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ARGENTINA

NAHUEL HUAPI NATIONAL PARK

E Mail: info@patagoniagolf.com.ar
Web Site: www.patagoniagolf.com.ar
This resort is in the a northern Argentine valley with the beauty of hilly countryside. the layout offers many doglegs and tight fairways that need accuracy to score well.

SAN ISIDRO
Mainly flat courses designed by Alister Mackenzie in 1935. Mounds, bunkers and contouring had to be built so that every hole is a little tricky.

VENTANA
The largest course in South America, surrounded by mountains, streams and beautiful Argine country vistas. Wide fairways.

Ushuaia golf Course
Holes: 9
Yardage: 5611
Par: 70
Short greens and the local wind makes it difficult to make par, especially the low handicappers.

La Martona Campo de golf
Holes: 18
E Mail: Escotorin@infovia.com.ar.
For information: Escotorin Eduardo, Monte Grande, Buenos Aires

COLUMBIA

Barranguilla
Lagos de Caujaral golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6585
Par: 72
A Joe Lee design with water into play on nine holes. 3 par 5s have double doglegs and 3 holes with 75 foot drops. Beware the powerful trade winds. Generally narrow.

BOGOTA
El Rincon golf Club
Forest Course, 18 holes, 5635 metres, par 71
Sea Course, 18 holes, 6082 metres, par 72
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7516
Par: 72
A Robert Trent Jones design. Built in 1953 on a flat plain with several ponds that bring water into on 11 holes. Beware the rough and strategically placed bunkers.

PARAGUAY

Paran Country Club
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Yardage: 6767/6194
The club has a swimming-pool, tennis court, bar and Restaurant. Practice 10 hectares.
golf Director and Teaching Professional: Colin Hamilton Woods

VENEZUELA

CARACAS
Dick Wilson design with the aid of Joe Lee. Opened in 1962. A course for both Spanish and English speaking people. A part of a real estate development. Private and busy. A true test for pros. No blind shots, large fast greens. There are 5 long par 3s which are the key holes on the course. The 12th is the most dif ficult, a par 4 (445 yard). A sharp dogleg to the right with out-of-bounds from tee to green. There are 3 bunkers and a area of shrub are at the dogleg. No bunkers around the green but a lake protects the front all the way to the putting area. There trhe challenge is a shot across the lake. Past host to many National Amateur events and the 1974 World Cup.

Valle Arriba golf Club
Mainly for American business travellers and foreign diplomats.

Caracas Country Club
Exclusive for well-off Venezuelans.

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