* The Splendido Golf Club
* Golf Club
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Construction of the Splendido Taal golf course began in 1996 and was completed four years later in 2000. It has four sets of tees, namely: the gold tees for tour professionals, blue tees for regular men’s tees, white tees for seniors and red tees for the ladies. For those who are technically inclined, the yardages at Splendido are as follows: the gold tees are 6,997, the blue tees are 6,654, the white tees are 6,000 and the red tees are 5,530. Splendido Taal is rated by the National Golf Association of the Philippines with the following: course rating for the blue tees is 70, slope rating is 123. For white tees, course rating is rated at 68.6 and slope rating is at 118. For the red tees, course rating is 71.7 and slope rating is at 127.
* Golf Course
Slowly but surely, golf courses are encircling Taal Volcano, aiming for a piece of the fabulous view and the cool air. The latest addition, Splendido, has been a long time in the making, but what a relief it will be when it is all over. The bulldozers reportedly moved over 13 million cubic meters of dirt to create molehills out of mountains. Earthmoving figures for a normal golf course is usually less than a million cubic meters.
As of this writing, the last few holes on this Greg Norman-designed course have just been grassed and reports are that it is a fine layout. The signature hole is the second, a par-5 with a 220-yard carry over a ravine and a 90-degree dogleg to the right. At 600 yards that sounds a bit extreme, but we are assured it really plays to around 540 yards.
The entrance to the course is left of the National Highway between Tagaytay and Batulao. To date, it is strictly private. Whoever finally gets the nod for a share, they will surely be the holder of a rare item.
