Club Deportivo del Oeste
Club Deportivo del Oeste is a private club in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico which has the largest marina and one of only two golf courses in the Porta del Sol region of Puerto Rico.
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| Club information | |
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| Coordinates | 18°05′59.99″N 67°11′20.16″W |
| Location | Miradero, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico 00623 |
| Established | 1965 |
| Type | Private, member-owned |
| Operated by | Club Deportivo del Oeste Board of Directors |
| Website | www |
| Club Deportivo del Oeste Golf Course | |
| Designed by | Jack Bender[1] |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6221[2] |
History
The Club Deportivo del Oeste was founded in 1965 by prominent professionals from Mayagüez, Cabo Rojo and other Municipalities from western Puerto Rico in Joyuda Barrio of Cabo Rojo.[3]
Among its facilities are an eighteen hole golf course in approximately 120 acres (0.49 km2) of land, its first hole is considered the hardest in all of Puerto Rico[4][5] The course was designed by Jack Bender in 1965.[6] The golf course is one of two in the Porta del Sol region the other being in Aguadilla. [7]
It also has a marina, four tennis courts, a club house for meetings and parties, a members only restaurant, pool, gym and a recreational park for children.
It annually holds the "Torneo Internacional de Aguja Azul en Línea Liviana" or "International Atlantic blue marlin Light Line Fishing tournament" which is the biggest of its kind in Puerto Rico and in 2010 celebrates its twenty second edition.[5] Two fishing records of released fish have been established at the tournament; in 2003 a (178 blue marlins released) and in 2005 a total of 205 blue marlins released at the tournament. [8]
The club annually serves non for profit organizations such as the Boy Scouts, the "Hogar para niños con Cáncer" and "Centro Espibi". The club also holds navigational courses offered by the United States Coast Guard and free golf clinics for children of low income families.[5]
The "Deportivo" also offers scholarships for summer camps to students, it serves as a dock for the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and it allows the Navy to use its vicinity to place an antenna used to measure the tide. Furthermore the club will serve for the installation of a Tsunami Ready alarm for Cabo Rojo.[5]
Presidents
| President | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador Suau, Noel Piñeiro | 1965–1966 |
| 2 | Ing. Noel Piñeiro | 1966–1968 |
| 3 | Ing. Frank Delgado | 1968–1969 |
| 4 | José M. Charana | 1969–1970 |
| 5 | Ing. Frank Ramirez, José Charana, Dr. Fernando Bayron |
1970–1971 |
| 6 | Dr. Miguel A. Frontera Jr., Edgardo Vazquez, Rafael Comas |
1971–1972 |
| 7 | Bartolo Rivera | 1971–1973 |
| 8 | Ing. Frank Delgado | 1973–1974 |
| 9 | Ing. Alberto Moreda Camino | 1974–1975 |
| 10 | José Pluguez, Cesar Rodríguez |
1975–1976 |
| 11 | Dr. Francisco Guzman | 1976–1977 |
| 12 | Rafael Comas | 1977–1979 |
| 13 | Johnny Cruz Granell | 1979–1980 |
| 14 | Lcdo. Carlos García Rullan | 1981–1983 |
| 15 | Eliseo Font | 1983–1984 |
| 16 | Orlando Lugo Echevarria | 1984–1985 |
| 17 | Johny Cruz Granell | 1985–1986 |
| 18 | Nestor Martínez Vargas | 1986–1992 |
| 19 | Francisco González | 1994–2004 |
| 20 | Heriberto López | 2004–2007 |
| 21 | Normand Morell | 2007–2009 |
| 22 | Ing. Pedro Fernando Diez | 2009–present |
References
- "Club Deportivo Del Oeste". World Golf. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- "Club Deportivo del Oeste- Club de Golf and Marina" (in Spanish). Pa Donde Voy Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- "Marinas" - Puerto Rico (PDF) (in Spanish), retrieved August 28, 2010
- My Puerto Rico Info: Club Deportivo del Oeste, archived from the original on July 13, 2012, retrieved August 28, 2010
- Rodríguez, Daileen Joan (August 2010). "Ocio se desploma". La Estrella Oeste (in Spanish). Puerto Rico: La Estrella. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- "list of the most popular activities in Cabo Rojo for visitors and locals". CaboROjo PR. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- "all the 18-holes golf courses of the caribbean". caribbean golf magazine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- J., Kimmel; M. Barnette (2007). "New fisheries management in the U.S. Caribbean: a Comprehensive Sustainable Fisheries Act amendment". 58th Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (PDF). Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. pp. 72–87.