Golf La Moraleja

Golf La Morleja
Club information
Golf La Moraleja is located in Madrid
Golf La Moraleja
Golf La Moraleja is located in Spain
Golf La Moraleja
Coordinates40°30′24″N 3°37′36″W / 40.506729°N 3.626544°W / 40.506729; -3.626544
LocationAlcobendas, Madrid y Algete (Madrid)
Established1973
TypePrivate
Owned byGolf La Moraleja, S.A.
Total holes
  • 4 x 18-hole golf courses
  • 1 x 9-hole par 3 course
  • 8 tennis courts
  • 12 paddle tennis courts
  • 2 squash courts
  • 4 swimming pools
Events hosted
Websitewww.realclublamoraleja.com
Course 1
Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain)
Designed byJack Niklaus (1976)
Par72
Length5.867 m.
Course rating72.0
Slope rating138
Course 2
Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Designed byJack Niklaus (1990)
Par72
Length6.390 m.
Course rating74,0
Slope rating134
Course 3
Algete (Madrid, Spain)
Designed byJack Niklaus (2013)
Par72
Length6.854 m.
Course rating73.5
Slope rating130
Course 4
Algete (Madrid, Spain)
Designed byJack Niklaus (2013)
Par72
Length6.487 m.
Course rating72.1
Slope rating136

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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  5. ^ "Energy+Certification". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  6. ^ "La Moraleja, mejor campo de España para Deporte & Business « Asociación de Voluntarios de Golf – AVG". Retrieved Sep 30, 2019.
  7. ^ Scaletti, John Barton,David. "Best Courses In 205 Countries". Golf Digest. Retrieved Sep 30, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)