MONTE REI… Portugal’s BEST Golf Course

[Music] welcome to Monteray Golf and Country Club currently the number one rated golf course in Portugal by Golf Digest today we’re playing all 18 holes at Monteray seeing what this Jack Nicholas course design is going to look like all the way from the back as we’ll be playing it from the tips Monteray leaped into the top 100 in the world for the first time 2 years ago and is currently the second highest ranked International course from Jack Nicholas let’s get it going and see what a five handicap can shoot from the tips at Portugal’s best golf course perfect golfers welcome back to the channel I’m Allen with you guys just giving you the course overview we’re playing at about 7200 yards but the rating is a steep 75.6 with a 147 slope so it’s really going to be a true test of the game today we’ll catch you on the first T box all right first hole dog leg right off this elevated T box we are into the wind uh takes about 260 to get to that back bunker I don’t want to put that in place take three wood out play it up to the middle of the buers hopefully we’ve put something good out there let’s have some fun here Portugal’s best golf course really excited let’s get it going about as good as it gets all right perfect opening drive doesn’t get any better than this got about 156 to a what looks to be back left pin we got eight iron though we’re a little into the wind so we’re just going to take a nice easy eight smooth swing all the way through trust it it’s going to be a fine number for it kind of pushed it off that wi H well though and a little have bit a decent number okay long putt from there [Music] all right Happ par to start us off at Portugal number one Golf Course come on I of a lag putt right there let’s get it going want to take a quick moment before we really get into this round here again just to say a huge profound thank you to all you guys that keep coming back those that have subbed those that have liked the channel those that keep leaving comments your support goes a super long way allowing me a chance to come out play some of the best golf courses around the world at this point now with all four that we’ve played in Portugal If you’re just joining us here for the first time looking out for Monte Ray we did just play at Quint D Lago that’s the most recent video on the channel also a top three golf course in Portugal and then we had otavo Dunes before that also a top five golf course in Portugal and we actually played one of the oldest courses in Portugal at EST Stella golf club near Porto so definitely make sure you come check out those videos after you’re done watching this one and uh also just got to say for again number one rated of golf course in Portugal Jack Nicholas design uh the one thing that I’m most impressed of right now is how friendly and how welcoming everyone here is it’s a small thing but it goes a long way so big shout out to the staff here at Monteray got a part five got to carry a little bit of water first the bunker on the left is going to be kind of our Target ging line just keeping the right out of play see what we get after that come on a little tricky over there just by the red stakes it is particularly windy today people at the clubhouse were saying that don’t let the wind fool you for what you feel all of the holes are protected by some ridges so there’s going to be a lot more wind up top than you think there will be so we got to kind of keep that in mind you’re going to see us clubbing up um quite a bit I think on approach shots into the wind um so kind of see how that goes that’s going to be findable I saw where it stopped so just past the red stakes going to be a weird second shot but it’s part five so let’s go get it we weren’t going to get there anyways got a seven iron just playing a ball out into the Fairway should leave us like a 50° or something like that in if we hit it good first foremost just make sure we just don’t put it on the right side here yep s bounce a couple times might be just off the Fairway to the left but it’s not in the water and we like that come on yeah oh just front right a little false front there looks like it’s going to hold though little up and down let’s go straight up and down good roll loving everything about this well this is a sick t- shot part four straight off the top of the mountain uh waters on the right hand side there’s a bunker left side of the Fairway that takes about 280 to get to uh we’re not going to have that cuz we’re dead into the wind here so we’re going to take driver and just kind of take it over a little bit more towards that left side kind of like just off the right hand corner of that left bunker is going to be the idea here come on let’s enjoy the view but let’s not get distracted too much playing [Music] well yeah there’s a bunker down there at worst that might be finest on the right side of the Fairway again the wind just took that as soon as the face that wasn’t a great swing either but you can definitely tell once you got it up in the air wind was pulling it see if we can find [Music] it all right just pulled that one trying to keep it low okay got full comeb backer right there oh break we got a lot of helping wind here on the fourth T box but these big bunkers in the middle of fair we just want to stay away from so we’re just going to take three wood even that might be a little bit much actually we’re going to take seven wood we’re going to play safe here Play Seven wood right in between all these bunkers out in the middle of Fairway come on not hit very well but it’s going to be fine I think we’re just up there on the left side it’s a little pull right there trying to get the draw how about it doesn’t get much closer than that okay we got a par three here first