The newest PGA tour Puerto Rico

The newest PGA tour Puerto Rico will makes a great venue for the Puerto Rico Open from 7th to 13th March at the Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico. The tournament is a rich one, indeed for the players making their way there with a prize fund of US$3.5m, as well as the prestige of 250 FedEx Cup point at stake.One of the latest events on the PGA tour, having only been established in 2008, the tournament has quickly established itself as a popular competition among the players. For this year's event, the fourth, 132 pro will be making their way to the Trump facility. The champions to date - Derek Lamely, Michael Bradley and Greg Kraft - all hail from the US, and each has banked US630,000 for winning.

The newest PGA tour Puerto Rico has two 18-hole courses, the International and the Championship, designed by Tom Kit, the American pro who was, in heyday, one of the leading golfers on the planet. It is on the latter that the Puerto Rico Open is played. Given the facility's fabulous tropical setting, with the holes hugging the splendid coastline, it is wonder the event has won swift acclaim.

The Championship course opens with a long par four at 474 yards. It requires a straight drive to avoid trouble in the shape of two large sand traps to the left of the fairway and palm trees to the right. And with a two-tiered sloping green, it's essential for approach shots to find the same level as the flag to have a chance of making a good score. The par five, has bunkers, the fifth par has water and trees down both sides and green bunkers to the front right and left. The eight par is the longest par at 236 yards and is a cracker of a short hole. The 12th par is a par three of 192 yards but making par is tough as the green is deep. The par four 13th is another great hole but will surely make unlikely for some players because there is water everywhere here.

The 15th hole for the newest PGA tour in Puerto Rico is a genuine three-shot par five at 600 yards from tee to flag and is usually into the wind. A clutch of bunkers are laid to catch tee shots, and there is an area full of trees, rocks and other waste that will punish wayward second shots. The course closes with a great par five of 630 yards. Very few players will make this green in two. From the tee, drives have to carry a stream, then avoid sand traps to right and left. The final approach has added difficulty as the green is an oasis in a sea of sand.

Therefore the newest PGA tour in Puerto Rico has won significant acclaim, one reviewer said that from its carpet like, ripping fairways, to the expansive undulating greens and top quality bunkering, this layout certainly lives up to the Trump image. The Championship course will takes everyone on an expansive and absorbing journey into a variety environments.