Central & South America

Brazil

Several years in the making, Tom and Logan Fazio designed the course at Santapazienza Golf Club (their first South American ensemble) and it’s laid out within an enormous, densely forested estate.

Brazil

The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games golf course is set out on rather flat terrain, where elevation changes never extend to more than thirty feet at most...

Argentina

The Jockey Club at Buenos Aires is located at San Isidro and it’s an exclusive club that attracts the capital’s best-heeled golfers...

Colombia

The World Cup was played at El Rincón in 1980 when the Canadian team of Dan Halldorsan and Jim Nelford held off a strong challenge by the Scottish pairing of Sandy Lyle and Sam Torrance to win the tournament.

Argentina

Olivos is one of the more traditional and recognised golf clubs in Argentina and the Blanca & Colorada nines comprise of the premier eighteen at this 27-hole facility.

Brazil

British railway engineers formed the São Paulo Golf Club at the start of the 20th century but the course today is completely hemmed in by housing and industrial buildings on all sides...

Argentina

The Chapelco Golf Resort was the first course in South America designed by the Jack Nicklaus II group.

Brazil

Gávea is widely regarded as Rio de Janeiro’s most prestigious golf club. It dates back to 1921 and the course occupies a delightful setting to the south of Rio, adjacent to the Tijuca National Forest.

Costa Rica

The Arnold Palmer designed Peninsula Papagayo golf course at the Four Seasons Resort opened for play in 2004. Stunning ocean views across the Bahía de Culebra are on offer from many fairways that sit atop a high bluff.

Nicaragua

The low-density private beach community at Guacalito de la Isla on Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast sits next to the stunning white sands of Playa Manzanillo and the crystal clear waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Brazil

Designed by American architect Dan Blankenship, a former associate of Pete and Perry Dye, the Terravista golf course opened in 2004.

Argentina

The 27 holes at Buenos Aires Golf Club opened for play in 1994 and the renowned architect Robert von Hagge designed each loop.

Colombia

TPC Cartagena is a Nicklaus Design layout which opened for play in December 2012. Texan rookie, Andrew Landry, won the inaugural 2015 Cartagena de Indias at Karibana Championship here to claim his first Web.com Tour title.

Honduras

Opened in 2010 and designed by Perry Dye, the Black Pearl course at Roatan’s Pristine Bay Resort has stratospherically raised the Honduran golfing bar with its rolling oceanside routing and a signature island green.

Panama

Designed by American architect J. Michael Poellot, the golf course at Cielo Paraiso not only requires patience but stamina. Ideally play outside the rainy season and you’re in for a thrilling visual treat.

Bolivia

A number of golf courses boast impressive altimeter readings but none of them quite come up to the 10,650 feet highest point of the La Paz Golf Club in Bolivia.

Argentina

El Potrerillo de Larreta Resort and Country Club is located in Alta Gracia, in the province of Cordoba and the golf course is set in a valley surrounded by hills where the topography is dramatic.

Venezuela

Lagunita Country Club first hosted the Venezuelan Open in 1979 when it was won by Tony Jacklin. Ronan Rafferty triumphed three years later and the "Caracas Open" has been held here on several occasions since.

Argentina

The course at Mar del Plata Golf Club is known as "the golf cathedral" - with sand dunes more at home on Scottish links courses.

Brazil

American architect, Brian Costello, laid out the course at Fazenda da Grama Golf & Country Club in 2006 within a residential estate that's situated an hour's drive from downtown São Paulo.