Los Naranjos

Los Naranjos

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Los Naranjos is located in a really swish corner of the Costa del Sol, with flashy residences wherever you look and a smart clay-tiled, turreted beige clubhouse with a moorish feel.


The nines here as acutely distinct although share the same superb conditioning. The front nine encompasses lots of elevation change and the buttressing of tall palms shows the wind's strength.


The hills continue throughout and with a stream also cutting across some holes, there is lots more interest on this nine than the second half.


It, in contrast, is very flat in the style of Maspolomas in Gran Canaria, with the only definition provided by spindly palm trees.


Most interest comes around the green, where bunkers are nicely encased in mounds, and are often deep bunkers.


The highlight is the pleasing 11th hole tucked into a hill on a ledge, with a wide bunker at the front. The green is shallow, like a slice of melon, but there is at least a backstop. From there you go down a tunnel for 12, 13 and 14 then back through for a picturesque 15th with pines to the back and a pond in front.


The 18th is a swinging right-to-left dog-leg with palms on the inside and residences and a bank on outside. The lake on the left continues on up to green in form of a stream. It’s a slightly elevated green, so anything short runs back into it, for a sad end to a pleasant round.