Two luxurious Greek resorts were among the winners of the inaugural World Golf Awards that took place on November 15 at the Conrad Algarve in Portugal.

More specifically, Costa Navarino collected the award for “Greece’s Best Golf Course 2014” for The Dunes Course and the Porto Carras Grand Resort was voted “Greece’s Best Golf Hotel 2014”.

Costa Navarino, Dunes course

The only global initiative to recognize excellence in the golf hospitality industry, the event saw St Andrews Links – Old Course recognized as the World’s Best Golf Course, while The Els Club Teluk Datai was awarded the honor of World’s Best New Golf Course.

Porto Carras Grand Resort 

World Golf Awards serves to celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism, world class courses and golf destinations.

Golf tourism constitutes a vital segment in the global travel and tourism marketplace. An estimated 600 million golfer visits will take place in 2014 to the 32,000 golf courses and resorts worldwide.