one 182 yards slight adjustment down wind is more off the right than helping but it’s kind of helping hard to say not really going to think about too much just going to play the number which means we have a six iron playing it just off the right side of the pin hopefully let’s see CW a little too [Music] much but I’m pretty sure we’re up there on the left side of the green so we’ll take [Applause] [Music] that long pots are giving a heck of a run happy with how the ball’s rolling right now these greens are so pure friends so pure come on let’s keep this power train rolling okay good green regulation good two but we got a part five long one not only is it long but it also plays uphill so probably not going to get there in two got driver out just taking it just over this first set of bunkers you’re going to see um more space right than there is left but over the bunkers is what we’re looking for we driver come [Music] on might just be on the left side there expected a little fade off the wind but not the case was hit pretty well it’s a little left but there’s a little bit of space there we should be able to find it yeah there’s about 50 yards worth of space between the front bunker and the back bunker over here uh just on this little safe side we got six iron got to kind of take it just around this tree a little bit uh we’re not going to get there obviously uh just kind of playing it over towards the building that’s in construction just to [Music] touch yeah is out and up a little heavier than I would have liked but it’s going to do the jerk that’s left oh bad putt first putt was a good line it’s wrong speed right line wrong speed and then there’s a bad second putt Ah that’s all right tough situation that angle from the layup just wasn’t really particularly great we put ourselves in the right spot it’s just that’s a long Club in it’s a great five iron uh contact wise just long um just didn’t want to be shorten that bunker and like I said the first putt it would looked super downhill I thought about half the distance was going to be good to keep it rolling not the case so don’t need to give too much respect downhill putts we’ll figure all that out bogey there but hey still feeling good still playing well high energy come on all right part three here big one back pin as well 239 and it’s into the wind it may be every bit of three wood today but since it’s a back pin uh we’re just going to take seven wood which is normally about that same number so it’s going to trust it not going to do anything too crazy with it we are going to have to go at it just a little bit but we’ll see maybe the wind will die as soon as we hit that’d be nice too [Music] all right there’s space over here so it’s good club middle of the green would have been distance-wise just a little lefted off the draw so little 58 up and on see if we can save one here I’m just going to try to keep it just really right on the pin actually yeah like right there that’s a golf shot I don’t know how that doesn’t go down harder than that oh that’s annoying that was such a good putt or good chip rather thought we about to steal one AR right there cuz that’s a tough golf hole 40 into the wind it’s a great little pitch and then it just I don’t know maybe a little too hard just didn’t want to take the break until started slowing down past the hole so mistake there but I definitely felt side slope so we put it on the line that we wanted just made a bad read bogey there but hey anything under five on a golf hole that looks like that I’m happy with so Smiles all around on to the next okay we got five par fivs five par 3es on the golf course for par 72 so we’ve got a third par five here on this side and then we’ll have a third par three right afterwards driver’s out this one’s not nearly as long as the other two part fivs that we’ve had um wind’s also helping so if we catch a good one we could give ourselves a chance to get on and start talking about an eagle we had one so far in Portugal happened in our first video if you missed it you got to go watch it see see if we can do another one [Music] here yeah up the left hand side just kind of got the hands a little turned over too fast produced a little bit more of a hook than a draw but got the ball up in the air and there’s spaced over to the left so might be an awkward stance or something of the nature but we’ll be able to find it we’ll be able to hit it and who knows we hit it good so maybe we still have a chance to get there into nobody deal if we don’t though all right so there is a little slope over here to the left I think we may have hit that and kind of rolled down to here we got a lot of Health these Fairways are very dry right now uh so we only have about 210 yards left little helping win we’re going to go with the five iron playing just off the right side don’t want to put those bunkers into play Go heavy oh it’s so bad St just short of the bunker uh more break than I would have liked obviously well danced around one for a second there we’re not going to be mad about pars today though all right here’s that part three we’re talking about for number nine short one bunkers all over the place as Jack Nicholas often likes we got 157 front pin playing down to 151 tons of helping win behinds we’re going to go PE wedge uh full one trust that it’s going to be the right number here cuz part of me does want to G to go nine but I think the PE wedge is the right number for hole in one so let’s find out turn turn a hit him really well I think we’re in that little pot bunker to the side over there I was kind of hoping the wind and the little bit of draw bring us back in that was a good number good shot little right hey that’s a great sand up and down great save right there great bunker shot it was a big bunker