Club de Golf del Uruguay

Club de Golf
Full name Club de Golf del Uruguay
Founded 1922 (1922) [1]
Ground Blvr. Artigas 379
Location Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Uruguay
League(s) Campeonato Uruguayo (Rugby)
Affiliations Uruguayan Golf Association [2]
Uruguayan Rugby Union [3]
Activities Billar, Basketball, Basque pelota, Fencing, Football, Futsal, Golf, Karate, Rugby union, Swimming
President
 Carlos Arrosa
Colors          
Website www.cgu.com.uy
Plaque honoring Fay Crocker with the legend "The best female golfer of all time".

Club de Golf del Uruguay is an Uruguayan sports and social club from the city of Montevideo. Although golf is the main sport of the institution, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as billar, basketball, basque pelota, fencing, football, futsal, karate, rugby union and swimming apart from other social activities.

The club was originally established as "Uruguay Golf Club", being its president Haroldo Capurro. In 1922 the club affiliated to Uruguayan Golf Association. The Golf Club also entrusted the association its courses to be built in Punta Carretas with the purpose of encouraging tourism at the region.[1]

The golf course is located on the Rambla of Montevideo that runs alongside the Río de la Plata. It was designed by Alister Mackenzie and has 18 holes and 6,635 yards.[4] The course was inaugurated on May 25, 1934 before starting the 2nd edition of Torneo Abierto de Montevideo. In 1975 it was declared an historical national monument.

The Club de Golf course also held the Copa Los Andes, among other South American championship. In 2013 and 2014, the Roberto De Vicenzo Invitational Copa NEC, a professional tournament on PGA Tour Latinoamérica, was played at Club de Golf. The club also has an own publication, Golf Magazine that covers all the social and sports activities and corporate events organized by Club de Golf.

The rugby union team of the club, nicknamed "Los Cuervos" (The Crows) due to its black uniform, was formed in 1959 and currently competes in Campeonato Uruguayo, the first division of Uruguayan rugby system.[3][5][6]

Uniforms

Rugby union
Football

Titles

Rugby union

References

  1. 1 2 Historia at club website
  2. ↑ Clubes Afiliados - Asociación Uruguaya de Golf
  3. 1 2 Equipos de Primera División - URU website
  4. ↑ Canchas de golf en Uruguay on El País, 3 Nov 2010
  5. ↑ "Los Cuervos frenaron a Old Boys", Ovación Digital, 2013
  6. ↑ "Cuervos demuestra que está a la altura de los grandes" on Comunidad Rugby, 18 May 2014
  7. ↑ "Campeonato Uruguayo – Présentation des équipes" on SudRugby.com

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Coordinates: 34°55′25″S 56°09′58″W / 34.9236°S 56.1661°W / -34.9236; -56.1661

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