Fees Monday
– Friday are 1,000Php ($20) per round plus 250Php ($5) for a caddie.
Fees
Saturday and Sunday are 1300Php ($26) per round plus 250Php ($5) for a caddie.
Both Tony
and Keith the co-owners try to play and can sign you in and save you 50%.
Golf tour an stay in Cagayan de Oro on the Kingston Lodge
| There are
two excellent golf courses within easy reach, both of which hold international
and national tournaments. |
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| Pueblo
de Oro Golf and Country Club.
This is an
excellent course only 5 minutes from Kingston
Lodge that
was designed by Trent Jones II and opened in May 1998. It has many challenging
holes that will test most golfers, such as the 4th, which is a par 4
with a dog-leg over a deep canyon to the green. The fairways are mostly generous
but with plenty of bunkers to catch the unwary. |
Fees
Saturday and Sunday are 1300Php ($26) per round plus 250Php ($5) for a caddie. Both Tony
and Keith the co-owners try to play and can sign you in and save you 50%.
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Del Monte Golf and Country Club.
| This
course is about an hours drive up into the hills of Bukidnon. It was
opened in 1926 and is a lush course with plenty of trees many of which
are pines. The fairways and greens are well kept with plenty of water
hazards such as the 15th which is a par 3 called “Warnes
Hole” after a certain gentleman who hit 38 balls into the lake. |
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| Fees
are 900Php ($18) per round plus 250Php ($5) for a caddie. |
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Del
Monte raise their own cattle, as well as having one of the largest pineapple
plantations in the world. There is also an excellent restaurant serving their
homegrown beef, fresh milk and fruit, which it makes for a great day out.
There
are many other excellent golf courses throughout the Philippines all with there
own unique features such as the crocodile pool at Palos Verde Golf and Country
Club in Davao. Davao, which is a 6 hour drive south from Cagayan De Oro also has
3 other golf courses, namely Apo Golf and Country Club, Davao City Golf Course
and Lanang Golf and Country Club. The views from these courses are stunning some
being very high up with views of Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the
Philippines.
Transport
to and from all these courses can be arranged.
So
if you like golf you’ll love the Philippines.