Continental Europe's Top 20 golf courses: Castelconturbia, Vilamoura and Hamburg

Following Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK and Ireland Course Rankings, we've introduced a list of our Top 20 European Courses. View pictures and reviews of those that made the list, as well as future contenders.

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Vilamoura

15. Castelconturbia (Blue/Yellow)   

Architect: Robert Trent Jones GF: €65-€105 W: castelconturbia.it

16. Vilamoura (Old)  

Architect: Frank Pennink GF €88-€119 W: oceanicogolf.com

Although only 40 years old, this is one of the elder statesmen of European courses. Straight driving will open up plenty of good scoring opportunities, but the greens are small and lapses in concentration will be punished. A respectful upgrade a few years back from Martin Hawtree – which included a state-of-the-art irrigation system – has ensured that this remains one of Iberia’s must-play courses.

Architect: Harry Colt/Charles Allison/John Morrison GF: €70 W: hamburgergolf-club.de

Hamburg Golf Club (often called Falkenstein) dates back more than a century, but it was not until 1930 that it relocated to this undulating, heathland course. Now too short for Tour events, it was host to the German Open, won here in 1981 by a young Bernhard Langer who thus became the first German winner in the tournament’s 70-year history.

Vilamoura

Vilamoura Old's 16th 

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