The Golf Resort

Meloneras Golf Course was opened to play in June 2006 and is situated in Meloneras Bay in the south of the Gran Canaria Island. This 18 hole course is unique with 9 holes offering mountain view and the other 9 have the sea view, out of which 3 are on the shore. Ron Kirby the American golf architect has designed the course to amalgamate with the natural beauty of the countryside. Meloneras Golf is a fraction of the Lopesan Group, which has several hotels, golf and other entertainment interests all over the world. Lopesan Hotels & Resorts is also one of the main groups which is working for the development of the Meloneras resort area in Gran Canaria.
Every hole has been designed with 4 tees, which makes it very convenient for golfers of all levels and as you progress the holes get more demanding. The course is about 520,000 square meters in area and meanders through the lakes and palm trees. This Par 71 Parkland golf course is designed just adjacent to the ocean with the harbor of Pasito Blanco on one side and the Canary Mountains on the other. The natural topography has been maintained all through the golf course.
Meloneras Golf is quite an exceptional course with two very contrasting loops of nine holes characterized on this the championship course. Front nine which are comparatively easier are resort-style and offer scenic mountain panorama from its moderately open and uneven terrain. You will have to face some elevation changes on the landscape, particularly on the approach shots to a number of elevated greens. The beautifully sculpted earth mounding and a growing row of palm trees clearly identify every hole and separate the fairly wide fairways.
You will find two of the three front-nine pars 3's quite short, and they measure even less than 90 meters from the tee for visitors, but par-3 3rd becomes a more difficult offer, which needs you to carry over your shot 150-metre above a small reservoir to a not very big green. Meloneras gets its edge from the back nine holes. 11th is a tricky dog-legging par-4, which moves you towards the sea, before placing you on a remarkable par-3 12th, that over hangs from the cliffs above a rocky foreshore. It is a testing and spectacular par-3. Next four holes you play are exciting as well as very picturesque on the cliff top with the view of the lighthouse and hotel towers of Meloneras.
The seaside holes can very rigorous, particularly from the back-tees when the wind blows, but are more known for wonderful cliff top golf and tremendous ocean views. The course has been designed to get tougher as you progress through the holes and the idea behind is that the golfer gets more confident about the course and it should remain challenging.
There are some excellent hotels on the island very close to the Meloneras golf course and the Maspalomas beach and sand dunes and only 15 minutes drive from the course. There are three other golf courses in this region making it a perfect base for your golf holiday on Gran Canaria.