Golf Courses of Costa Rica

PLAYA CONCHAL

Paradisus Playa Conchal
Address: 1 Guanacaste, Playa Conchal
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7030
Par: 72 A Robert Trent Jones II design. Opened August 1997.

PLAYA GRANDE

Rancho Las Colinas Golf & Country Club
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Yardage: 6721
Telephone: 011-506-383-3759

Designer is Ron Garl. Course completed in 1997. The front 9 offers gently rolling fairways surrounded by lots of water hazards. The back 9 is very different with steep fairways carved out of rocky terrain where accuracy is needed.

PLAYA HERRADURA

Los Suenõs
Holes: 18
A Ted Robinson design to be completed by January 1999. A Marriott resort project.

SAN JOSE

Costa Rica Country Club
Holes: 9
Founded in 1944 this was the first course built in Costa Rica and the only one for the next 25 years.

Cariari Country Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6590
Par: 71
Slope: 136
Telephone: 011-506-293-3211
This championship George Fazio designed course was founded in 1974. The land was once a coffee plantation. It is heavily wooded with narrow fairways and only a few fairway bunkers. The Bermuda grass greens are fairly large, fast and well-bunkered. One of the best in the country.

SANTA ANA

Los Reyes Country Club
Holes: 9
Founded in 1974. A private club and residential community in the Central valley.

Parque Valle del Sol
Holes: 18
Yardage: approx. 6900
Par: 72
Telephone: (506) 282-9222, Fax: 282-9333
Course designer is Tracy D. May. Situated in the Santa Ana Valley and 10 minutes from San Jose and the Juan Santamaria International airport. Course completed by end of 1997. The course has 6 lakes and lots of wetlands to test the skills. Mature trees line the fairways. There will be 4 to 5 tees for each hole. #6 hole will have 6 tees, 2 will be on an island.