The San Roque Club (Old Course)

Cork oaks, a sherry family’s mansion and Tour School nerves.

The San Roque Club lies just off the A-7 west of Sotogrande, on land that once belonged to the Domecq sherry family. Their mansion is now the clubhouse. The Old Course is the only course the club runs today, and it has a strong tournament past: it staged fifteen consecutive European Tour Qualifying Schools, from 1993 to 2007, and the 2005 Spanish Open. Visitors book online and pay a clear published price, which makes it one of the easier top courses to plan around in this corner of Spain.

The San Roque Club (Old Course) green fees and tee times.

Visitors book through the Book Now link on the club website, which opens the GolfManager tee sheet. When we checked in November 2026, visitor times started from late morning or early afternoon and ran into the afternoon, at 10-minute intervals, with weekend times also on sale. Groups are usually fours, so if you book one, two or three places, expect to be paired with others. Cancellation is strict: groups of up to four lose the fee inside three days, groups of 5 to 16 need 14 days’ notice and larger groups 30 days. Golf directories such as 1golf and Golf in Spain list a handicap limit of 28 for men and 36 for women; the club’s booking page does not state one. For group or package questions, write to reservations@sanroqueclub.com or call the pro shop on +34 956 613 041.

The round, in perspective.

Dave Thomas designed the Old Course, and the club opened in 1991. Together with Valderrama and Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, it became part of what locals called the golden triangle of golf. The estate covers 340 acres, and old cork oaks shape most holes. The scorecard measures 6,311 metres from the back tees, par 72, with a men’s slope of 133. The front nine opens with a 479-metre par 5. Four par 3s and four par 5s give the card a balanced rhythm. The 17th is a 446-metre par 5 with houses down the right and a special out-of-bounds line marked by black-topped stakes. Peter Hanson won the 2005 Spanish Open here in a play-off with Peter Gustafsson. During the 1997 Ryder Cup at neighbouring Valderrama, the club housed both teams and their families, and plaques with the players’ names still hang by the doors of the suites they used.

Know before you go.

Booking

Online through GolfManager

Buggy

Not included in the green fee

Groups

Made up to fours; singles and pairs may be joined

Cancellation

Non-refundable inside 3 days (up to 4 players)

Handicap

28 men, 36 women (as listed by 1golf)

Make the trip work.

The Old Course is now the only course at the club. The New Course has been run separately since spring 2024 under the name San Roque Golf & Resort, so check which one a package includes. The driving range can close for maintenance from 6.00 pm on some Tuesdays until 10.00 am on Wednesday, so avoid an early Wednesday tee time if you want to warm up there first. Between mid-June and early July 2027, the online sheet showed no visitor times on the dates we checked. The pro shop opens from 7.30 am, closing at 6.00 pm in autumn and winter and 7.30 pm in spring and summer.

The club is on the A-7 coast road, just west of Sotogrande. Gibraltar airport is about 17 km away, roughly 25 minutes by car once you have crossed the border at La Línea. Málaga airport is about 115 km east, around 1 hour 15 minutes if you take the AP-7 toll motorway. Jerez airport is roughly 1 hour 20 minutes north-west. You will need a hire car to reach the other courses nearby.

Where it is.

Nearby: 1. Real Club Valderrama (2 km) · 2. La Hacienda Alcaidesa Links Golf Resort (3 km) · 3. La Reserva Club Sotogrande (3 km) · 4. Real Club de Golf Sotogrande (4 km) · 5. Finca Cortesín (18 km) · Compare all Sotogrande & the Costa del Sol tee times

Somewhere to settle in.

The club rents two places of its own. Villa 51 sits between the 1st and 18th holes, has five bedrooms for up to ten guests, a heated pool and a distant sea view from the top balcony, and can be fully serviced with catering. The Royal Suite is an apartment in the clubhouse with two bedrooms, a terrace and a jacuzzi. Ask reservations@sanroqueclub.com about stay-and-play packages. Otherwise, SO/ Sotogrande and the hotels around Sotogrande marina are a few minutes’ drive east.

Make a trip of it.

Valderrama is a short drive away, with a narrow midday visitor window, and Real Club de Golf Sotogrande sits nearer the beach. La Reserva and Almenara are both in the Sotogrande hills. La Hacienda’s Links course at Alcaidesa is about 15 minutes south. Off the course, eat at the club before or after your round, or go to Sotogrande marina for seafood. Gibraltar is close enough for an afternoon on the Rock.

Find your season.

December is the cheapest month online, at €250 in 2026, and January and February 2027 sell at €300. The price rises to €350 on 1 March and peaks at €375 in September and October 2027. In July and August the visitor times run from around midday into the early evening, the hottest part of the day among the oaks. The club runs junior summer camps and a summer tournament series.