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San Martín de los Andes - Neuquén
CHAPELCO GOLF & RESORT
Ruta 234 Loma Atravesada de Taylor
Phone: (02972) 41-0216 Phone/Facsimile: (02972) 42-1785

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This tourist and sport resort including 430 lots of real estate development, which also offers a first class hotel resort, is nestled amidst the impressive scenery of San Martín de los Andes, a few kilometers from the center of the city. It has the first 18-hole golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II, built by the Overseas Golf Construction. One essential feature in its design is the respect paid to the environment.
Its lawn is fully integrated with the surrounding landscape, with one additional advantage: Chapelco Golf & Resort will be part of the exclusive Jack Nicklaus International Golf Club. Furthermore, the resort admits the practice of other sports and offers all the necessary comfort to satisfy high level tourism, giving special emphasis to the environment and life quality.
It also has a club house with coffee-shop, snack bar, restaurant, pro-shop, changing rooms, lockers, management offices and service annexes.
Open hours for public assistance, visits and sales: from 10am to 5pm in the winjter and from 10am to 8 pm in the summer.
»Other features:
Number of holes: 18. Par: 72. White Tees: 5956 yards. Blue Tees: 6348 yards. Red Tees: 5163 yards. Black Tees: 7114 yards.


El Calafate - Santa Cruz
EL PINAR
Ing. Héctor M. Guatti 1350
Phone: (02902) 49-1145/46 Facsimile: (02902) 49-1186

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It is the golf course at Posada Los Álamos, an exclusive resort located by Lake Argentino, in the City of El Calafate. Sponsored by master Roberto De Vicenzo, only 45 meters separate the hotel reception from the couse. It has 3 par-3 holes with 3 tees each and high greens of approximately 60 square meters.
Furthermore, a 9-hole putting green lies opposite the restaurant. A golf instructor is available for all those guests who wish to practice and learn the techniques of this sport.


San Carlos de Bariloche - Río Negro
ARELAUFQUEN GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Ruta 82 - Frente al Lago Gutierrez
Phone: (02944) 47-6110/ (011) 4311-1919

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This attractive circuit is located only fifteen minuts from the center of the City of Bariloche, on Route 82. The country club lies on the nortwestern shore of Lake Gutiérrez. It is crossed by the Longochinoco Creek, which makes up a central valley in the shape of a horse-shoe opening towards the lake. Immersed in a setting where the air is pure, surrounded by mountains, lakes of crystal-clear waters, unique vegetation and the highest level infrastructure necessary for golfers, Arelauquen Golf & Country Club offers its new 18-hole course, fully redesigned according to the latest techniques for building courses, with an automatized irrigation system, new machinery suitable for a competitive maintenance, caddie service and aiming at the excellence of all aspects of golf.
Practicing golf at Arelauquen Golf & Country Club is an unforgettable experience. During the entire round, the summits of Mount Catedral, Mount Otto and the deep blue of Lake Gutiérrez in the background may be observed.
After the game, an exquisite snack may be enjoyed at the bar and the latest news can be found at the Pro shop.


Ushuaia - Tierra del Fuego
USHUAIA GOLF CLUB
Damiana Fique y Kuanip - Valle del Río Pipo
Phone: (02901) 43-2946/ 0472/ 4300

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This golf couse is located in the southern end of the American continent, in the City of Ushuaia, on the Tierra del Fuego Island. It is surroudned b ya privileged natural scenery, ideal to get disconnected from the turmoil of the city and to enjoy a good game, in the southernmost spot in the planet.
The fairways in this circuit are outlined in the background of a fertile natural valley with soft undulations, surrounded by the last hills in the Andes mountain range.
The greens are too small and they are bordered by the Pipo River, which plays a very important role in the development of the game, thus turning this course into a complicated circuit.
The hole presenting the hardest difficulties is hole 8. It is par 5 because it has a slope to the left and the river must be crossed in order to get to it.
Other features:
» Holes: 9 / Par: 70.
» Women Tees: 4272 yards.
» Men Tees: 4904 yards.
» Type: Parkland.
» Season: from October 15 to May 15.


Arroyito - Neuquén
ARROYITO COUNTRY CLUB
A 50 km. de Neuquén R. 22 - Arroyito
Phone: (0299) 490-2022 Facsimile: (0299) 448-0044

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This interesting sport resort lies 50 Km. from the City of Neuquén, along National Route 22, close to the spot wher eit crosses Route 237, which leads to the valley of the dinosaurs in El Chocón.
The 18-hole course, approved by the Asociación Argentina de Golf, is a real oasis for the demanding golfers traveling this Patagonian area.
This spot has historical background as it would belong to the estancia "Las Manas" shell, owned by Mr. David Spinetto.
The modern club house is settled in the very same place where the estancia shell used to lie and maintains some of its original adobe walls, plows, pumps and a cart used in those days.
The circuit has a modern irrigation system that permitted a perfect afforestation and maintenance of its 53 hectares containing more than 15,000 trees of several exotic species that make up a lawn with a special value as it is located in the heart of the Patagonian steppe. The golf course is open all year round. The fact that it is located on the bank of the Limay River enables visitors to be amused with several nautical sports and fishing.
Those who enjoy golf will find facilites such as driving range, putting green and club deposit inside this venue.


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