Bom Sucesso - a championship golf course designed by Donald Steel

An 18-hole Championship Golf course stretches along the length of the resort shaping the housing centres, the Hotel & SPA and the other leisure facilities. The proximity of the sea and Óbidos lagoon, not to mention the golf course itself, afford each allotment and the housing lots fantastic views which benefit from the extension and the natural beauty of the surroundings.

The golf course, designed by the world-renowned architect Donald Steel is projected to be open in the Spring of 2008.

It was constructed by Nigel Ely, currently the Chairman of the British Association of Golf Course Constructors, a fact which offers guarantees of flawless quality at an international level, in line with the rest of the resort.

It is a PAR 72 golf course with an area exceeding 600 thousand sqm; the first nine holes are played on a level part of the terrain while the second nine are located on uneven terrain, and are therefore quite spectacular.

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Simultaneously, BOM SUCESSO has signed a number of Reciprocity agreements between the BOM SUCESSO golf course and other Portuguese golf clubs, spread across the country.

Reciprocity agreements are signed with several Golf Courses such as Campo de Golfe do Montado, Tróia Golf Championship Course, Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort, Penha Longa Hotel & Golf Resort, Quinta das Lágrimas – Academia de Golfe, Campo de Golfe da Aroeira, Campo Real Golfe & Natureza, Quinta do Perú Golf Course, Oitavos Golfe, Golfe da Quinta do Fojo and Campo de Golfe de Vale De Milho.

An Expert Opinion

Bom Sucesso is a superb layout, which follows the tenets of good golf design. Being a ‘resort’ course, there are places where tees are near resort roads, but in all cases tees are set down or raised up to avoid any interference from passing traffic, which will always be minimal in the playing areas. Where houses line the fairways, most holes run through dished valleys, with the houses set well back and above the play, a massive amount of tree planting, adds to the safety barriers as well as to the beauty of the course. Greens are especially well located and where greens are near roads they are set in positions surrounded by banks and trees, which will contain wild shots.

Thought has been given to the length-challenged player, as well as the low handicapper. From the White Tees, this will be a course difficult enough to test the world’s top players, yet from the forward tees, long carries are eliminated, so that all can enjoy the experience of navigating around the variety of well-placed hazards on this course. The well-shaped greens are set to offer rewards to the player who positions their ball well for the approach to the green, and once on them, position is again important, as the surfaces are undulating and will offer putts of varying degrees of difficulty, according to their direction.

With a great site, the course takes full advantage of a series of spectacular views, some will be breathtaking and others just subtly attractive. With the theme of ‘all-over green,’ the houses will blend into the course, as the course limits will flow smoothly into the house plots. Barriers of vegetation will be the only division between golf and plots, yet the boundaries of the course are very well defined.

Whether as a visiting player or as a resident, Bom Sucesso will be a pleasurable experience, which all will wish to repeat, time and time again.

Stuart Woodman. A.F.P.G.A.
Golf Consultant.

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Donald Steel - a world renowned golf course designer.

Donald Steel was invited to design a perfect 18 hole championship golf course in Bom Sucesso.

He is one of the most prestigious golf architects in the world, being the only to have advised all the Clubs or Courses on which the Open Championship has been played.
Former President of the British Association of Golf Course Architects (1986-89), Donald Steel recently received the singular honour of being elected President of the English Golf Union.

Donald Steel was the first golf course architect since Harry Colt designed the Eden in 1913 to carry out significant work at St Andrews.
With a remarkable portfolio, in 2003 was named as the 4th most influential golf course architect in the world by Golf Magazine.