Cebu Golf Courses | Play Golf in Cebu
Below is a list of the best golf courses in Cebu, Philippines.
Cebu Island
Cebu Island is the 126th largest island in the world. The island itself is long and narrow, stretching 196 kilometers from north to south and 32 kilometers across at its widest point.
It has narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus and coastal plains. It also has rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern and southern lengths of the island.
Cebu’s highest mountains are over 1,000 metres high.
The island’s total area is 4,468 square kilometers, making it the 9th largest island in the Philippines.
It supports over 3.5 million people, of which 2.3 million live in Metro Cebu.
Its capital is Cebu City, “The Queen City of the South“, is the oldest city and first capital of the Philippines, which is politically independent from the provincial government.
Own Airport
Mactan–Cebu International Airport, located on Mactan Island, is the second busiest airport in the Philippines, as the island is very popular with tourists.
Beaches, coral atolls, islands, and rich fishing grounds surround Cebu, and the climate of Cebu is tropical.
Tropical Weather Here
The island’s climate is warm and humid year-round, with a rainy season June–November. However, their Typhoons are most likely during October–December.
There are two seasons in Cebu − the dry and wet season. It is dry and sunny most of the year with some occasional rains during the months of June to December. The province of Cebu normally gets typhoons once a year or none at all.
Cebu’s temperatures can reach a high of 36 °C (97 °F) from March to May, and as low as 18 °C (64 °F) in the mountains during the wet season. The average temperature is around 24 to 34 °C (75 to 93 °F), and does not fluctuate much except during the month of May, which is the hottest month. Cebu averages 70–80% humidity.
We have listed here a few of the Cebu golf courses and country clubs, that are located in the province.
Alta Vista Golf and Country Club
(Some of the most picturesque holes in the Philippines)
This Club opened in the ’90s, by one of the Cebu’s oldest families, the Aznar’s of Southwestern University. Located some 500 feet above the nearby beaches and just 5 miles from the heart of the City, Cebu's Alta Vista Golf Club occupies 60 hectares of a 400-hectare exclusive residential cum leisure development.
Gary Player’s Black Knight Design Group of South Africa commissioned to design a championship layout here, that offers an exciting challenge to the game of golf.
[Alta Vista Golf and Country Club Reservation & Information...]
Cebu Country Club
(Gary Player re-designed and oldest course on Cebu)
The Cebu Country Club, which is the oldest golf course in Cebu, was established, by expatriates, among them American, British and Spanish back in 1928. The club initially only had nine-holes until the early 1960s, when another nine holes added to make it 18, with a Par 71.
In the ’80s, the renovation of the course, making it a Par 72.
Queen's Island Golf & Resort
Boasts beautiful views around the resort
Queen’s Castle Golf and Resort, located in the town of Medellin, Northern Cebu, has an 18-hole par 72 golf course, with a total yardage of 6,292 yards.
What makes these 18 holes a bit different, is they have used the top-rated Platinum TE Paspalum grass straight from the US. It is a softer grass, and very different from the usual carabao grass that is used at other golf courses in the Philippines.
The Iloilo Golf & Country Club
May be old but still challenging
The Iloilo Golf and Country Club, formerly and informally known as the Santa Barbara Golf Course in Brgy. San Sebastian, Santa Barbara, was built in 1907 by a group of Irish expatriates building the Panay line of Panay Railways.
It has endured many historical changes throughout it’s time, being originally a nine-hole course, and then they added another nine holes.
[The Iloilo Golf & Country Club Reservation & Information...]
Verdamar Golf Club
Short course but with a unique par 6 on hole number two
Located in the oldest city in the Philippines, is the Verdamar Golf Club.
It is about two hours’ drive from Mactan Airport, and Cebu City just past Bogo. The club is a two-hour drive along cemented roads, along the coastline, and along some interesting mountain towns to Bogo.
