Higuerón Marbella Golf Resort: the course and homes for sale nearby

The course climbs and falls across rolling, often steep ground in the hills east of Marbella, among olive groves. Several tee shots carry ravines, the sea stays in view for much of the round, raised greens are well guarded by bunkers, and several lakes call for careful club choice.

The two nines differ sharply: the front nine is narrow and short and asks for position, while the back nine is longer and gives more room to open the shoulders.

The club took its present name in November 2025, as part of Higuerón Developments' expansion; most reviews still list it as Marbella Golf Country Club.

For most handicaps this is demanding golf. Reviewers often call the front nine tight and penal, with little room for a stray drive, and the back nine more forgiving. Players with good control get the most out of it; for higher handicappers the opening holes can be hard work.

Reviewers are close to unanimous that a buggy is needed, and buggies must stay 50 metres from the greens. Recent reviews mostly praise the greens as true and consistent, with occasional patchy spells after maintenance; older ones describe more uneven conditions. The most frequent recent complaint is slow play. Staff are generally described as friendly.

The clubhouse is praised in almost every review: a large, traditional building with a bar, the Legends Room and the El Olivo restaurant, whose terraces look over the olive groves and the sea. There is a grass range with two practice areas, a chipping area and a putting green in front of the clubhouse, and four multilingual professionals teach all levels, juniors included. Spring and autumn are the busiest seasons; in summer, start early.

The club is on the A-7 at kilometre 188, near the Hospital Costa del Sol, and gives its own times as about five minutes to Marbella's old town and 30 minutes to Málaga airport. Santa Clara Golf is a close neighbour, and Río Real lies a little further west towards town.

For this course we show homes close to golf in Santa Clara, Altos de los Monteros and Marbella itself, so the choice is wide: apartments make up the bulk, with townhouses and detached villas well represented too. We act for the buyer alone, and before a viewing we check the real distance to the course and what the home actually looks out on.