Club de Campo Granadilla

The Club de Campo Granadilla is at home in the Chilean city of Viña del Mar in the province of Valparaíso. It lies near the Pacific coast on a 120-hectare-large, hilly terrain in the Parque Sausalito in the middle of the city. From the city center of Viña del Mar one can comfortably reach the Club de Campo Granadilla via the Quillata und Av. Sta Inés in eight minutes and from Valparaíso in about a half an hour. The origin of the club dates to 1897, when some British immigrants opened a 9-hole-course under the name of Valparaíso Golf Club. In 1922, it was expanded to an 18-hole-course with par 72 and the golf club was renamed Club de Campo Granadilla. Leonard Macomber was responsible for the design of the course. The 5,900-meter-long course has long, narrow fairways, which are lined by trees, some doglegs and sand bunkers, but only a few water hazards, which also hardly interfere with the game. A practice area is available for the golfers for training. The Club de Campo Granadilla is said to be one of the most renowned golf clubs of Chile and was the host of the Chile National Open Championship in 2010.