Club

La Reserva Golf Club

Course

La Reserva de Sotogrande is located in a beautiful part of the heights of macro-urbanization Sotogrande, characterised by native vegetation of Mediterranean pine, olive and cork trees. The links cover 72 hectares and are 6.700 metres long, but with 5 teeing grounds at each hole they can be enjoyed by golfers of all abilities. La Reserva golf course is surounded by two valleys. The layout includes four lakes, with water on six holes, though only coming into play on one. Constructed according to USGA norms, the greens can be characterised by their ample size and variety of form, the same as the bunkers. The outstanding features of La Reserva de Sotogrande golf course are the wide-open greens and generously proportioned fairways.

Tees, course difficulty and extra recevied strokes

On a sloped course, each tee is given spcific course rating (CR) and slope rating values for men and women. The number of extra received strokes for the tee and gender in addition to the course par is calculated by the following formula (and rounded to nearest whole number):

The players handicap * slope rating / 113
+ course rating
- course par
Extra received strokes

Tee Definitions = Red (Ladies Tee), Blue (Junior tee), Yellow (Men's Tee), White (Competitition tee), Black (Competitition tee)
Slope Rating - slope = Represents the difficulty of a course for bogey golfers relative to scratch golfers. The higher the slope, the more difficult the course plays for bogey golfers. A number ranging from 55 to 155 - 113 is considered average and should be set on an unsloped course.
Course Rating - cr = Represents the difficulty for the scratch player relative to the course par. The higher the slope, the more difficult the course plays for scratch golfers. The number ranges from +- 10 of the course par - the course par (i.e. 72) is considered average and should be set on an unsloped course.