubhouse facilities but I guess that if these were improved then the green fee would increase accordingly.","name":"Bryan Murnane","date":"2018-06-27T09:11:44","classification":4},{"pk":4633,"msg":"BUILDING SITE NOT SOMEWHERE YOU SHOULD ASK PEOPLE TO PLAY, TOOK A LOT OF STICK FOR BOOKING THIS COURSE IN THE CONDITION IT IS IN, THE WORST COURSE OUT OF ABOUT 50 I HAVE PLAYED ABROAD","name":"Stephen Ireland","date":"2017-09-20T12:05:57","classification":3},{"pk":4624,"msg":"","name":"Leon van Dorst","date":"2017-09-16T11:25:11","classification":4},{"pk":4471,"msg":"","name":"Christopher Ellam","date":"2017-06-20T21:01:29","classification":4},{"pk":4449,"msg":"","name":"Heiko Pelzeter","date":"2017-06-15T09:51:54","classification":4},{"pk":4422,"msg":"I loved this course because there were no villas crowding in on the fairways. But now there's building activity around the entrance and at some of the holes, so the rural and open space feeling will soon be gone.","name":"Susanne Glasenapp","date":"2017-06-04T11:00:38","classification":4},{"pk":4354,"msg":"","name":"Elmar Mittig","date":"2017-05-11T19:13:07","classification":4},{"pk":4319,"msg":"Good gentle start to holiday golf","name":"Dennis Lawless","date":"2017-04-30T09:35:41","classification":3},{"pk":4155,"msg":"Not overly happy at being told we were next on the tee 20 minutes before our booked time!\r\n\r\nCourse was great to play with lots of interesting holes.  Friendly staff and good service.\r\n\r\nWould play again","name":"Richard Denning","date":"2017-02-20T09:42:09","classification":5},{"pk":3883,"msg":"A starter who did her best to get players out on the course on time or ahead of schedule by pairing up two balls makes a good early impression but when we played a Marshall would have helped to encourage the slower games to yield, over 5 hours in the sun is pleasant but it would have been nice if the last of those was outside the clubhouse with a beer. ","name":"Dave Martin","date":"2016-10-20T15:30:55","classification":4},{"pk":3665,"msg":"","name":"Peter Mcguinness","date":"2016-09-25T18:49:52","classification":3},{"pk":3606,"msg":"A very slow round, took 5 hours.","name":"Elspeth Brown","date":"2016-09-12T10:39:14","classification":3},{"pk":3582,"msg":"","name":"Maarten Arlman","date":"2016-09-07T22:03:05","classification":4},{"pk":3570,"msg":"Green were in a very bad condition. The whorst I ever played in my life. People in front of us played a medal-tournament and they were very upset about. Cart was older then my grandma. A pity. The course would have been very nice. Employees very friendly.","name":"Francisco Otal","date":"2016-09-06T12:45:57","classification":2},{"pk":3482,"msg":"","name":"Paul Musgrave","date":"2016-08-30T14:32:24","classification":5},{"pk":3368,"msg":"Upon arrival we were advised that there were no buggies available (a buggy was pre-ordered and paid for)or even an electric trolley.<br\\>The offer to play at Pinta was accepted but did compensate for the poor pre-planning of  the Sives management. I do not request any financial compensation. ","name":"Ian Foster","date":"2016-06-11T11:47:21","classification":1},{"pk":3138,"msg":"Very nice course,could do with some more ball cleaners and a driving range ","name":"Martin Byrne ","date":"2016-04-18T10:35:44","classification":4},{"pk":2885,"msg":"Difficult to find the entry to the course even with GPS(we circled it several times before finding the way in), but well worth discovering. Undulating landscape is breathtaking only in the figurative sense. Although short, the well designed holes and fast, challenging greens make it worthy of repeated visits. ","name":"Conor Swords","date":"2015-11-25T21:33:57","classification":4},{"pk":2771,"msg":"A total joke. Don't go there. It starts with the trouble of getting there, because they don't put up signs to locate. 5 hours+, boring holes, poor conditions, no beverage service, no marshalls. The fight behind us uit about after 5 holes. I would quit golf, if every course is like that.","name":"Christian Meiser","date":"2015-10-18T20:41:18","classification":4},{"pk":2764,"msg":"","name":"Alastair Welch","date":"2015-10-18T12:49:51","classification":3},{"pk":2732,"msg":"","name":"Collymore Michael","date":"2015-10-10T19:38:16","classification":4},{"pk":2698,"msg":"","name":"Ellis Pagden","date":"2015-10-05T10:18:58","classification":4},{"pk":2685,"msg":"We had to wait 30 minutes past our tee time for the buggies. They let you book them even though they don't have enough.","name":"Linda Jenkins","date":"2015-10-04T16:01:46","classification":4},{"pk":2632,"msg":"Good hazards, beautiful uphill and downhill holes, some for longhitters, some for short play.  I love this course.","name":"Susanne Glasenapp","date":"2015-09-26T15:54:57","classification":5},{"pk":2459,"msg":"We were unable to play our three rounds of golf on this course as they closed the course for maintenance.  