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Article #88: A Golf Tour To Argentina: The Good, The Unusual & The Delightful

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"Argentina is well known for its rich than just the Jockey Club. Fluff up your
culture, ancient cities and towns and its golf package with other notable courses
near dominance in Soccer with Diego like The Olivos Golf Club (€45), Buenos
Maradona as its most recognizable face. Aires Golf Club in Bella Vista (€99),
In a soccer -crazy country how does any Martindale Country Club (€65), The Pilar
one expect another sport like golf to be Golf Club (€43) and The Highland Park
of any prominence? Ask thousands of Country Club in Del Viso (€35).
golfers who plan golf vacations to the Make the next stop on your Argentina golf
turkey-leg shaped country nestled tour at the town of Bariloche in the
comfortably between Chile and Uruguay. Patagonia Lake Region. Bariloche is
They'll tell you stories from their golf located right next to Nahuel Huapi
travels about Argentina's courses set in National Park and offers several
stunning terrains as diverse as the captivating courses. Add the most famous
pampas to the Andes mountain range and track in this region to your golf
from plains to sea -front tracks on the package: The Llao-Llao Hotel & Resort
South Atlantic Ocean coastline. They'll course which at 5856 yards par 71 is a
also tell you about the hospitality of short but deceptively tricky course
the warm and friendly Argentine people ($15). Another course to make your golf
and the country's world class resorts. holiday satisfying is Arelauquen Golf &
None of these stories would be tall Country Club designed by Vicente
claims because Argentina truly is one of Fernandez and Carlos Ordoné. Snaking
the most golf -friendly countries in parallel to the Lake Gutierrez this 6693
South America. Golf travel to Argentina yard par 72 track is thought provoking
is filled with affordable rounds in and very affordable ($50).
almost all the regions of the country Your golf vacation cannot be complete
right from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata without a round at the Mar del Plata Golf
and courses range from the best to the Club (€35) in its namesake city located
most unusual like the Ushuaia. on the Atlantic Coast. The oldest golf
One golf tour may not be enough and you course in the region, Mar del Plata
would want to keep coming back for more, opened its first 18 holes to public in
but there are a lot of courses in 1900. A delightful links style course, it
Argentina that have to be played as soon runs to 6000 yards par 70 and features
as you touch down in the capital city of severely sloped fairways trimmed by
Buenos Aires. Spend the first day of your dangerous rough. The well kept,
golf vacation at the famed Jockey Club undulating greens feature bunkers and
located in San Isidro just outside Buenos doglegs to make play interesting and
Aires. The club features two courses head-scratching.
designed by the renowned architect Arthur Off the beaten path and famed as the
McKenzie. The Red Course at 6635 yards southernmost course in the world is
par 72 and The Blue Course at 6229 yards Ushuaia in Tierra del Feugo. With 20
par 72 are twin troubles with massive hours of daylight, Ushuaia is available
greens, large bunkers and pine-tree lined for a great round of post-dinner golf,
fairways that demand a skillful player which is just as challenging as the
(€99) post-lunch round and costs you as little
Buenos Aires is a culturally rich and as $20.
charismatic city that offers more golf






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