Golfmmad
Tour Winner
Location: South side of Island on the outskirts of Puerto Rico.
Green fee: 50 euros,sunrise tee between 8 - 9 am. which includes golf buggy and 4 bottles of water.
5 tees:
Black hcp. scratch - 6325m
White hcp 0 - 9 - 5848m
yellow hcp 10 - 18 - 5459m
blue hcp 19 - 27 - 4925
Red hcp 28+ - 4498
One of the newest courses on the Island and a must play.
A masterpiece of design and construction carved out of the mountains. Some of the holes are built on different levels where they've cleverly used the rocks and boulders to great effect.
If you like elevated tees, then this is the place to be. With very few trees the views of the course from high are quite spectacular. One hole is carved out of the mountain in the shape of a horseshoe, making it dramatic and full of atmosphere!
There is no penal rough here, just rocks and boulders waiting to swallow up any pushed, pulled, hooked or sliced shots disappearing into the abyss. I was lucky on one par 3 - pushing my tee shot right, into the mountainside, only to find it bouncing back left and on the edge of the green. But not so lucky on another par 3 that is built on a plateau with rocks and a 50ft drop to one side. My ball took a high bounce left and disappeared over the edge.
With water being a precious commodity on the Island it's amazing to see how green the fairways and greens were. Although there wasn't much run with them being well watered.
Something I found difficult to get used to on the first round - shooting a very high 108 but on the 2nd playing a very respectable, (for me) 94. The idea was to play another course for the 2nd round, but we enjoyed Anfi Tauro so much we had to play it again.
On the first round we had a petrol buggy which annoyingly kept cutting out and had to be pushed to restart. Very pleased to have an electric one for the second day.
There is no way, unless you're extremely fit and have 4 or 5 hours to spare, you can walk the course. Such is the distance from some greens to tees. One of the highest elevated tees they've built in speed humps to slow you down for the descent, such is the steepness of the path.
The Pro shop had limited stocks of only shirts, hats, gloves and balls. Usually after a round it's nice to relax in a comfortable club house - not so here, just a porta-cabin with drinks and a few snacks, so a slightly disappointing end to the day.
When holidaying on the Island this is one not to be missed - you won't be disappointed.
Golfmmad.
Green fee: 50 euros,sunrise tee between 8 - 9 am. which includes golf buggy and 4 bottles of water.
5 tees:
Black hcp. scratch - 6325m
White hcp 0 - 9 - 5848m
yellow hcp 10 - 18 - 5459m
blue hcp 19 - 27 - 4925
Red hcp 28+ - 4498
One of the newest courses on the Island and a must play.
A masterpiece of design and construction carved out of the mountains. Some of the holes are built on different levels where they've cleverly used the rocks and boulders to great effect.
If you like elevated tees, then this is the place to be. With very few trees the views of the course from high are quite spectacular. One hole is carved out of the mountain in the shape of a horseshoe, making it dramatic and full of atmosphere!
There is no penal rough here, just rocks and boulders waiting to swallow up any pushed, pulled, hooked or sliced shots disappearing into the abyss. I was lucky on one par 3 - pushing my tee shot right, into the mountainside, only to find it bouncing back left and on the edge of the green. But not so lucky on another par 3 that is built on a plateau with rocks and a 50ft drop to one side. My ball took a high bounce left and disappeared over the edge.
With water being a precious commodity on the Island it's amazing to see how green the fairways and greens were. Although there wasn't much run with them being well watered.
Something I found difficult to get used to on the first round - shooting a very high 108 but on the 2nd playing a very respectable, (for me) 94. The idea was to play another course for the 2nd round, but we enjoyed Anfi Tauro so much we had to play it again.
On the first round we had a petrol buggy which annoyingly kept cutting out and had to be pushed to restart. Very pleased to have an electric one for the second day.
There is no way, unless you're extremely fit and have 4 or 5 hours to spare, you can walk the course. Such is the distance from some greens to tees. One of the highest elevated tees they've built in speed humps to slow you down for the descent, such is the steepness of the path.
The Pro shop had limited stocks of only shirts, hats, gloves and balls. Usually after a round it's nice to relax in a comfortable club house - not so here, just a porta-cabin with drinks and a few snacks, so a slightly disappointing end to the day.
When holidaying on the Island this is one not to be missed - you won't be disappointed.
Golfmmad.
