Lo Romero Golf

Overview: The 18-hole Lo Romero layout sits in Pilar de la Horadada on Spain's Costa Blanca. Jorge Gallén's design was built across an old orchard landscape, and the remnants of that agricultural setting help give the course a more natural texture than a purely manufactured resort layout. Water is a recurring strategic theme, with hazards influencing many of the holes and changing the safest line from tee to green. The fairways offer room to choose a plan, but approach angles become increasingly important as the round progresses. The closing hole is the visual signature: a green set on an island in the water that asks for a committed final shot.

History: The course was built in 2007 and inaugurated on 27 January 2008. Jorge Gallén is credited with the design, with Spanish federation material also associating Enric Soler with the project. The routing was created from former pear, apple and citrus orchards, turning an agricultural site into a full-length par-72 course while retaining the open Mediterranean feel of the area. Its identity has since become closely tied to the island green on the 18th, which serves as both a strategic conclusion and a memorable visual symbol for the club.

Did You Know? The 18th green is surrounded by water and is reached only after the course has used water as a recurring design element across the round. Official course material also counts 56 bunkers and water in play on 13 holes, so the island green is the final expression of a theme rather than an isolated gimmick.