Salobre Golf Course is amongst the latest golf courses on the Gran Canaria Island. It is a challenging course and ensures an exciting game of golf to players of all skill levels. The natural characteristics of the countryside and the local vegetation have been an important consideration in designing this 18 hole golf course. It mirrors the general trait of the Gran Canarian countryside. Over 600 species of plants and trees have been planted to enhance the attractiveness of the course and the main course occupies an area of six-kilometers.
Salobre Golf is an idiosyncratic course bordered by a volcanic setting. You must be prepared to test your golfing skills in the testing course, and you will have to play every club in your bag. The course is almost desert-like in some parts and there is a very high tee on the fourteenth, where the green is enclosed by mountains, cactus landscape, and rough stones. Dave Thomas and Roland Faur have made sure that the course designed by them is interesting as well as challenging, where the golfer has to all the skills to come up with a winning score card.
It is a par 71 course which has been divided into 4 par 5s, 9 par 4s, and 5 par 3s. The elevated location of the Salobre Golf course offers breathtaking panorama of the mountains as well as the sea. It is quite interesting to see the contrast of the green of the golf course with the desert milieu and any golfer is sure to have a wonderful time. Salobre Golf is a more exhilarating course as the golfer can go through different kinds of situations in one round. The course has similarities with the golf courses in Arizona, USA, not just in design but also in the atmosphere around it.
The new Salobre North Course was inaugurated in autumn 2008 and has been designed by Ron Kirby. It has around the same features and stunning views as the earlier course. It is essential to hire a buggy this course. Here also the natural features and vegetation have been incorporated and they play an important role.
This side of the island has marvelous views of the volcanic panorama. In fact the verdant greenery of the eye-catching course, takes a back seat in comparison to its environs. You have to be very careful as the course will punish you for hitting a wayward shot off the tee, but if you manage the course well you will be able to control this comprehensively engaging layout.
There is no other course around which incarcerates the natural beauty of the south of Gran Canaria like the Salobre Golf. It must be there in your list of must play golf courses when you visit the Gran Canaria Islands. Salobre Golf leads the way to urbanization in the aboriginal Canary countryside with its high quality standards and individuality. Salobre Golf’s philosophy is to attain a faultless synchronization between development and nature with its fauna and flora, keeping the environment safe. The golf course is blended into the tranquil beauty of the countryside.
