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Costa Brava Golf Course PGA Golf Catalunya (Tour Course) October 2005 saw the opening of the new Tour Course at the PGA de Catalunya. The course has been planned and laid in the same meticulous way as the championship course but offers wider fairways and larger greens. The new course has given the PGA de Catalunya new impetus, offering golfers of all levels the chance to play on one of the best and most beautiful courses in Europe. The PGA Catalunya has now also opened its newly refurbished and extended clubhouse and offers all the services you would expect from such a prestigious course. One of their other advantages is that is has a 4 star superior hotel on site and thus offers PGA Catalunya Resort facilities. Platja de Pals Golf Club Platja de Pals Golf Club Golf Club; founded in 1966 and designed by FW Hawtree is situated in the heart of the Costa Brava. It runs parallel with the beautiful white sands of Pals beach and is surrounded by dense green pine forests. With its close proximity to Serres de Pals club and Emporda Golf club, Pals is an ideal location in which to base any golf holiday. Platja de Pals Golf course has a four star hotel located between the course itself and the sea and apartments are also available. 112 PGA De Catalunya (Stadium Course) The PGA de Catalunya golf course on Catalonia’s Costa Brava has been voted one of the ten best golf courses in Europe. It truly is a stunning course with the Pyrenees as a backdrop, which only adds to the magic. PGA Catalunya Golf Course was designed by Neil Coles and Angel Gallardo and after only opening at the end of 1998, has already hosted the Sarazen World Open in 1999 and the Spanish Open in 2000, the only course to host two European Tour events within 10 months of opening. In November 2008 the finals of the European Tour Qualifying School were held on both the Stadium and Tour Courses and nine years later history was repeated when the PGA Catalunya once again held the Spanish Open (Open de España) in April 2009. This golf resort is located 50 minutes from Barcelona and 15 minutes from Girona. Costa Brava Golf Course The 18-hole Costa Brava Golf course inaugurated in 1968 was designed by Hamilton Stutt & Co. It combines a very technical course in the first round with a more relaxed one in the second. The first nine holes, surrounded by pine and cork oak forests, differ from the other nine located on the flat with very wide fairways, leading to the 18th hole. The Costa Brava Golf course boasts a magnificent ‘masia’ (country house) built in 1841, which serves as the clubhouse. The Costa Brava Golf Club lies only 4 Km. from the well-known beaches of Platja d’Aro and St. Feliu de Guixols, first-class tourist places, where you can find all kind of facilities, as well as a great variety of hotels and restaurants.