Celebrating 100 Years of Golf Course in the Phillipines  
Centenary Celebration

Sta. Barbara Celebrates Philippine Golf. 1907-2007: A Century of Dedication to an Ageless Game!

  
         
  Events Calendar  
Events Calendar

Schedule of Big Events in Sta. Barbara Iloilo Golf Course Centenary.

  
         
 
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  Ancient Golf Ball  
Our Heritage

Founded in 1907, it is the oldest existing golf course in the Philippines.

  
         
  Golf Course  
The Golf Course

A challenging 18 hole golf course (6,056 yards) nestled in the hills of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

  
         
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Golf Federation

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Celebrating 100 Years of Golf Course in the Phillipines

The Iloilo Golf and Country Club, Inc. is the home of the Sta. Barbara Golf Course, the oldest existing golf course in the Philippines (est. 1907). It has a challenging 18 hole golf course (6,056 yards) carved in the hills of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

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Video3: 2007 Philippines Amateur Golf Championship   Video4: Awarding of 2007 Philippines Amateur Golf Championship
Video3: 2007 Philippine Amateur Golf Championship   Video4: Awarding of 2007 Philippine Amateur Golf Championship

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National Historical Institute recognizes the Santa Barbara Golf Course as the “oldest existing golf course in the Philippines”

The National Historical Institute congratulates the Iloilo Golf and Country Club for keeping alive the legacy of the Santa Barbara Golf Course, which serves as memorial to the colorful history of Iloilo.

The beginning of Santa Barbara Golf Course runs parallel with the development of the railway system linking Iloilo to other towns of Panay in 1907. During this period, the British Engineers of the Philippine Railway Corporation tasked to build the railways also built the golf course on a 2000 yards 9-hole layout. They subsequently formed the Santa Barbara Golf and Country Club with British and American members, and later Filipinos, one of them was Tomas Confessor, a hero of the Philippine Revolution and Governor of Iloilo during the American period. Another Filipino member of the Golf Club was Fernando Lopez, who became Vice President of the Philippines. The golf course withstood time to witness the Second World War, which according to eyewitness accounts, was used by the Americans as barracks during the liberation. Read more




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