Oporto Golf Club
Oporto Golf Club sits near the beaches of Espinho, south of the city, and it's the oldest golf club in Portugal. Founded in 1890 by British port wine traders as the Oporto Niblicks, it laid out a rough nine-hole links on sandy ground before growing into the full eighteen holes played today. The club still hosts the Skeffington Cup, played every year since 1891 and widely regarded as the oldest continuously run golf competition in the world.
The course itself is a genuine, old-fashioned links, remodelled over the decades by architects including Philip Mackenzie Ross and Frank Pennink. The opening hole sets the tone: a par 4 played straight into the nortada, the prevailing north wind, to a narrow, two-tiered green. The 4th and 11th are widely reckoned the hardest holes on the course, while the 16th, a par 3, is the signature hole. Both nines close with a gettable par 5, which has settled more than one competition on the final green. This is a walking course, so leave the buggy at home and take in the tradition at your own pace.
A handicap certificate is required to play, and the clubhouse, a genuine piece of Portuguese golfing history, offers a restaurant that's a longstanding favourite with members. For golfers who care about where the game in Portugal actually began, Oporto Golf Club is essential, not just another round.
Reception: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Clubs: Full Sets 
Club House: With Restaurant and Snack bar
With driving range
With an Academy
Trolleys: Manual
Without locker room
Pro Shop: Everyday from 7:45am to 8:00pm
Golf Lessons: Resident professionals
Buggies: Without GPS
With putting green
Juniors: Up to 18 years oldOporto Golf Club - latest comments and reviews
Christine Woods
2025-05-14
Much better experience with the use of scooters however they could do with someone making sure all necessary straps are attached. My clubs kept slipping off the back because the was no retention strap to keep it in place.
Keijo Oksanen
2025-05-08
Very busy golf course- some player did not follow the normal '' golf behavior rules'' on course. Somehow unorganized set-up there.
Robert Arnett
2025-03-25
People were friendly and helpful. Course was in good repair except for aerated greens. No buggies. Walking g only.
Marc Maisonneuve
2024-10-19
Tres bonne expérience, bon accueil, greens parfaits (malgré un carottage récent) et très roulant, fairways moyen seul bémol la signalétique du parcours qui oblige à faire très attention à la sortie d’un trou au risque de perdre du temps pour trouver le bon chemin. -**- Very good experience, good welcome, perfect greens (despite recent coring) and very rolling, fairways average only downside the signage of the course that requires you to be very careful at the exit of a hole at the risk of losing time to find the right path..
Tecnicals
*Flat -
*Dogleg -
*Exposed -
*Water hazards - on a few holes
*Links Course -
*Signature Hole - 16th par 3
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