Calatagan Golf Club and Evercrest Golf Club and Resort

Built in 1978 by Robert Trent Jones Jr., this par-71 layout on 64 hectares is situated on the headlands overlooking a beautiful bay. The golf course affords magnificent vistas. The course is laid out on rolling terrain which is perfectly contoured for dramatic golf shots. The fairways and the greens are designed between and across the rolls and folds of the land creating a variety of challenges. There are many bunkers and sloping greens planted with Tifton grass. The course is dotted by sparkling lakes and an abundance of indigenous and exotic trees.

Facilities

Clubhouse with showers and lockers, halfway house, drink holes near # 4 and # 5, practice green, etc.

Availability

Private club. Guests must be accompanied/introduced by a member. Special arrangements can be made for unaccompanied non members through the Makati office.

Green Fees

Location and Getting There

About one hundred kms south of Manila, on the tip of the Calatagan peninsula. It is a drive of roughly two and a half hours over roads that are not everywhere in a good condition. The address: Calatagan, Batangas. Golf Course tel. Nos.: 892-4202 to 08. Tel. Makati Office: 895-2695. Telefax: (632) 895-2657.

Drive from Makati through the South Superhighway and Carmona. From Manila via coastal road. Private car or car rental needed to get there. There is no public transport available. Taxis are only willing to drive this distance if a return trip is guaranteed.

Accommodations

Punta Baluarte Resort offers excellent rooms. There are small beach resorts in the area with cottages within a few kilometres. There is Taal Vista Lodge halfway between Manila and the golf club. It is a perfect hide-out for those who like to `disappear' for a few days.

Evercrest Golf Club and Resort

The Palmer designed course has tight fairways, blanketed with Tifton grass and guarded by deep ravines and steep hills to give golfers an experience of playing a par-72 championship course. The green with fine Tifdwarf grass and also guarded with big bunkers (which are also in the fairways) are overlaid on a graduated bed of the finest beach sand with state-of-the-art drainage and irrigation systems which insure its being an all-weather course.

Facilities and Availability

Modern clubhouse with shower rooms, sauna bath, Jacuzzi, bar and restaurant, pro-shop, driving range, function rooms, swimming pool, etc.

Private proprietary club. Guest must be accompanied/sponsored by member. Hotel guests may also play. Call the club directly or the Manila office for reservations.

Green Fees

Location and Getting There

The course is located in Nasugbu, a small town about 70 kms south of Manila, on the shore of the South China Sea.

The address is: Kilometer 72, Batulao, Nasugbu, Batangas. Tel. Nos.: 712-9293 to 98. Fax No.: (632) 712-9299. Manila Office: 2nd floor, Tower A, Gotesco Regency Twin Towers, 1129 Concepcion St., Ermita, Manila. Tel. Nos.: 527-8811 to 20 loc. 288-299/527-8837. Telefax: 527-8842.

By car it is a 75 min. drive from Makati. Helicopter services can be provided through the Manila office of the club.

Accommodations

The 76-room deluxe hotel is just next to the golf club. Not far from the golf course are several small beach resorts offering cheap board and lodging.

Other Information

Members of the Banyan Tree Evercrest will enjoy preferential rates in reciprocal arrangements with other Banyan Tree Resorts and Hotel located in Phuket, Bintan and Maldives.