Iloilo Golf and Country Club

The Iloilo Golf and Country Club, formerly and informally known as the Santa Barbara Golf Course in Brgy. San Sebastian, Santa Barbara, Iloilo on 35 hectares of plain and rolling hills.

Iloilo Golf and Country Club
Club information
Established1907
Typeprivate
Total holes18
Websitehttp://www.iloilogolfclub.com

It was built in 1907 by a group of Irish expatriates building the Panay line of Panay Railways, also completed in 1907.[1] It was opened to the public in 1913. The original course was a crude 9-hole course.[1] A club followed the establishment of the course, which was initially only open to expats but by 1920 Filipinos were allowed to join including Tomas Confesor and Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and brother Fernando.[1] Since it is the oldest golf course in the country, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 2012 approved the placement of a national historical marker.

Prior to 1947 the course was known as the Santa Barbara Golf and Country Club[1]

It has a challenging 18 hole golf course (6,056 yards).[2]

References
  1. Ocampo, Ambeth (January 26, 2007). "The oldest golf course". Philippine Inquirer. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. http://www.iloilogolfclub.com/

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