The Municipal Golf Academy of Cantanhede is the first public golf infrastructure to open in Portugal and includes integrated teaching, training, competition areas, as well as a clubhouse.

The Academy was inaugurated on 5th September, at Cantanhede, a city situated about 20 kms off the strategic triangle built by the old Coimbra university city, the beach city of Figueira da Foz, a very popular place until the beginning of the XXth century by the Madrid bourgeoisie and that of the City of Aveiro, also named the “Portuguese Venice”.

The teaching area has a driving range with 10 boxes, a pitching-green and a putting-green with about 600 m2.

The training and competition area has a nine hole P&P, in accordance with IPPA standards.

The greens at the Academy are covered by synthetic grass, this having lower maintenance costs, being the first golf infrastructure in the country using that technical option.

The P&P field has thirteen tees with a different type of artificial turf different from the one used in the greens, allowing the use of the balls supporting tees.

The Academy is part of the Cantanhede Sportive Complex, which has three soccer fields and a bicycle track, located about three minutes by car from the center of the city, easily accessed by bicycle or public transport, next to the Biocant Park – International Center of Biotechnology.

The Municipality of Cantanhede decide to build a P&P course, to better answer the wish of having a golf complex used by all the population of the County, independently of age and/or their social economical conditions.