Tamarindo Beach Apartments are only 3 km away from the renowned Oliva Nova Golf - 18-hole golf course - designed by Seve Ballesteros. For the past 4 seasons, important events have been celebrated here, such as the Celebrity Golf Tour and the Ray Clemence Footballers Golf Invitational. These are charity events in which the participants are famous singers, actors, sportspeople and ex-international football legends.
This is a technical course over gently undulating ground. It is easy to walk, and adheres to the traditional formula of four par 3's, four par 5's and ten par 4's, where good strokes are rewarded and bad ones are not, and, as Seve himself says:
"This course offers great possibilities to all golfers, as it has short, medium and long holes, and fairways with left and right doglegs. I think it poses a challenge to any golfer." The amen corner of the course is at the 13th, 14th and 15th holes, where strategy and the wind are determining factors.
To date, the course has hosted various official competitions, including tournaments for Spanish professional players. It was on this course that the Peugeot Golf Tour began. So far, the best score has been that of Miguel Ángel Jiménez in January 1999 with 63 strokes, 9 under par.
For the past 4 years it has hosted the beginning of the EPD Tour season, the 3rd level tournament of the European Circuit and the Classification School (PQ 2) of the European Tour in November 2004.
It has also been host to the world championship of the World Golf Teachers Federation and to the Super-Seniors World Championship.
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