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Club El Rincón de Cajicá
Type: Golf Location: , Bogotá, , Colombia Address: kilometro 26 Carretera Central de Norte |
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Club El Rincón de Cajicá
Type: Golf Location: Bogotá Address: kilometro 26 Carretera Central de Norte |
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It was in 1957 that a group of young Colombian men with heady golfing ambitions purchased a modest plot of land in Cajicá, to the north of Bogotá,
and laid out an elementary 9hole course.
Within the space of six years, the new club – named El Rincon – acquired more land and hired none other than Robert Trent Jones to fulfill the golfing
dreams of its founders by designing a world class 18hole layout, aided by the construction skills of Argentinean Alberto Serra.
Bounded on the eastern side of the property by the Bogotá river, El Rincon’s treelined fairways are routed over a pleasantly undulating landscape in
two returning loops, each of which feature a number of small water hazards (holes 6 to 9 on the front nine and holes 13, 14 and 16 on the back nine).
The architect factored in the elevation of the course at over 8,000 feet above sea level when he laid out the holes. To compensate for a 10% increase
in ball flight, he extended the overall length to 7,542 yards from the championship tees – only one of the ten par fours (the left doglegged 4th) plays to
less than 400 yards from the medal tees.
The par three 7th is the signature hole on the course. A lake lies between the tee and a stone fronted green which is circled by sand so there’s no little
margin for error here at all. Tee shots that are too short will end up wet whilst over hit or wayward efforts will almost certainly find one of the three
surrounding bunkers. According to George Peper and the editors of GOLF magazine, “El Rincon’s 7th is a respectable 179 yards in length. This short
hole is the only major revision Jones made to the course he designed in 1963. Prior to the 1980 World Cup, Jones redesigned the hole to mirror
changes he had made to Baltusrol’s 4th in 1954. A small lake completely separates the teeing ground from the putting green. A stone wall protects the
front of the green, adds a crisp line, and accentuates the severity of the hazard. A played too long will find one of the three sandfaced bunkers clearly
visible from the tee. Recovery from the sand must contemplate too long a shot finishing in the water. Finally, the diagonal positioning of the green
disguises the length of the hole. This is a captivating short hole that demands good judgement and distracts with great beauty.”
The World Cup was played over the El Rincón course in 1980 when the Canadian team of Dan Halldorsan and Jim Nelford held off a strong challenge
by the Scottish pairing of Sandy Lyle and Sam Torrance to win the tournament.
Sandy at least had the consolation that year of picking up the International trophy for the golfer with the best 72hole score. Sam however was
destined to never triumph in the World Cup team event, finishing in the runnerup pairing four times in all – with Sandy as his partner in 1979.
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