Two of Tenerife's nine golf courses have made impressive jumps up the recent Top 100 Golf Courses Spanish ranking.

The new 2018 list features six Tenerife courses in the country's top 100, with the spectacular Tecina Golf - on the nearby island of La Gomera - and ever-popular Costa Adeje both showing significant improvement. Tecina leaps 10 places to number 39 on the list, while Costa Adeje is up 12 to 85.

The top-rated course on the island remains Abama at number 33, while Golf Del Sur continues in the top 50 at number 44. Las Américas just misses out on the top 50 at 63, while Buenavista completes the sextet at 87.

A spokesman for Tenerife Golf, part of Tenerife Tourism Corporation, said: "For an island the size of Tenerife to have six courses in the top 100 in Spain - when you consider the number of courses in the country and the quality of the competition - is an outstanding performance. It is testament to the overall quality of golf on offer on the island and also the commitment of each of the individual venues to provide an outstanding experience for visitors."

Tenerife is the perfect all-year round golfing venue. Average summer temperatures of 25°c provide the ideal climate to enjoy a relaxing golf break thanks to cooling trade winds; while - in contrast to almost everywhere else - golf and hotel rates are generally 20 per cent cheaper than in winter time.

Tenerife features nine different and varied layouts: Buenavista and Real Club de Golf de Tenerife in the north, and Golf Costa Adeje, Abama, Las Americas, Golf del Sur, Amarilla, and Los Palos in the south. Tecina Golf is a 40-minute ferry ride from the mainland on the beautiful island of La Gomera.

The island also offers 70km of beaches and a wide range of cultural highlights and activities both on and off the water, making it the ideal location for a golf break. Tenerife is served by two airports - Tenerife North and Tenerife South - with flight times of around four-and-a-half hours from the UK.

For more details on playing golf in Tenerife, visit www.webtenerife.com/golf; www.facebook.com/TenerifeGolf; or on Twitter @TwiTenerifeGolf. Or download the free Tenerife Golf app for iOS and Android.

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ABOUT TENERIFE

• Tenerife is the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, and shares capital status with the island of Gran Canaria.
• Tenerife is located in the north-east of the Atlantic Ocean, just more than 300km off the west coast of Africa.
• It is set in a subtropical climate zone, with pleasant spring temperatures all year round, and an average annual temperature of 23°c.
• The population of the island is approximately 900,000.
• Tenerife boasts nearly 400km of coastline, 70 beaches and a variety of high-end resorts and boutique hotels, many of which offer leading facilities and spectacular sunset ocean views and including the highest concentration of five-star hotels on a Spanish coastline.

TENERIFE GOLF

• The spring climate of Tenerife enables golf to be played comfortably all year round, even in summer, when courses have special offers and the mild, pleasant climate makes the sport even more enjoyable.
• Its nine courses - including El Tecina on the nearby island of La Gomera - were all designed by renowned golf architects, making Tenerife a paradise for golfers. Add in the vast range of supplementary attractions, including all manner of excellent golf establishments and facilities, combined with a wide variety of leisure activities, an unforgettable stay is guaranteed both on and off the green.

GETTING THERE

• Tenerife is barely a four-hour flight from the UK. Regular flights are available from many regional airports in the UK and Ireland.
• Tenerife has two international airports as well as two ports, one in Santa Cruz and the other in Los Cristianos.

TENERIFE TOURISM CORPORATION

• The Tenerife Tourism Corporation is a membership-led independent body, supported by the public and private sectors, which markets Tenerife overseas as a tourist destination.
• Tenerife Golf is one of its portfolio of specific brands.

High-resolution images of golf in Tenerife may be downloaded from here.