too huge flip to get over really happy it’s a solid front N9 and I guess we’ll do our little front N9 review here for you guys I think just kind of at the moment the layout is more dramatic than what we had at quento D Lago any of the courses we played to this point conditions wise again it’s still a great Golf Course still in great shape it’s a little dry granted again we also played Quint the Lago when it had just rained for the last like day and a half so that course was really green really Lush this one maybe not as much but still extremely pure very very pleased uh and again The Dramatics in the layout itself very very cool so again if you’re if you enjoy the content make sure you sub playing some really solid golf lately every single run we’ve played so far in Portugal has been really really solid like surprisingly so we also had a couple rounds in Hawaii if you’re someone who is new to the channel we played kaaloa sick and we also played Turtle Bay pretty cool as well so make sure you sub check out those videos stay tuned back nine coming up 10 par 4 dog leg to the right bunker deep in the Fairway we cannot get to so it’s going to be a great Target aiming line for us driver’s out uh we hit the last one real solid just kind of pulled the toe through a little bit too fast so wind is coming a little bit off our left let’s not do anything too crazy just get a nice smooth swing get the ball out there and ni [Music] straight okay you may have seen me go reach for a provisional um we did hit one but there’s red staks up and down this right side so that first ball we’re going to kind of take a line of where we crossed and uh give ourselves now it’s about 170 to a back pin we got to get over this tree uh so we’re just taking eight iron hidden three maybe putting something up there a little Dart get ourselves maybe a chance at four otherwise we’ll take a boy run away be really good I think it’s on the short side but it’s up there we’re putting just cleared the trees scared it oh right at the end I thought that was perfect that just stuck oh oh first double in a minute that’s all right another long par three it’s about 210 yd that’s after the adjustment mid pin but it’s into the wind um I think it’s going to be seven wood just because if we’re long that’s fine short doesn’t look particularly great so yeah we’re just going to take a nice easy7 kind of bunt this thing out there uh see what we get choke down a little bit no [Music] [Music] rush h went keep it [Music] there oh caught the [Music] ground okay see if we can get something together here here we’ve had a couple of sloppy swings and shots in a row uh don’t love the feeling of that see if we can kind of get back on track here uh very short par for we’re just going to take three with out towards these bunkers you see up on the left hand side dead into the wind as well so I think normally it would be seven wood but considering how strong the wind has been today I think a nice uh solid 3-wood should be the right call so let’s do that see if we can get a birdie again we’re hunting for one we hunting right now [Music] [Music] I got about 105 left a little less than that going to take 58 the wind is not really going to hurt us too much it’s just going to push the ball a little left to right so we’re going to start this ball hopefully a little left the pin work for something [Music] close it’s got to go up think a little bit right at it though yeah it’s pretty good and there it is that was a great shot all right you want to talk about dramatic this is a very dramatic par 4 downhill elevated tea box bunkers in the middle of the Fairway that we do not want to deal with because the green looks pretty tough there’s a little Lake behind it maybe even covering some of the right of it but our line is going to be just kind of over this tall little shrub that’s right in our face here if anything trying to keep it a little more over towards the right bunker in the Fairway taking three-wood cuz we got a little bit of helping win don’t need to do anything too crazy here just get the ball on a line come on it’s on a line I was expecting a draw went straight yep just up over towards that right hand bunker pretty good so I don’t know if we’re going to come back here and play here again but if you’re someone who’s trying to check out the course uh here’s a note for you on 13 you can carry this left bunker speed slope all the way down the Fairway did not realize that could not really see that off the T box not the end of the world here we’re very safe very flat part of the Fairway got about 135 helping window over the top that’s the adjustment down so we’re just going to take 50° trust it pins in the back left we don’t want to flirt with Bill long here Co left safe very safe yeah it was the right number too I think big up and downs big up and downs all right very peaceful part three here we’re down and out of the wind finally so we got about 1995 middle pin position um we’re going to just STI nice full five iron if we go a little bit long if we catch it really really good fine plenty of space behind the pin if we catch it a little bit heavier thin and it ends up being a little short fine there’s plenty of space in front of it so feels like the right number let’s hope it [Music] is be really good to me oh wow there settled just right behind the pin that was a bullet yeah good carried number and it just kind of rolled to the back so long putt here but maybe a chance oh gave it a real good chance taing par okay may not have found the two but hey taping pars are great part four dog L to the right there’s a lake that’s kind of covered on the right side just past the the this tree line that we don’t really want to deal with too much I’m not sure if it’s driver or if it’s