Alto Golf Course is laid out in two nines, with tightly
formed fairways making this course sometimes a little hazardous. The
course has an abundance of trees and carefully placed bunkers, making
this course more difficult than first thought. Alto has a wealth of
dog-legs, blind tee and fairway shots make this a testing round of
golf. One hole that illustrates this is the 400-meter par 4 fourth
hole, not long but with a lake on the right make the generous fairway
look very tight. The problem is, that if you wish to have a decent
line to the two-tiered green you must drive off to the right, yes
towards the lake. By the way the left is protected by a large group
of trees.
A good par to get is the par 3 seventh, the tiered
green is protected left, right and to the front by bunkers any wayward
shot is punished. If you are short this tiered green has a large hump
making the chip shot very difficult, also take care before putting.
One of the typical blind tee shots is highlighted on the 10th; this
tree lined fairway slopes up and at one point joins an adjacent fairway
anything hit right is flirting with out of bounds and a large group
of trees. If you manage to hit the fairway the second shot is fairly
simple, once again be careful of the elevated green.
The Monster 16th, this is Sir Henrys memorable
hole which now boasts a prize for any one getting a par, ask at the
reception before playing. This hole has every thing, length too start
with, a lake on the left, sloping fairways, trees and your nerve.
Recently the large tree, which was Sir Henrys prize olive tree, has
been taken away, at first this seemed a shame but it does help after
negotiating the length you had this very large tree in the centre
of the fairway protecting the green.
18 Holes - Par (SSS) 72 (73)
Length in meters 6,125
Amenities, Pro-shop, driving range, chipping green,
putting green, club hire and buggies.