Chip and I played Las Aromas Golf Club a while ago. I took some pictures for a Course Tour here on DR1 hoping others would do the same for every course on the island. I did one before for Jarabacoa Golf Club:
Jarabacoa Golf Club
This course was the first I ever played in my young golf career, courtesy of the ever-patient Hillbilly (“Better use this 3 wood. And choke up. You can use the control…”). I had played it once before with Chip, so this was my third go at it.
Chip shot a few strokes over par for the 18 holes, and I had a surprising 85. However, Chip still insisted I play the back 9 no matter what my front 9 score was...
Santiago is fortunate to have such a fine, reasonably-priced course carved out of the high hills across the river west of downtown. Las Aromas is a Pete Dye designed 6000 yard Par 70 course with all sorts of challenges to it: water, hills, narrow fairways, bunkers, doglegs…you name it. There are some threads with the most reasonable green fees (one is:
golf in santiago).
Here are pics of each hole. I tried to show where the green is in relation to the teebox. All distances are from the blue tees. I didn’t take any pictures of the entrance, clubhouse or other amenities. Perhaps someone else here has done so.
Now, the Course Tour. Fell free to add comments so folks can get a good idea of how the course looks and plays.
#1, 420yd. Par 4:
#2, 337yd. Par 4:
#3, 165yd. Par 3:
#4, 409yd. Par 4:
#5, 449yd. Par 4:
#6, 548yd. Par 5:
#7, 402 yd. Par 4:
#8, 194yd. Par 3:
#9, 353yd. Par 4:
#10, 309yd. Par 4:
#11, 306yd. Par 4:
#12, 122yd. Par 3:
#13, 300yd. Par 4:
#14, 354yd. Par 4:
#15, 37yd. Par 4:
#16, 123yd. Par 3:
#17, 483yd. Par 5:
#18, 353yd. Par 4:
My favorite holes are #1, 5 & 9 because of the elevations of the tees, and #12 & 16, Par 3’s, because of the water right in front of the greens-you better be precise!
Overall, a fine course, a great price and some really nice folks playing there. It feels like “home.”
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Course Tour: Las Aromas Golf Club
There ya' go!
