Simply the Best

Speaking to the somewhat shy atypical golf course designers around ahead of the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship, the soft-spoken American revealed an instruction to his construction team not to truck what little top soil existed off site during construction, thus minimizing the environmental footprint and protecting the interests of the natural flora and fauna that had been there long before the Rules of Golf had even been thought of.

Restrictions on space preclude a full appraisal of the Finca Cortesín course, suffice to say, it’s a tough test of both golf and stamina, huge variations of elevation making a buggy a prerequisite, a course from whichever tee one play from challenges the player’s vision, imagination and shot-making ability.

Former World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, a man who knows a thing or two about golf courses and can well afford to stay in the best hotels on earth, said during the Volvo World Match Play Championship, “Finca Cortesín is sensational, the hotel, the golf course, the hospitality, the entire package is quite simply superb.”