One of four Guatemalan golf courses designed by American architect Larry Packard, the 18 holes at Hacienda Nueva Country Club first opened for play in 1996.
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One of four Guatemalan golf courses designed by American architect Larry Packard, the 18 holes at Hacienda Nueva Country Club first opened for play in 1996.
Hacienda Nueva
Located on the south east side of Guatemala City, next to the Altavista Golf and Tennis Club, the Hacienda Nueva Country Club sits in the grounds of a former Jesuit monastery where many of the old 16th century buildings have been retained.
The course itself is a Larry Packard design that debuted in 1996 and fairways that were first sown with a mix of Rye and Bentgrass have now been changed to Kikuya, though the original Bentgrass greens remain intact.
The eighteen holes occupy a long, narrow valley with most of the tree-lined fairways laid out four abreast in a north easterly or south westerly direction. Bunkering around the course is rather sparse but where sand traps do exist, they’ve been strategically placed to protect par.