Course: Palmares Ocean Living & Golf
Location: Apartado 74, 8601-901, Lagos
Course Designer:   Robert Trent Jones II
Established: 2011
 
Within the natural amphitheater of the Bay of Lagos, Robert Trent Jones II has fashioned Europe’s next great golf course, Palmares Ocean Living & Golf. The brief given to this exceptional American golf course designer was to craft a 27 hole golf course which maximized the potential of its extraordinary environment. The result is a golf course of breathtaking natural beauty which is a delight to play. The course opened 18 holes for play in October 2010 and the full 27 June 2011. The course was designed with the highest level of international golf tournament in mind as well as a pleasurable golf experience for members and tourists alike. Palmares Ocean Living & Golf is composed of three returning nine-holes that can be played in a sequence. The genius in the routing is that, depending on the sequence of play, each golf experience is different.
 
The Alvor Course (Tree Course) – Located on the northern part of the Alvor Course, the Alvor Course has a parkland character with mature trees and lovely views of the Monchique hills. Changes in elevation are integral to the design of this nine as a majority of the golf holes ascend hillsides or descend through intimate valleys. The Parkland settings disappears briefly with a series of holes with expansive views. A preview of the dunes and links holes to come is provided on the sixth and seventh hole. As the round concludes, the course again assumes the parkland character. 
Par: 36   – two par 3’s, five par 4’s, two par 5’s
 
The Lakes Course (Lake Course )  –  begins with the same parkland characters, however this nine incorporates the only two lakes found on the entire site at the short par-3 third hole and the long par -4 sixth hole. Holes seven and eight immerse golfers in the expansive dune lands on the south-western portion of the site. The round concludes with a climb to the clubhouse and back into a more parkland setting
Pair: 36 – two pair 3’s, three pair 4’s, three pair 5’s
 
The Course of Praia (Beach Course) – The third nine hole course at Palmares Ocean is certainly the golf course that every great designer dreams of having the privilege to create and the golfer to play. A seaside landscape with wind dunes and wild and natural surroundings. The four seaside holes are between the beach and the railway line. This Course offers golfers a real golfing challenge. Indeed, it will be necessary to know how to play all the golf strokes and to master all its trajectories to tame this real Links. This dune character continues throughout the rest of the Praia Golf Course to the last hole, a steeply uphill par-5, which rises from the dunes through a deep valley to an amphitheater just below the clubhouse.
Par: 36 – three par 3’s, three par 4’s, three par 5’s