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El Chaparral Golf Club
Six par fives, six par fours and six par threes through the pine forest.
🛰️ The course from the sky↓
El Chaparral runs through a Canary pine forest between the coast road and the sea at Mijas Costa, about 700 metres from the beach. Pepe Gancedo, the Málaga designer known as the Picasso of golf, built it in 1991. After a change of owner he reworked every tee and green, and the course reopened in February 2006. It is a par 72 of about 6,000 metres with a layout no other course on the Costa del Sol has: six par 3s, six par 4s and six par 5s. The par-5 3rd, stroke index 1, with a ditch cutting across the fairway and water by the green, shows the style: position first, driver rarely. Ravines and pines punish wild shots, so it plays harder than the card suggests. In 2026 the club's standard rate is 100 euros with buggy included and twilight at 90 euros; summer drops to about 79 euros on the booking lists, and peak-season mornings add a 15 euro supplement. Leave nothing valuable in the buggy; the starter's hut has safes.
Weather in La Cala de Mijas
The club's own 2026 card, buggy included: 100 euros in low season, 115 in mid season, 135 in high season (March to May, mid September to mid November). Twilight from 14:30 is 90 to 105. Packs of 10, 20 and 30 rounds: 650, 1,250 and 1,700.
Membership is a Playing Right of 5 or 10 years, from 6,000 euros per person, plus a yearly fee to keep it active. Two options: Gold, 2,380 euros a year, unlimited golf with no green fee; or Executive, 545 euros a year plus 20 euros per tee time. The yearly fees rise only with inflation (CPI). The club prefers to show you round before you decide: comercial@golfelchaparral.com (verified with the club, 9 September 2026).
A Toptracer range with 12 floodlit bays, open to 11 at night; the tracking is free and balls are 5 euros for 40.
The Green Label calls itself a meeting place for golfers and residents of the area alike.
What the internet says
On Leadingcourses it scores 8.0 from 756 reviews, among the most-reviewed courses in the area (read 2026). Golfshake users give 4.4 from 100 reviews with 85 percent ready to return, and Top100GolfCourses user reviews average about 4.0 of 5. The praise repeats three things: the variety of the six-six-six layout, the pines and sea views, and the family-run care of the course. The warnings also repeat: rounds can pass five hours when it is full, first-timers dislike the blind shots, and several visitor reviews over the years describe valuables stolen from unattended buggies during play.
The course and the greens
Local golfers know El Chaparral for its greens, and TripAdvisor visitors often call them firm, fast and true. A few players found them uneven after maintenance weeks. Most reviews say the whole course is well kept.
Arrival and the welcome
Reviewers praise the welcome from the pro shop, the clubhouse and the caddie master alike. Almost every review calls the staff friendly and helpful.
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Urb. El Chaparral, Ctra. N-340 km 203, 29649 Mijas Costa
Weather in La Cala de Mijas
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