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The Iloilo Golf and Country Club, Inc. is the home of the Sta. Barbara Golf Course, the oldest existing golf course in Southeast Asia (est. 1907). It has a challenging 18-hole golf course (6,056 yards) carved into the hills of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. [5]
In the early 1930s, the Manila City Government assumed management of the course and the Intramuros golfing venue was expanded into a full 18-hole, 60 par course with a length of 3,896 yards (3,563 m). [2] By the 1950s, a driving range already exists in the golf course and by the 1960s, the golf venue has been expanded to a 18-hole course. [1]
It is considered the first golf club in the Philippines and the oldest existing golf course in Southeast Asia. [1] It was the first Philippine golf club to be accepted as an affiliate of one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the world, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, based in Scotland. [2]
By 1901, when the Philippines was already a territory of the United States, a nine-hole golf course adjacent to the site of the railway station became available for golfers. The nine-hole golf course paved the way to the creation of the Manila Golf Club and later the founding of the game tournament in the Philippines as the Philippine Open in 1913.
Iloilo Golf and Country Club Carved on a 35 hectares of plain and rolling hills, the 18-hole golf course in Barangay San Sebastian claims an undisputed pre-eminence in golfing history. Asia's largest golfing publication "Golf Digest" called Santa Barbara Golf Course as the oldest course in the Philippines and one of the oldest courses in Asia.
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Santa Barbara Golf Course: Structure Golf Course Oldest golf course in the country. Built by Scottish engineers from the Philippine Railway Company. Sta. Barbara Filipino 2007 Sara, Iloilo (1877-1977) Established by Augustinians in 1877. Became a regular parish in 1895. Sara Filipino December 2, 1977 Seminaryo ng San Vicente Ferrer