The Porto Santo Golf Course, proposed by Spanish golfing champion Severiano Ballesteros, will be the largest course in the whole of the Madeira Archipelago and will be able to cater for 500 persons playing golf at once. There will be two 18-hole golf courses and one of nine-hole course. The first phase, to be concluded by 2004, involves the building of an 18-hole 72 par golf course, for professional players and a nine hole 3 par circuit calledPitch and Pit , which can be covered within one hour. The second phase, which will only take off in 2005, will include an 18-hole golf course similar to that of the first phase. Porto Santo golf complex which will also include eight tennis courts, will circle Pico Ana Ferreira, connecting the tennis courts to the Horse-riding Centre already built here, and this in turn, to the golf courses. In the future, the complex may be expanded to include other sports, making it the largest sports complex in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. This new infrastructure will contribute to combating the seasonality of the Porto Santo tourist destination and it will be another attraction for visitors and residents.
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