Some of the best — The reason these golf courses excel is the bright minds behind them
‘When you play, you see the actual course and everything that needs to be done.’
Photograph by Marc Anthony Reyes for the daily tribune THE Manila Southwoods has been one of the best — if not the best — competition courses in the country for the past 30 years.
For non-golfers, they all look the same, golf courses. Open space, trees, grass, water, sand and clubhouse.
Yet no two golf courses are the same. As a golfer, you remember certain courses — for good reason or for bad.
Maybe it's the first golf course you played. Or the one where you first broke 100. Or the one where you totally lost it and vowed not to play again ever.
One thing for sure. Each and every one of them are managed to bring about the finest experience for their members and guests.
The Tribune Golf tried to get in touch with some people behind these superb courses in the country and asked what are the highs and the lows for their respective domains this year.
Answers are diverse, some are extensive, some are short. But every one put in an honest representation of their golf course.
Here are some of them:
Daily Tribune file photo ALABANG Country Club is once again priming up for the staging of its widely popular Mango Tee this January.
Alabang Country Club
"I'm very happy here in Alabang. The respect I get from members, the board and the management committee. The environment was better than I expected. This is gravy. I already retired. For the last seven years all I did was play golf. In summers I go to Alaska. But I enjoy what I'm doing.
"This year, we made a record in terms of players. In one day, we had 250 players in an 18-hole tournament. We only average 175. On weekends maybe 205 players. The course is in better shape than before although now we are in the process of preparing for the Mango Tee. You have to do something, like aerating, you put sand. The irony is that more players create higher stress level on the course.