Abama Golf Course
Rising up the west face of the Teide Volcano, Abama Golf course was created by world renowned golf designer Dave Thomas. The immaculately maintained 18 hole championship course contains over 300 species of subtropical plant life, including over 20,000 palm trees. Almost all of the holes of the course have spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean and the island of La Gomera.
With 22 lakes spread throughout the course´s ever changing terrain, as well as waterfalls and white sand bunkers, the course is challenging enough to test even the most experienced golfer.
Details
- CONSTRUCTED: 2005
- DESIGNER: DAVE THOMAS
- PAR: 72
Slope
- WHITE: 136
- YELLOW: 136
- BLUE: 143
- RED: 131
Hole 1 - El Manantial
PAR 4 - INDEX 9
Tee shot to an elevated fairway with bunkers on the left and right hand sides. Leads up to a green which slopes left to right with bunkers on the right hand side
- WHITE: 319 METRES
- YELLOW: 293 METRES
- BLUE: 276 METRES
- RED: 256 METRES
Hole 2 - El Barranco
PAR 4 - INDEX 7
Straight and uphill with bunkers on left side of the fairway to a large uphill two tier green with two bunkers short left and one short right, important to keep the ball on the same level as the flag.
- WHITE: 356 METRES
- YELLOW: 265 METRES
- BLUE: 262 METRES
- RED: 238 METRES
Hole 3 - El Teide
PAR 5 - INDEX 11
Dog leg right to left with a water hazard on the left side of fairway and bunkers on the right. From the fairway the hole plays straight uphill with a generously wide fairway to a green protected by bunkers at the front .The green slopes from the back to the front.
- WHITE: 525 METRES
- YELLOW: 502 METRES
- BLUE: 477 METRES
- RED: 451 METRES
Hole 4 - La Traviesa
PAR 3 - INDEX 5
Tee shot over water to a green which slopes from right to left with bunkers left side of green and one small bunker short right.
- WHITE: 210 METRES
- YELLOW: 182 METRES
- BLUE: 173 METRES
- RED: 142 METRES
Hole 5 - Green 315
PAR 4 - INDEX 13
Straight uphill with out of bounds to the right of fairway. The line from the tee is the cactus in the centre of the fairway. The green is extremely elevated and will require two clubs more than normal to reach, at 315 metres above sea level it is the highest point on the course.
- WHITE: 307 METRES
- YELLOW: 300 METRES
- BLUE: 291 METRES
- RED: 284 METRES
Hole 6 - La Gomera
PAR 5 - INDEX 15
Straight hole with a fantastic view of La Gomera , out of bounds right of fairway with a bunker in the middle of fairway which is the line from the tee, the hole plays downhill to a green with bunkers to the left and right side of the green which slopes from back to front .
- WHITE: 443 METRES
- YELLOW: 423 METRES
- BLUE: 395 METRES
- RED: 370 METRES
Hole 7 - On the Rocks
PAR 3 - INDEX 17
Wide narrow two tier green with the left side much lower than the right , bunkers short left and back right, a large boulder at the front middle of the green hides the severe slope from the right hand tier to the lower left side of the green.
- WHITE: 141 METRES
- YELLOW: 130 METRES
- BLUE: 120 METRES
- RED: 108 METRES
Hole 8 - Los Naranjos
PAR 4 - INDEX 1
Dog leg right to left, tee shot downhill with out of bounds left and right , a long green with one bunker on the left and two on the right side. As the hole plays downhill it plays shorter than its yardage.
- WHITE: 413 METRES
- YELLOW: 387 METRES
- BLUE: 351 METRES
- RED: 326 METRES
Hole 9 - La Cañada
PAR 4 - INDEX 3
Tee shot straight downhill to a fairway sloping right to left with another great view to La Gomera. Out of bounds left and right with bunkers on the left side of the fairway. There is a water hazard waterfall in the middle of the fairway and is advisable for shorter hitters to play short, leaving a shot of 120 meters to the green which is on a much lower level than the fairway.
- WHITE: 413 METRES
- YELLOW: 390 METRES
- BLUE: 356 METRES
- RED: 323 METRES
Hole 10 - El Oasis
PAR 5 - INDEX 12
One of the most photographed holes on the course with a view of La Gomera seen over the hotel from the tee.Out of bounds left and right from the tee with the fairway sloping strongly from right to left, there are three lakes left of the fairway all the way to a long narrow green. The hole requires very good course management.
- WHITE: 483 METRES
- YELLOW: 463 METRES
- BLUE: 444 METRES
- RED: 422 METRES
Hole 11 - El Palmeral
PAR 4 - INDEX 10
Dog leg to the the right with bunkers to the left side of the fairway , like the 9th hole there is a drop from the fairway to the green which slopes right to left with bunkers front left.
- WHITE: 343 METRES
- YELLOW: 324 METRES
- BLUE: 305 METRES
- RED: 286 METRES
Hole 12 - El Hotel
PAR 3 - INDEX 14
Frontal water hazard to the right on this par 3 and the ideal line is the 3 palm trees over the green. The green slopes back to front and left to right.
- WHITE: 180 METRES
- YELLOW: 152 METRES
- BLUE: 135 METRES
- RED: 103 METRES
Hole 13 - Los Lagos
PAR 4 - INDEX 9
Extremely uphill with two fairways to play to from the tee ,shorter hitters should opt for the left fairway then play up to the right fairway, the shot to the green plays much longer due to the extreme elevation.Wide narrow green with severe slopes.
- WHITE: 279 METRES
- YELLOW: 276 METRES
- BLUE: 258 METRES
- RED: 234 METRES
Hole 14 - La Isla
PAR 3 - INDEX 18
Downhill to a large green sloping right to left with a lake to the right of the green.
- WHITE: 193 METRES
- YELLOW: 147 METRES
- BLUE: 127 METRES
- RED: 124 METRES
Hole 15 - La Era
PAR 4 - INDEX 4
Bunkers right side of fairway, elevated green protected by two large bunkers , green slopes from back to front.
- WHITE: 378 METRES
- YELLOW: 349 METRES
- BLUE: 316 METRES
- RED: 287 METRES
Hole 16 - La Cascada
PAR 4 - INDEX 6
Bunkers on left side of fairway and a lake on the right side, another elevated green with bunkers just short of it. The green slopes downhill left to right with several tiers.
- WHITE: 384 METRES
- YELLOW: 349 METRES
- BLUE: 327 METRES
- RED: 298 METRES
Hole 17 - El Río
PAR 5 - INDEX 8
Tee shot downhill over a small stream to a left to right sloping fairway with a lake and bunkers to the right ,then straight uphill to a large green, with a deep depression short of the green and bunkers short left and right.
- WHITE: 502 METRES
- YELLOW: 452 METRES
- BLUE: 426 METRES
- RED: 363 METRES
Hole 18 - La Muralla
PAR 4 - INDEX 2
A long hole to finish, tee shot downhill with fairway sloping right to left then very uphill to a large green sloping right to left with bunkers in front .
- WHITE: 403 METRES
- YELLOW: 385 METRES
- BLUE: 369 METRES
- RED: 337 METRES