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Argentina has 275 golf courses located in spectacular settings. Golf can be played throughout the country: from the Patagonian courses surrounded by lakes, snow-capped mountains and thousand-year-old forests, to the greens of the rolling hills of Cordoba, or the exclusive golf clubs at the foot of the Andes in the North West.

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The expanse of flat land around Buenos Aires and the Pampas, make it an ideal golf destination. Of the 150 or so golf courses in the province of Buenos Aires, Olivos Golf Club, the Jockey Club, Buenos Aires Golf Club and the Martindale Country Club stand out. Many estancias have golf courses within their grounds. Visitors can play a quick round during their stay, or dedicate their entire holiday to golf, depending on their preferences and the time available.

 

In Patagonia the legendary Llao Llao golf course with its magnificent views across deep blue lakes and the Andes, attracts golfers from far and wide. Argentina’s other main golf destinations are Córdoba, Mendoza, Salta, Iguazú and Tierra del Fuego. 

 

Argentina leads Latin America in golf thanks to players like Roberto De Vicenza, Ángel Cabrera and Eduaro Romero. Ángel Cabrera, from Cordoba, is helping to put Argentina on the global golf map. On 12th April 2009 Cabrera became the first Latin American to win the green jacket at the Augusta Masters (USA). Two years earlier, he won the US Open at the Oakmont Country Club.

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  • Argentine golfer Roberto De Vicenzo, winner of the British Open in 1967, was the moral winner of the 1968 Augusta Master when he signed his card without noticing that his score had been miscalculated, making him runner up.
  • The Argentine Golf Open has been played for over 100 years and is the most sought after championship in South America.
  • Golf aficionados can buy plots of land with access to Jack Nicklaus designed courses in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Mendoza.

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