Lomas Athletic Club

The course in the parkland in the Lomas Athletic Club is the oldest layout in South America still playing along its fairways from the beginning. The course was first established in 1891. historic club has played host to the Argentine Open many times (most recently in 1975) and is characterized by its stately trees, tiny greens and fast-paced playing surfaces.

The club was established by English expatriates who traveled into Buenos Aries and it became an early member of all the national bodies that govern the major sporting events in Argentina which included rugby union, football, tennis, cricket, hockey and golf. The club was initially known as Lomas Academy Athletic Club, the club changed its name in 1893, changing it to Lomas Athletic Club then four years later, it moved only a few miles to the current site.

The course is currently a total of 120 acres. The course is less than 6,600 yards from back tees. It plays to a par 72 holes, which are arranged in two nines that return. The course is flooded at the end of the nine, in the shape of ponds adjacent to the green on 10, which is a par 4,, and the par three 17th.

The holes that stand out are the par four long hole (with the green being out of bounds to on the right side of the fairway) as well as the 5th par three (where you will find the green protected by three bunkers) and the doglegging 9th hole, which is par five (narrowing significantly when the fairway reaches the green) and the par four final hole, where the green is protected by an enormous L-shaped bunker.