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| Location | San Roque,Cádiz,Spain |
| Established | 1974 |
| Type | Private, with limited tee-times for visitors |
| Owned by | Club de Golf Valderrama, S.A. |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | Andalucía Masters (2010–2011, 2017–); Volvo Masters (1988–96, 2002–08); Ryder Cup (1997); WGC-American Express Championship (1999–2000) |
| Website | www |
| Designed by | Robert Trent Jones |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,390 m (6,990 yd) |
| Course rating | 76.1 |
| Slope rating | 147 |
TheReal Club Valderrama (Spanish pronunciation:[reˈalˈkluββaldeˈrama]; "Royal Valderrama Club") is one of the best known[citation needed]golf clubs in the world. It is located in the Mediterranean resort ofSotogrande,San Roque in theAndalusia region of southernSpain, up the coast a few miles from theStrait of Gibraltar. Valderrama has a single 18-hole course, along with a 9-hole par 3 course.
Valderrama was the traditional host of the now defunctVolvo Masters, hosting the event from 1988 to 2008, with a five-year break when the event was moved to theMontecastillo Golf Club. Valderrama also hosted theRyder Cup in 1997, the first time the event had been held outside either the United States or United Kingdom, theWGC-American Express Championship in 1999 and 2000, and several other professional tournaments on both theEuropean Tour andLadies European Tour.
Valderrama was constructed in 1974 as "Sotogrande New," to the designs of leadingAmerican golf course architectRobert Trent Jones. Renamed "Las Aves" in 1981, it was acquired byJaime Ortiz-Patiño in 1984. The golf course was redesigned and expanded by the original architect and became "Valderrama." By 1999, Valderrama was rated the top course in mainland Europe byGolf World magazine.
The fourth hole, La Cascada, is the course'ssignature hole. It is a par 5 with a pond to the right of the two-tiered green. Before the 2016 Open de España, three national teams of four players tried to complete La Cascada in the fastest time. The French team ofRaphaël Jacquelin,Alexander Lévy,Grégory Havret andRomain Wattel took four shots to complete the hole in 34.87 seconds, breaking the previous Guinness world record by half.[1]
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