Golf in Argentina

With over 50 different venues to choose from, Argentina is considered the 'golf capital' of South America. Courses are available in Buenos Aires, Iguazu, Mendoza and Cordoba as well as in Patagonia. It is said that when the British came to Argentina during the early 1900s to build a railway network, they also built golf courses at practically every train station on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Legend has it that the Scotsman Henry Smith on arriving at the port of Buenos Aires in 1879 with his set of golf clubs was detained at customs as officials did not know what these curious sticks with iron heads were for and thought they could be some kind of new-fangled weapon.