Just back from a family holiday on the island. Played golf a couple of times, at Abama and Buenavista.
Obama is a Dave Thomas course at the Ritz-Carlton, a few miles west of the busier tourist areas, not cheap 200 Euro in summer and 250 in the winter., but it is a spectacular course spilling down the hillside with some rather attractive holes. Attractive views of the rather grand hotel, La Gomera, a smaller island and the sea are The tee shot needs to be positioned carefully, albeit in generous fairways, to open a shot to a framed green. Downhill shots feature more than uphill. During August, the course was rather quiet, so a fast round was very possible. In some ways, and this may not sell it too well, it is like a Nicklaus course from his more relaxed era.
http://www.abamagolf.com/en/Buenavista is a Seve course on the west side of the island, with am amusing or scary drive down a steep twisty road. It is set partly on a clifton and other holes more inland, and the wind which the Canaries is famous for can feature. There are a greater number of less spectacular holes compared with Abama, but this feels more like a course one would play as a club player rather than as a special treat. However, I must have missed the quirk and contrariness that I expected from Seve. There was even a waterfall.
http://www.buenavistagolf.es/index.asp?idioma=2Anyone played either and have any thoughts about them?