Played by NCG: Salobre (New)
Reason for a Salobre Golf Resort review
I was staying at the resort with my girlfriend and our baby daughter for a few days – and it would be rude not to try out the golf courses. I started with the Old course…
Where is Salobre Golf Resort?
The resort a couple of miles inland from the southernmost point of Gran Canaria in Spain, about a four-and-a-half hour flight from the UK.
What to expect
If Salobre’s Old course is a pleasant walk in the park on a warm summer’s day, the New is a day out at a theme park with the world’s craziest rollercoasters.
A links-style course due to the way it adapts to the environment and wild nature that will take your breath away at every turn.
7.15am, 1st tee, Salobre Golf Resort New Course.
Flight home is in exactly 4 hours. pic.twitter.com/dlc6pBjyNf
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) November 26, 2017
Favourite hole
Take your pick of 18, really. The par-5 3rd is something else. The green seems reachable despite being 460 yards away on the other side of a canyon.
Par-5 3rd. Green is bottom right of photo. My word it’s tempting… pic.twitter.com/GUUzYJm1wZ
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) November 26, 2017
Don’t be a hero here – take 3-wood down the fairway, lay up short of the canyon and leave yourself a nice pitch in. Or be a hero. Your call. Either way, it’s tremendously fun.
Obviously played it safe. But approach is still a clencher… pic.twitter.com/UEVl3dQRBV
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) November 26, 2017
Here’s a view looking back up the fairway from the green. What a wonderfully ridiculous hole. pic.twitter.com/w2L8IouyWC
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) November 26, 2017
The 5th is also mad. Here’s the tee shot…
They bloody love using the ravines here at Salobre.
“What? Nah, make ‘em hit over it.” pic.twitter.com/cJi25qEpVk
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) November 26, 2017
My best bit
Another brilliant hole is the dramatic par-4 12th which feels like you’re driving off the edge of a cliff to a halfpipe fairway protected either side by sheer rock face. The fairway is quite wide, but you don’t really know this from the tee and it looks like there is so little to play with.
Salobre’s New Course is bonkers.
That’s the previous fairway running up through this photo. I’m aiming for that speck of grass in the distance. pic.twitter.com/C9dU4FoObP
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) November 26, 2017
I was pretty happy to find my ball just shy of the green, primed for an-up-down for birdie.
What to look for
With plenty of spectacular views and array of shots that will take your breath away, Salobre Golf Resort’s New course really needs to be played to be believed.
The New Course at Salobre Golf Resort is a wonderful rollercoaster of ridiculousness. Every hole a visual and emotional treat.
How often do you come off the 18th and immediately want to go back to the 1st? pic.twitter.com/i8ktIaDruD
— Alex Perry (@AlexPerryNCG) November 26, 2017
If this course was within an hour of my house, I’d be demanding they take all my money for membership.
When I go back
If I ever holiday in Gran Canaria again, I will play this course at least once a day for the duration of my visit.
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Alex Perry
Alex has been the editor of National Club Golfer since 2017. A Devonian who enjoys wittering on about his south west roots, Alex moved north to join NCG after more than a decade in London, the last five of which were with ESPN. Away from golf, Alex follows Torquay United and spends too much time playing his PlayStation or his guitar and not enough time practising his short game.
