Portugal's top 50 golf courses : 11-50

Earlier this year the Golf Monthly team had a debate, sometimes heated, about the best courses in Portugal. Doubtless you'll have your own favourites, but in the end we went for the following

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You can read full details of Portugal's Top 50 Golf Courses in your October issue of Golf Monthly. Here are the rankings from 11-50:

11 Porto Santo 12 Quinta do Peru 13 Quinta da Ria 14 Furnas 15 Estela 16 Penina (Championship) 17 Quinta do Lago (South) 18 Penha Longa (Atlantic) 19 Ribagolfe I 20 Palheiro 21 Aroeira I   22 Santo da Serra 23 Oceânico (Victoria) 24 Vale do Lobo (Royal) 25 Quinta da Marinha 26 Oporto 27 Vale do Lobo (Ocean) 28 Quinta do Lago (North) 29 Pestana Resorts (Gramacho) 30 Vila Sol 31 Oceânico (Pinhal) 32 Belas 33 Pinheiros Altos 34 Palmares 35 Aroeira II 36 Golden Eagle 37 Oceânico (Millennium) 38 Bom Sucesso 39 Ribagolfe II 40 Pine Cliffs 41 Morgado   42 Oceânico (Laguna) 43 Pestana Resorts (Vale da Pinta) 44 Batalha 45 Salgados 46 Boavista   47 pestana resorts (Beloura) 48 ParQue da Floresta 49 Castro Marim 50 Benamor

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Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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