Lagos/Nuevos Course

Club de Golf Escorpion

Bétera, Comunidad Valenciana, ES
Public
18 holesPar 725,854 m75.3/137

About this course

Club de Golf Escorpión sits in Bétera, a municipality approximately fifteen kilometers northwest of Valencia in Spain's Comunidad Valenciana region. The club features two eighteen-hole courses, Lagos and Nuevos, both designed by Spanish architect Alfonso Vidaor working with American designer Ron Kirby. The facility occupies terrain characteristic of the coastal plain transitioning toward the interior hills, with Mediterranean vegetation including pine and citrus groves framing the layout. The Lagos and Nuevos courses share the property but offer distinct routing experiences. The design incorporates water features—reflected in the Lagos name—alongside strategic bunkering and elevation changes modest by regional standards but sufficient to create variety in shot-making demands. The courses serve both member play and visiting golfers drawn to the Valencia golf corridor, which has developed significantly since the late twentieth century as the region's tourism and residential growth expanded inland from the coast. Club de Golf Escorpión functions as a year-round facility, benefiting from the Mediterranean climate that allows consistent playing conditions outside the occasional winter rain periods. The club supports competitive amateur golf in the Valencia region and provides practice facilities typical of Spanish golf clubs catering to both serious players and recreational members. The setting offers views toward the surrounding agricultural landscape and distant mountain ranges that define the Valencian interior, creating a playing environment that balances accessibility from the city with a sense of separation from urban density.

Quick facts

Location
Bétera, Comunidad Valenciana, ES
Access
Public
Year built
2000
Holes
18
Par
72
Length
5,854 metres
Difficulty
75.3/137

Getting there

Most international visitors arrive via Valencia Airport, a compact and efficient gateway just twenty minutes west of the city center and roughly thirty minutes from Bétera. The drive northwest traces the edge of Valencia's sprawling huerta before climbing gently into the foothills of the Sierra Calderona, where the landscape shifts from citrus groves and tile-roofed villages to drier, more rugged terrain dotted with Mediterranean scrub and umbrella pine. Club de Golf Escorpion emerges from this transition zone with quiet authority, its name a nod to the wild, sun-baked character of the surrounding hills and the strategic bite of its design.

FAQ

Common questions about Lagos/Nuevos at Club de Golf Escorpion

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Lagos/Nuevos was designed by Alfonso Vidaor and Ron Kirby.

Yes. Lagos/Nuevos at Club de Golf Escorpion is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Lagos/Nuevos is 72.

Lagos/Nuevos plays 5,854 metres from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Lagos/Nuevos is 137.

Lagos/Nuevos is a 18-hole course.

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