three-wood the Fairway buck in the life is reachable on the left side of it kind of as on a diagonal kind of hard to tell but I’m not sure it’s either driver or three-wood you’ll find out based on what we hit [Music] we’ll see if we stay short of it this hit well I like it all right we did have a good amount of uh wind that we were kind of facing into now that we’re here in the Fairway we can definitely feel steady about 10 m per hour wind so we did stay short of the bunker just barely got about 139 number front left pin I don’t want to deal with anything short cuz that would put us in the water so I I I think it’s nine iron the wind keeps kind of hitting me in the face and I think that’s keeps telling me that we got to go Club more than the PE wedge here so nice smooth nine full swing though full swing trust it I’m just so scared of the water I’m keep bailing out left oh well up and down go in h the sand game has been so good and I don’t even know why we have and been working on it at all just showing up okay golden hour golf to kind of finish off here for you friends it’s going to be a fun one playing really well score is surprisingly good consider I haven’t felt particularly great about driver uh we got a long par five here mostly long because there’s a giant Creek that kind of goes up and diagonally across the Fairway that takes really everything out of play besides maybe four iron seven wood you could carry the bunker on the right but you got to kind of go to the left so we’re going to take seven wood out we’re just going to play a shot over the bunker hope that it kind of draws back a little bit should be a good number for us considering that this is usually how this club moves so here we [Music] go y exactly what we wanted yeah like maybe we could have taken three-wood but what’s the point still going to have to play a second shot the layup anyways and that number is going to be a 240 yard 7 wood so 7 wood 7 wood here should leave us hopefully a wedg it if we catch a good one assuming we’re going to get a bit of a draw on this still so we’re going to try to take it just over towards this right extension of this bunker complex that we can see here we [Music] go yep up the left side should be good [Music] yeah pretty good little on the left side but pretty good who knows oh it went a little bit [Music] left second to the lip Okay next hole up Par Four I think but it’s dog leg a little bit to the right we got bunker on the left hand side side that is a pretty decent Target aiming line we can also try to carry the bunkers on the right hand side there’s going to be a decent amount of Fairway space between the two sets so um we’re going to try to just kind of take it in between the two sets of bunkers if we’re a little on the right side I think that’s okay but there is a lot of space on the left as well so lots of space all over the place hit a good ball here oh murdered it oh yeah that’s murdered never saw it I just off the left side it looked like when it came down yeah that felt like it came out weird and it just did not even come close to getting there going to play a little Flopper here we got plenty of space behind this pin so we don’t need to be bashful about going a little bit long but going try to get the ball up see if we can carry this bunker and then land it soft yeah it’s going to be a long putt right idea though oh it’s going to slide really good speed hard to read this green with how many Shadows are coming across so it’s not bad okay one more to play Portugal all right last hole in Portugal playing it straight on in last building that you can kind of see in the white that that’s our Target aiming line we drive a little into the wind so it really shouldn’t be too much of a consideration for these bunkers on the left but we’ll see I wouldn’t all right f swing this is a part five not a par four we got about 220 to a front pin into the wind perfect seven wood we didn’t drive slly all this way to lay up oh this would be a super cool way to finish if we can put together two awesome shots like this and get ourselves a chance out of three let’s see here oh just so heavy it’s going to roll a little bit but really heavy rough it’s a little Bend at the end it’s pretty good P of course all right they’re perfectly for scalers lip out on the last that’s the way it goes sometimes though what an unbelievably cool golf course super dramatic uh every hole very unique layout wise conditions may not have been as good as I would have expected especially considering how well conditioned Quinto D Lago South was but U still really really awesome you can’t complain putts were rolling real true greens were absolutely Immaculate maybe a couple of spots here and there on the fairways but so what it still is absolutely one of the best golf courses if not the best golf course in Portugal and that now concludes our trip in Portugal so we’ll be back in the States hopefully doing some more courses around Charlotte but WEA they’re try bre 100 90 or 80 make sure you stay perfectly average bye-bye

Monte Rei has been voted Portugal’s BEST Golf Course two years in a row and it’s easy to see why. Join me as we tackle Monte Rei Golf and Country Club from the tips to see what a 5 handicap can shoot at Portugal’s best golf course!

6 Comments

  1. “The sand game is so good and I don’t know why. Haven’t been working on it at all”. Haha! Had me laughing. That’s golf.

  2. Another awesome vlog. I just have to tell you it's been a real pleasure watching your game grow from the 90s to the 70s of today. You deserve a hell of a lot more viewers/subs than 4.5k.👍

  3. My favourite course. When was this filmed? Just that I’ve heard rumblings that the course was struggling lately…

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