Global Courant 2023-04-19 17:34:28
Brand Studio for EMTUR Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is one of the most popular destinations for both professional and amateur golfers, mainly due to the wide variety of courses it offers.
In the city there are four clubs and five courses of international level, approved by the Argentine Golf Association. All of them are available throughout the year for players with and without handicap to practice.
Those who make golf part of their vacations have the chance to play every day in places with different characteristics.
Those who make golf part of their vacations have the chance to play every day in places with different characteristics, which makes the challenge extremely attractive for the most demanding fan.
This sport was played for the first time in the city in the 19th century, more precisely in the year 1890, by the senior executives of the British railways, in the dunes of Playa Grande. Since then, Mar del Plata has cultivated a passion for golf.
Mar del Plata Golf Club: the Cathedral of Golf
For golf lovers, the Mar del Plata links offer you the chance to play in front of the sea.
This club is located in front of Playa Grande, one of the most aristocratic neighborhoods in the city, with a magnificent view of the sea that accompanies the player throughout the tour and has two playing fields.
The so-called “Old Course”, short and undulating, is an authentic Scottish-type link, with 18 holes and a course of 6,024 yards for men and 5,431 for women, par 70 and 72 respectively, with unevenness, sand base and fairways. narrow.
It is one of the oldest golf courses in America and due to the irregularity of the terrain and the challenge it presents to the player, it was nicknamed the “Cathedral of Golf”.
The Club House is a Tudor-style construction inaugurated in 1926 and considered one of the most beautiful and refined villas in Mar del Plata. Today it is the architectural and urban heritage of the city.
The so-called “new court” is located 5 kilometers away from the other, on Av. Mario Bravo and Triunvirato, and is park-like, built on a 50-hectare property, with 18 holes and a course of 6,527 yards for men and 5,678 yards for ladies par 71 and 73 respectively.
The Mar del Plata Golf Club has been visited by Prince Felipe of Edinburgh, by most of the Argentine presidents, the North Americans Eisenhower and George Bush, and the world-renowned professionals of this sport.
Club Mar del Plata Golf Los Acantilados
In Mar del Plata there are four clubs and five courses of international level, approved by the Argentine Golf Association.
Club Mar del Plata Golf Los Acantilados is located in the neighborhood that gives the club its name, at the intersection of streets 24 and 35, approximately 5.5 kilometers from the Punta Mogotes Lighthouse.
This course has 90 hectares, 27 holes, and is park-like, with wide fairways, excellent pine, cypress, and cedar forests, and the difficulty of a lagoon at the bottom of the course that borders, with four holes.
It has an important chalet where the club house is located with all the comforts for the golfer: spacious changing rooms, a driving range with twelve gates, club storage service, a bar and restaurant overlooking the course.
Marayui Country Club
The grove that adorns the playing field of the Marayui Country Club was planted in 1945 under the direction of prominent professionals.
Also to the south, 15 kilometers from the lighthouse, is the Marayui Country Club, which has an American-style course, with 9 holes with double greens.
A picturesque stream with a good flow of water crosses the course, constituting an excellent attraction for the player who will have to face this challenge in three of its holes. The grove that adorns the playing field was planted in 1945 under the direction of prominent professionals.
Its wide fairways run through the gated community framed by important residences, ending the tour in an imposing Tudor-style mansion that constitutes the Club House. In it you can enjoy the “19th hole”, and even stay, which will make your visit unforgettable. The club also has tennis courts, dorms and residences for rent.
Sierra de los Padres Golf Club
The Mar del Plata courts are available all year for the practice of players with and without handicap.
This is a 40-hectare course with 18 holes on a course of 6,395 yards for men and 5,754 yards for women, with a par of 72 and 74 respectively.
The course is a special challenge for the player since having been built in the foothills of the Sierra de los Padres, its fairways are narrow bordered by exuberant forestation and at almost all times you will be standing on an inclined plane.
Its greens are wide with the undulation of the terrain, defended by bunkers, and on several holes the “fairways” come into play with their out of bounds. The club house offers all the comforts and during the summer months you can enjoy the pool.
