Opinions of Cabopino

Played here 3 times now on our travels and always a pleasure. Greens are fast and fairways like walking on a carpet but don’t wander further than the rough or you’re in the dirt.

First visit to Cabopino and will definitely come back. We were five golfers out as a two and a three. Our two were joined by a lovely couple from Austria and their company helped make it a special day. Course was in good condition for mid June, we were given a warm welcome and the food and service were excellent.

Fantastic golf course great views everywhere you look

Good golf course with good conditions. Difficult but fun to play. Pro Shop average but restaurant excellent.

Good course, very good pro shop.

Too many blind shots

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A good value course with a nice back 9 , friendly staff and worth a visit especially to those on a budget .

all was ok, we rent the clubs and really they was too old and not so good......

excellent course

I recently played two four-balls at Cabopino Golf Course, and it was an absolutely amazing experience. The course is beautifully maintained, with lush fairways, smooth greens, and stunning views on almost every hole. It’s a truly picturesque layout with some dramatic elevated tee shots that make it both fun and memorable. The staff were friendly and welcoming, and the whole place has a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere. I can’t wait to come back — Cabopino is a real gem on the Costa del Sol!

Lovely course in very good condition. Some exceptional holes

Cabopino was a fantastic course, with lovely views. Quite narrow in places so club selection was key. Will definitely return. Great value from the deal with Golf in Spain.

We like Cabopino a lot ! Great 18 holes - first 9 surrounded by houses/apartments, last 9 more 'open' with stunning views ! The shop & lady at the reception was 'brutal' (not at all service-minded...), the 18 holes very challenging and the drinks at the terrace - with an amazing sunset on the sea ! - very enjoyable. We will be back - hopefully with a nicer 'welcome' ;-)

Great ocean views

Nice course, good conditions. Only negative is the location of the driving range (have to pass several holes to get there)

Kicked our collective rear ends! Short course, but super narrow and really hilly. It broke my wife. But the views of the Med and Gibraltar are spectacular. Very good shape, but maybe more challenging than the average golfer can handle. Fun course as a one-off.

Very tight course on the front after the first hole it just puts a squeeze on you. Keep it in okay and it's enjoyable. Great greens and clubhouse.

Cabopino is a very nice course

Buggies are mandatory for a good reason. The course long and winding up and down a mountain. You need accuracy above all else. There a lot of houses adjacent to parts of the course and a wayward tee shot can be very embarrassing.

Course was in good condition and we enjoyed to play it.

This course has definitely seen better days and is the worst course I've played in the area. In perfect condition it would probably be an interesting course for players with very good distance control and high accuracy, as the fairways are narrow and the greens are challenging if you land at the wrong place.

Really enjoyed playing at Cabopino again. Course in good condition which is challenging but not too difficult for the average player. GPS was excellent and the round took 4 1/2hrs with no hold ups - will play there again.

Interesting course with two different nines, the front nine being much tighter and less forgiving than the back nine. Good fun to play and it was in fair condition with slick greens. Nice welcome on arrival and all the staff were very easy to deal with. One to play again.

Very nice course, with its difficulties but I liked it very much. (automated translation)

We thought the course was in good condition. We started on the 10th. and found the back 9 interesting, challenging and fair. However, we felt that the front 9 had been shoehorned into too small an area and as a result was overly tight and difficult. On the 8th there were 2 trees directly in front of the tee making a tee shot virtually impossible. Didn't understand that. Not a course I will be rushing back to. We ate at the club and found both the food and service to be excellent.

We played Cabopino for the first time in 10 years, and it is a much better course than we remembered. Not long, but it is a good challenge with good greens and a varied layout. Some tees were a bit rough, but the bunkers were decent. Very pleasant service, and an enjoyable day. A very good 'warm up' course for the first day of a golf tour.

On 12.03.2015 we played Cabopino. We did not enjoy it. Course: Without a Stroke-Saver you are lost. You don’t know in which direction to play as it is very hilly and there are no direction helps. We often also had to look where to go for the next hole. Furthermore we found the course quite unfair for somebody without local knowledge. You could have a fabulous stroke in the middle or top of the fairway and it would roll out of bounce. Club: The green keepers were all over the show. They even parked 2 buggies left and right of the 4th green so you had to hit one. Furthermore, the pins are not regularly re-placed and there were quite deep “saucers” around the holes. The locker-rooms smelled badly, so we did not try them out. Costa-del-Sol: The clubs don’t check any reference as result of which everybody can play and many of them don’t have a clue about etiquettes. In Cabopino a 4-ball squeezed in front of us explaining that they had had a cup of coffee. Usually, you have to wait for a reasonable distance to get in the field again. (In SA it is normal to have a 10 Minute halfway break, which is perhaps a good tradition.) Also it happens quite often that the players behind you tee-off at a too close distance so there balls overtake you. We have lived in South Africa and played many courses also in France, Italy, Germany and now Spain. We also played Miraflores which was quite enjoyable. Cabopino was the worst of all!

