For golfers its nice to be able to go out on the course whenever you get the chance.
I have some listings at Valle del Sol. Houses for sale starting at $300,000 and they can help with financing. There is currently a rental available for $2,800 per month.
Let me know if you want to check them out.
escazurealty@racsa.co.cr
I have some listings at Valle del Sol. Houses for sale starting at $300,000 and they can help with financing. There is currently a rental available for $2,800 per month.
Let me know if you want to check them out.
escazurealty@racsa.co.cr
Finally got to go golfing here in CR. Went to the course past Multi Plaza in Escazu, Valle del Sol and shot well (even though it was very windy). Like the course a lot and it was pretty inexpensive. I just played in a tournament yesterday at Cariari. Course was very hard (for me), even with the help from the caddie's who knew every inch of the course...
I'm looking to go back to Valle del Sol this Tuesday or Wednesday.....
Just my two cents......
I'm looking to go back to Valle del Sol this Tuesday or Wednesday.....
Just my two cents......
Lxajay,
Parque Valle Del Sol-- Front nine was the original course, so it has been built up with trees bordering almost every fairway. However, they are pretty wide. Back nine is WIDE OPEN...which means when it is windy...IT IS VERY, VERY WINDY!! Greens are fast and do not break much, fairways are normally in very good condition. Cost is about 12k during the week and 14k during the weekend (colones=420 to $1.) Most of us bookies can be found here. There is a driving range...but no drivers if you are a big hitter.
Cariari--You can only play there if you stay at the Hotel Herradura or go in with a member. Guests pay $50 + you have to have a cart or a caddy. Course is pretty hard. Fairways are pretty thin, bordered heavily by trees on almost every hole. Greens are tough, but readable. AF1 is right..the caddies are solid, but only if you get the A caddie. The B and C caddies...not so good. Gary Austin has a mega-million dollar house on the back end of hole 8. Driving range here, as well, but once again...no driver if you are a long baller.
Los Suenos--BEAUTIFUL SCENERY!!! A golf course in the middle of the rainforest, that ends on the beach. Problem is drainage here...sand traps are hard as rock, most of the time. Greens are not so good and the price is outrageous for CR($150 druing the high season and $75 otherwise). The fairways are pretty wide, though. Same thing here for the driving range.
Hacienda Pinilla--the closest to a PGA course, in my humble opinion. Amazingly long, pretty wide open, nice greens, and DEEP bunkers. Beautiful scenery here, as well, with a couple of holes right on Playa Langosta. I can't remember the prices, but I remember thinking it was not too bad. Can't remember their driving range, so no help here.
Playa Conchal--HAVEN'T PLAYED THERE YET, DAMMIT...but I hear very good things.
That is pretty much it for me...hope it helps.
Jake
Parque Valle Del Sol-- Front nine was the original course, so it has been built up with trees bordering almost every fairway. However, they are pretty wide. Back nine is WIDE OPEN...which means when it is windy...IT IS VERY, VERY WINDY!! Greens are fast and do not break much, fairways are normally in very good condition. Cost is about 12k during the week and 14k during the weekend (colones=420 to $1.) Most of us bookies can be found here. There is a driving range...but no drivers if you are a big hitter.
Cariari--You can only play there if you stay at the Hotel Herradura or go in with a member. Guests pay $50 + you have to have a cart or a caddy. Course is pretty hard. Fairways are pretty thin, bordered heavily by trees on almost every hole. Greens are tough, but readable. AF1 is right..the caddies are solid, but only if you get the A caddie. The B and C caddies...not so good. Gary Austin has a mega-million dollar house on the back end of hole 8. Driving range here, as well, but once again...no driver if you are a long baller.
Los Suenos--BEAUTIFUL SCENERY!!! A golf course in the middle of the rainforest, that ends on the beach. Problem is drainage here...sand traps are hard as rock, most of the time. Greens are not so good and the price is outrageous for CR($150 druing the high season and $75 otherwise). The fairways are pretty wide, though. Same thing here for the driving range.
Hacienda Pinilla--the closest to a PGA course, in my humble opinion. Amazingly long, pretty wide open, nice greens, and DEEP bunkers. Beautiful scenery here, as well, with a couple of holes right on Playa Langosta. I can't remember the prices, but I remember thinking it was not too bad. Can't remember their driving range, so no help here.
Playa Conchal--HAVEN'T PLAYED THERE YET, DAMMIT...but I hear very good things.
That is pretty much it for me...hope it helps.
Jake
Jake, very good info, nice detail. I stayed at Melia Conchal, I forget which hole, but we were right to the side of one the holes. I have to say.....That course was the most "original" I've ever seen in person!! The layout of the course was spectacular, I thought. Although, it did look a little tight on some holes like Cariari...
Next time I go there I'm definitly bringing the clubs to play.
Next time I go there I'm definitly bringing the clubs to play.
VC,
He is the owner of Tradewinds. Used to own Gary Austin's Race and Sportsbook in Vegas (I am a little young to remember the exact name)...Judge? DickyW, others?
Jake
He is the owner of Tradewinds. Used to own Gary Austin's Race and Sportsbook in Vegas (I am a little young to remember the exact name)...Judge? DickyW, others?
Jake
