Rio Real, three kilometres east
of Marbella, was designed by the foremost Spanish golf
architect Javier Arana and opened in 1965. A basically
flat course sloping gradually down towards the sea,
it is very picturesque.
Large trees offer pelnty of shade and the fairways make
several crossing of the Real River after which this
club was named. Holes to look out for are the par-three
6th, where your tee shot must be particularly accurate
in order to avoid the hillside on the right; the 8th,
where the raised green is protected by formidable bunkers;
the dogleg par-four 10th, the spectacular 11th and the
new par-3 twelfth.
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