I play this course at least 4 times a year. Played on Friday 12 Dec 14. Fantastic, the course was in mint condition, very fast greens brilliant. We brought 8 on our recent golf trip all said Cabapino was the best course they played. The others were Miraflores and Mijas Los Lagos. This course is a must play if you like a challenge coupled with stunning vistas. Awesome.

What a fabulous course. It can be very tight on times but it felt like the perfect package. Short in places but very challenging. Greens were excellent.

Just came back having played here - some breathtaking holes and the 3rd will blow you away. The course was in good condition and whilst not as pristine as others the variety in the holes more than made up for that. You need to think about your shots, don't be afraid of taking an iron off the tee as there are some pretty tight shots to hit. Would definitely play this course again.

In first week of August we played: La Cala Europa&America, Marbella golf club, Calanova, Los Arqueros, Santa Marija, Cabopino, Alcaidesa (Hcp 13,18,22,25). Here are the reviews: La Cala Europa&America: 5, Marbella golf club 5+, Calanova: fairways 4, forgreen 3-, greens 3 (hairy) , Los Arqueros: 4,3 (good greens), Santa Marija: fairways 4, greens 3- (soft,soft, soft, hairy, nothing to compare to other courses, couldn’t putt). Even shorter course now. I was skeptic, but the stuff said we can play with buggies at 17 p.m. because we will easily come around. We had lots of traffic on the way but still make it on time. Because we finished after 9 p.m. the stuff said directly that this was the last time we did something like that…. WTF. Will not play it again but not because of this misunderstanding. A place for older or higher Hcp with nice club house), Cabopino: if La Cala is 5 I give it 4,3 like Los Arqueros (on La Cala they did really good job), Alcaidesa: If Cabopino and Los Arqueros are 4,3 it should be 4 ( a bit dry but good greens), but then Calanova and specialy Santa Marija should desert 2/3. Don’t get me wrong but La Cala and Marbella golf club were perfect, usually Los Argueros and Cabopino shuld recive 5 for such condition. I was surprised on golf courses that they war in such good condition in summer. BTW we play a lot on “costa” in all seasons. Oh, accept La Cala and Marbella they will have to work on sends some more!!!

You have to be very picky to find fault with this course. It’s really well designed: every hole is interesting/challenging/tricky/beautiful to look at, and the general views back to the sea are terrific. On top of this, it’s virtually empty and in immaculate condition: the greens are like carpets, smooth, fast, accurate, but with lots of level changes and interesting borrows. It's not an especially long course, but the fairways are often tight, and the holes are either intriguingly hidden, or in full view like US-style target golf. The aprons are wooly, so pitch and run does not work here: you need to play open sand wedge flops all the time. My only criticism would be the sand: it's just too compacted (and overwatered) so impossible to play a proper wedge escape. Yes there are a lot of great courses on this coast, but this is interesting, quirky, and a challenge for anyone. Well worth it.

Amazing that this has a higher review rating than the likes of Rio Real and Santa Maria - clearly our group must look for different things to others! In our opinion, this course is a million miles apart from the likes of Rio Real - and not in a good way! Generally a very tight course, keep the driver in the car. The greens were rock hard and unreceptive when we played them, which doesn't bode well when most greens are protected at the front by bunkers and the bump and run option can't be used. Ridiculously hilly in parts - 6 & 8 particularly. The 12th is one of the daftest par 5s ever when you don't know where you're going - drive to dog leg right 2nd shot and dog leg left 3rd! The 3rd hole is the signature hole and is visually stunning - though in reality when you play it is a bit of a Mickey Mouse hole. On the positives, it's a cheap course to play which will bring the cost of your trip down - but personally, I'd part with a few more euros to play somewhere else, or go play Lauro which is a far better course for similar money! General consensus of our group, handicaps ranging from 4 to 20 - NEVER AGAIN!

Great fun! Got something for everyone. The 3rd is like nothing I've ever played before. Shame about the problems with the wild boar and the fairways but only a minor critisism. Cheap & cheerful and the staff are nice & friendly. Spectacular views of the Costa Del Sol and Africa. Give it a try, you will have a lot of fun! Oh, and a buggy is A MUST!!!!

Newish course but a gem, hilly but not on the side of a mountain, very good water holes, the back 9 is the best, well worth a visit.

Played this course on the Friday of our golf week, great course with some fantastic holes, several very tight driving holes which if you take on the drive your rewarded. Quite a hilly course so a buggy is recommended, great views of Gibraltar and the North Africa coast. Would definately play it again.

Very testing young course.Good greens,narrow fairways,excellent water holes.We were made very welcome

Tight course with undulating fairways. Excellent water featutres and although its a relatively new course its very well maintained. Staff very polite and welcoming. Highly recommended.