Boavista is UK architect Howard Swan's 2002 design for Lagos, built with the aim of looking as though it had always been part of the land. It runs in two sections: a Resort stretch (1st to 3rd, 13th to 18th) and a Country stretch between (4th to 12th), climbing from sub-tropical planting near the clubhouse to sweeping views over the Bay of Lagos and the Serra de Monchique.
It's a par-71 of around 6,150 metres. The outward nine rises to a high 9th tee; the inward nine drops into a valley of lakes and bridges. The 6th, the Cliff Hole, plays across a natural ravine, and the 7th, generally reckoned the signature hole, offers the course's best view of the Atlantic and the Monchique hills. Water returns in earnest at the 14th, a long hole nicknamed the Lake, and the round closes at a small replica of St Andrews' Swilken Bridge. Wind is a constant factor throughout.
The buggy is close to essential here given the terrain, and the resort adds a driving range, academy, clubhouse restaurant and snack bar, and pro shop, though there's no locker room on site. Book a round at the course built to feel like it was never built at all.
- Location
- Lagos
- Founded
- 2002
- Designer
- Howard Swan
- Green Keeper
- Joaquim Costa
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 71
- Course Map
