Club information | |
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Coordinates | 40°30′24″N 3°37′36″W / 40.506729°N 3.626544°W |
Location | Alcobendas, Madrid y Algete (Madrid) |
Established | 1973 |
Type | Private |
Owned by | Golf La Moraleja, S.A. |
Total holes |
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Events hosted |
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Website | www |
Course 1 Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain) | |
Designed by | Jack Niklaus (1976) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 5.867 m. |
Course rating | 72.0 |
Slope rating | 138 |
Course 2 Madrid (Madrid, Spain) | |
Designed by | Jack Niklaus (1990) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6.390 m. |
Course rating | 74,0 |
Slope rating | 134 |
Course 3 Algete (Madrid, Spain) | |
Designed by | Jack Niklaus (2013) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6.854 m. |
Course rating | 73.5 |
Slope rating | 130 |
Course 4 Algete (Madrid, Spain) | |
Designed by | Jack Niklaus (2013) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6.487 m. |
Course rating | 72.1 |
Slope rating | 136 |
Golf La Moraleja is one of Spain's most important clubs. It is the largest Spanish golf club for its number of holes and the largest in Europe located in a metropolitan area. Founded in 1973, it currently has four 18-hole golf courses, all rated par 72, designed by Jack Nicklaus.[4] It also contains a 9-hole short course, 8 tennis courts, 12 paddle tennis courts, 2 squash courts, one covered and three open-air swimming pools, a gym and a spa. Added to these are two clubhouses, a children's chalet and a tennis clubhouse (on 1 and 2 courses), plus a prebuilt modular clubhouse for courses 3 and 4. Courses 1 and 2 are located at La Moraleja[5] residential estate (Alcobendas, Madrid). Courses 3 and 4 are located in the municipality of Algete. It has 6,000 shareholder members. In 2013 it was voted the best golf course in Spain by Deporte & Business[6] and in 2014, La Moraleja 3 was voted the second best golf course in Spain by the American magazine Golf Digest.[7] The club has hosted competitions such as the World Cup of Golf,[2] the Spanish Open and the Paddle Tennis World Championship.
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