We played at Gramacho instead and would rate everything as 5 stars for this one","name":"Karen Downer","date":"2015-07-31T15:01:15","classification":4},{"pk":2348,"msg":"","name":"Steven Dodd","date":"2015-06-14T14:42:18","classification":4},{"pk":2298,"msg":"","name":"Jeff Holmes","date":"2015-05-23T11:21:44","classification":5},{"pk":2057,"msg":"Thought the course was in good condition , the major problem we had that we could not finish our round due to the volume of people on the course, we had to wait behind 5 lots of 4 balls on nearly every hole as you can appreciate this is not much fun .. I will be writing a separate letter to just tee times to inquire a refund..","name":"Tim Goodfellow","date":"2015-03-04T22:09:05","classification":4},{"pk":2021,"msg":"Great course , some long holes but also some stunners. Not for the faint hearted.","name":"Mark Murgatroyd","date":"2015-02-24T14:35:17","classification":3},{"pk":1817,"msg":"good value for money, buggys really expensive (42 euro)","name":"Marc Heijnis","date":"2014-11-05T09:13:05","classification":4},{"pk":1699,"msg":"","name":"Heiko Pelzeter ","date":"2014-10-03T00:12:10","classification":5},{"pk":1660,"msg":"very good value for money.","name":"Stephen Kelly","date":"2014-09-22T08:36:02","classification":4},{"pk":1627,"msg":"","name":"Steve Williams","date":"2014-09-16T10:18:28","classification":4},{"pk":1621,"msg":"Great course and good value.","name":"Peter Mcguinness","date":"2014-09-15T12:00:37","classification":5},{"pk":1592,"msg":"Not quite as good a course as Vale da Pinta, but enjoyable none the less. Some of the water hazards have dried up, not sure that was a weather related issue or design change. Again, would return. ","name":"Robin Baker","date":"2014-09-09T17:02:57","classification":4},{"pk":1515,"msg":"we have been to Portugal for the last 14 years playing golf and this course was always closed for maintenance. we managed to play this year and found that this was a very nice course, the only complaint I would have is the greens which were very poor, full of sand","name":"Stephen Harris","date":"2014-07-19T17:39:06","classification":3},{"pk":1498,"msg":"Greens had been spiked & sanded so would have expected a discount <br\\>Otherwise an excellent golf course","name":"Dave Bell","date":"2014-07-06T09:21:38","classification":5},{"pk":1092,"msg":"","name":"Christian Pelz","date":"2014-01-07T15:12:36","classification":4},{"pk":950,"msg":"A new course for us this year and overall a very good experience.","name":"Rod Smith","date":"2013-10-16T10:28:44","classification":2},{"pk":915,"msg":"very nice to play, challenge to play the handicap. <br\\>But those British teams, slow walking,slow playing, not repairing pitchmarks - a task for the ranger  ","name":"Chris van Wely","date":"2013-10-13T16:39:37","classification":4},{"pk":912,"msg":"5 hours with a buggy is far too long at Silves , I understand that they need to make money but having 3 four balls on one tee is not great <br\\>Correct tee times should be adhered to as this appears to be the problem as there is no reasonable gap which results in the problem , if people are ocassional golfers then they must be advised by the ranger to speed up ","name":"Andrew Peden","date":"2013-10-11T06:55:42","classification":3},{"pk":833,"msg":"","name":"Steve Palmer","date":"2013-09-27T11:09:44","classification":4},{"pk":814,"msg":"Lovely more local course","name":"Chris Proud","date":"2013-09-22T17:08:01","classification":4},{"pk":763,"msg":"Changed to Gramacho/ very good course and friendly staff","name":"Langley","date":"2013-09-03T18:08:01","classification":3},{"pk":731,"msg":"Course was not in great condition. Staff very friendly and overall quite good value for money.","name":"Richard Benson","date":"2013-08-09T11:37:22","classification":3},{"pk":662,"msg":"We enjoyed the course as the fairways were very good and greens fast.<br\\><br\\>would definitely play this course again ","name":"Geoff Bush","date":"2013-06-26T09:18:03","classification":4},{"pk":535,"msg":"","name":"Rijken","date":"2013-04-15T09:12:12","classification":4},{"pk":423,"msg":"Parts of course were quite damp after recent rain with some bunkers quite firm. As a single player had to wait to join another twosome as tee off times were a little haphazard. Progress was painfully slow because of two foursomes in front of us which spoiled my enjoyment of the course. ","name":"David Wright","date":"2013-01-30T14:25:11","classification":4},{"pk":406,"msg":"","name":"Hans Karel","date":"2013-01-07T19:14:34","classification":2},{"pk":353,"msg":"","name":"Paul Rijken","date":"2012-10-29T10:01:52","classification":5},{"pk":255,"msg":"","name":"Geoffrey","date":"2012-09-20T19:22:08","classification":5},{"pk":148,"msg":"all four buggy's not available at starting time! two buggy's received starting hole 4 and the remaining two buggy's received starting hole 9!!!!!","name":"Waterbeek","date":"2012-06-17T10:53:23","classification":2},{"pk":101,"msg":"","name":"Harry, Ryken","date":"2012-04-22T09:02:53","classification":5},{"pk":51,"msg":"Enjoyable \"country\" course away from villas and distractions.  Fast greens and course is a bit of a hike between holes but worth going back for another round.","name":"Len Bullock","date":"2012-02-12T20:56:18","classification":3},{"pk":48,"msg":"","name":"Uwe Krebs","date":"2012-02-02T10:22:23","classification":4}]