**There are two 18-hole layouts, of stark contrast, called Los Olivos and Los Lagos.**
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Both were designed by Robert Trent Jones senior in the mid 1970s, making them among the first in the area, and their characteristics are a reflection of their names – **Los Olivos** is set among olive groves and Los Lagos features nine water hazards, or lakes, and is the stiffer test where long-hitting is a definite advantage.
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They are, despite their mountainous location, relatively flat, with mild undulations rather than steep hills, and feature open fairways.
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Los Olivos is tighter, demanding a more surgical approach but both reflect the Trent Jones philosophy that bogey should be easy, and par difficult.
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These particularly flat courses are one of the most visited on the Costa del Sol in Spain. Mijas Golf is located at the Costa del Sol 4 kilometres of the N340 towards Alhaurin el Grande close to Fuengirola.
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The Los Lagos golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, was founded in 1976. Although the wide fairways and light rough provide this course a friendly character at first sight, one should be aware of the large bunkers and multiple water hazards formed by eight lakes! The par five 5th hole, 564 m, is one of the longest holes at the Costa del Sol and Andalucía.
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The Los Olivos golf course, also designed by Robert Trent Jones, was inaugurated in 1984. This course is shorter than Los Lagos and water hazards are less in play. Nevertheless los Olivos is not easier to beat. The fairways and greens are smaller and there is more vegetation and undulation.
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The Mijas Golf Resort has an unique entrance, an American style wide road swirls through the fairways and greens towards the clubhouse and the reputable Hotel Byblos Andaluz.
