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Golf trip ideas, by what the group wants
Start from the month and the group, not from a list of famous courses. A winter week wants sun, a spring break wants a city, a summer pilgrimage wants wind and dunes, and a stag do wants buggies. Here is where each one goes, in Iberia first because that is where Morris lives.
By Morris, by Badgie Golf · Updated
By season
| When | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|
| December to February | Costa del Sol, Algarve, Canary Islands, Alicante–Murcia | Mild, open, in condition; high season there, book early, use twilight and weekdays |
| March to May | Costa Brava, Lisbon, Madrid, Mallorca, Algarve | Best weather for the inland and northern Mediterranean; Algarve's busiest and dearest weeks |
| June to August | Scotland, Ireland, the north of Spain, Portugal's north | Links season; the south coasts are hot and cheap, play at dawn |
| September to November | Everywhere in Iberia | The best months in Spain: warm, quieter, courses recovering from summer |
By group
| Group | Idea | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Two friends | A city with courses an hour out: Lisbon and Estoril, Barcelona and Girona, Madrid | A Nassau for the trip; golf mornings, city afternoons |
| Four friends | A resort area with three or four courses within twenty minutes: Vilamoura, Marbella–Benahavís, Tenerife south | Wolf every round; a Stableford league across the trip |
| Eight friends | Two courses in two days near one hotel; shotgun start if the course allows | Ryder Cup style: four-ball Saturday, singles Sunday; net Skins inside the groups |
| Stag do with beginners | A resort that welcomes groups, buggies, a par-3 or short course for the practice day | Scramble both days; prizes for the worst shot as well as the best |
| Low handicaps | Championship courses in Girona, the Costa del Sol's classics, or a links week | Gross and net, two rounds a day where legs allow |
By budget
The price of a trip is green fees × rounds × players, plus the stay, the travel and the food, and only the first part is specific to golf. The green fee is cheapest out of season, on weekdays and at twilight, and an hour inland from any coast; the stay is cheapest next to the courses in low season. The green fees page explains what moves the price. Morris does not invent prices: on WhatsApp he reads the courses’ websites for your dates and tells you what he found, where and when; for a whole trip he researches the area and sends a report. Then the trip planner turns dates, group and your green-fee estimate into days, a checklist and a budget. Country pages: Spain and Portugal.
Sources
- spain.info — Play golf in Spain (official tourism site) — Costa del Sol, Costa Brava, Canary Islands. Read 9 October 2026.
- European Golf Association — Real Federación Española de Golf (2024) and Federação Portuguesa de Golfe (2019) profiles — Course counts: Spain 496, Portugal 109. Read 9 October 2026.
- National Library of Scotland — Early moments in Scottish golf — Why Scotland is the pilgrimage. Read 9 October 2026.
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Trip idea questions
Where should we go for a golf trip in winter?
Where it is mild and the courses are open and in condition: the Costa del Sol, the Algarve, the Canary Islands, Alicante and Murcia. That is high season there, so book tee times early and expect the top prices; twilight rates and weekdays soften it.
Where is a cheap golf trip?
Anywhere out of its season: Spain's south coast and the Algarve in summer (play early), the north of Spain in spring and autumn, inland courses an hour from the coast at any time. The group's own green-fee estimate, times rounds, times players, is the budget; Morris reads the real prices for your dates.
What is a good golf trip for two?
A city with courses an hour away: Lisbon and the Estoril coast, Barcelona and the Costa Brava, Madrid and its classic clubs. Golf in the morning, the city after; a Nassau between you for the trip.
Where do you go for a links golf trip?
Scotland and Ireland, from May to September: the game on the ground it grew up on, wind included. Book a year ahead for the famous courses; the less famous ones next door are the better value and often the better day.
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