By Invitation Only · Reserve Interest

Algarve Pro-Am.

May 2027 · Atlantic Cliffs, Umbrella Pines, Lagoons
The Atlantic Journey · May 2027

Seven nights.
Five championship rounds.

The Algarve is Europe’s longest-standing golf destination — and still its quietest at the right end of the year. May lands the week between the Portuguese spring and the European summer crowd: Atlantic light, mid-twenties on the green, and the cliffs to yourselves at sunset.

7

Nights

5

Rounds

12

Experiences

8

Guests

Private Quinta do Lago villa or Conrad Algarve suite · chef-led kitchen · five championship rounds at Monte Rei, Quinta South, San Lorenzo, and Vilamoura Old · private boat to Benagil sea caves · Michelin chef’s-table dinner · clubhouse cocktail party · private transfers throughout.
Golf in the Algarve

Portugal’s finest.
Played as members.

Five rounds. Four courses. Tee times no concierge can source — at the venues that put the Algarve on the European golf map and have kept it there for fifty years.

Monte Rei Golf & Country Club

Vila Nova de Cacela · Eastern Algarve
A Jack Nicklaus Signature design carved into the eastern Algarve hills — consistently ranked the country’s number-one course. Wide corridors, severe bunkering, and greens that read like maps of the country itself.

Quinta do Lago · South

Almancil · Ria Formosa

The South Course at Quinta is the venue every Algarve member opens his year on — eight-time host of the Portuguese Open, threading umbrella pines and the lagoons of the Ria Formosa nature reserve.

San Lorenzo Golf Club

Almancil · Quinta do Lago Estate

A Joseph Lee design that has lived in Europe’s top 10 for two decades. The closing six holes — the lagoon, the beach, the marsh — are the photograph every visiting member takes home.

Accommodations in the Algarve

The villa.
Or the resort.

A private estate villa inside Quinta do Lago, or a five-star Conrad suite a short walk from the same first tee. The week is the same; the room is the choice.

“The Atlantic on one side, the umbrella pines on the other.”

Under the Tuscan Sun
The Villa

Casa do Lago

Quinta do Lago · Private Estate
The Hotel

Conrad Algarve

Hilton Luxury Collection · Quinta do Lago
A private villa inside the Quinta do Lago estate — eight ensuite rooms, a heated pool that runs the length of the garden, and a kitchen built around a Portuguese chef who cooks for the room every evening. Walking distance to the South Course pro shop.
For those who prefer hotel service, the Conrad Algarve sits inside the Quinta estate — a five-star Hilton Luxury Collection property with spa, three restaurants, and walk-out access to all four courses on our card. White-glove throughout.
Planned Activities in the Algarve

Activities. Cuisine.
Culture.

The same three pillars on every Life List week — read in the Atlantic light. Golf, the long table, and the country itself.

The Days

Activities in the Algarve

Golf

Five rounds across Monte Rei, Quinta South, San Lorenzo, and Vilamoura Old

Sea caves

Private boat to Benagil and the Lagos cliffs

Sport fishing

Half-day deep-sea charters out of Vilamoura

Sailing

Sunset cruise along the Ria Formosa

Spa visits

Conrad spa · Anantara thermals at Vilamoura

Walking tours

Faro old town · Silves castle · Sagres promontory

The Table

Algarve Cuisine

Seafood

Cataplana, grilled sardines, percebes from the rocks

From land

Piri-piri chicken, slow-roasted pork, Alentejo lamb

Wines

Alentejo reds, vinho verde, late-bottled Port

Desserts

Pastéis de nata, dom rodrigo, almond-and-fig bread

The Country

Culture

Architecture

Moorish chimneys · whitewashed villages · Manueline churches

History

Henry the Navigator at Sagres — the European Age of Discovery began here

Music

Fado evenings in Faro and Lagos

Landscape

Atlantic cliffs at Ponta da Piedade · the Ria Formosa lagoons

Algarve Event Details

The format. And the days.

Format

Field

8 guests · two teams of four

Team

1 PGA professional · 3 amateurs · spouses welcome

Rounds

5 rounds across 4 championship courses

Pro format

Stroke play · pro purse on top

Amateur format

Stableford 4BBB · gross + net

Skins

Daily team skins · daily closest-to-pin

Awards

Michelin chef's-table dinner · prize ceremony

Daily Schedule

Day 01

Sunday

Arrival in Faro · welcome cocktail at the villa · team draw at sunset over the Ria Formosa.

Day 02

Monday

Vilamoura Old · practice round · long lunch on the marina.

Day 03

Tuesday

Quinta do Lago South · round 1 · cellar dinner at the villa.

Day 04

Wednesday

San Lorenzo · round 2 · sunset boat to the Benagil sea caves.

Day 05

Thursday

Free day · spa, sport fishing, or the cliff walk at Ponta da Piedade.

Day 06

Friday

Monte Rei · round 3 · evening at Faro old town.

Day 07

Saturday

Monte Rei · final round · awards dinner at the clubhouse.

Day 08

Sunday

Late breakfast · transfers to Faro or Lisbon.

Seven nights, five rounds — customizable. Add a Lisbon bookend, swap the free day for a second round at Monte Rei, or extend by two nights for the Lagos cliffs.

Pricing on request. Spouses welcome at the awards dinner.
Bucket List · Life List

Reserve the Algarve
on your list.

The May week is intentionally small — eight seats. Reserve interest now and we’ll bring the conversation to you before the slate is closed.

Add to your list

Tell us where you’ve always meant to play.

One line is enough. The room we build next may be the room you described.

On the list · venues to come

Scotland

St Andrews · the Auld Course

Provence

Terre Blanche · the lavender season

Ireland

Lahinch · Ballybunion · Old Head

Morocco

Marrakech · the Atlas at the horizon

Madeira

Belmond Reid’s Palace · Atlantic links

Patagonia

The end-of-the-world tee box