Eagle Ridge’s 4 all-weather courses for the rainy days

Rainy days are here and expectedly, part of the golfing population get choosy on their regular rounds. Time when mud-free, no-worry games become a necessity.

Unpredictable as the weather is nowadays, there are but a few course that can withstand the torrential rains and keep its playability. The Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club is one of them.

The difference at Eagle Ridge is, there are four courses which were built and designed with all-weather quality.

Contouring of all three playable 18-hole courses (Dye, Faldo and Aoki) and the first nine of the Norman layout were executed with the maintenance of the fairways and greens as prime consideration.

Only the unavoidable lightning threat can permanently call off play as rounds can continue coming off a sudden downpour or intermittent rain since accumulated water will disappear quickly not just because of the slopes but good drainage and ponds that abound.

Refuge, according to Eagle Ridge project director Engr. Winnie Gob, is hardly even a worry at the country’s biggest golf complex in Gen. Trias, Cavite.

The strategic location of the three clubhouses, including the newly-opened main Norman clubhouse and the Dye and Aoki clubhouses, make way for an easy retreat or a short drive to shelter.

"There is always a big clubhouse to run to just in case the weather fouls up not to mention the many tee-houses in the three completed course," he said. "It’s part of the Eagle Ridge advantage."

Eagle Ridge is a joint venture project of Sta. Lucia Realty and Alsons Land Corp. With its size, it has already taken a major role in the nation’s golf tourism campaign handling foreign visitors coming by the bulk especially Koreans and Taiwanese.

Everything is big at Eagle and tournament organizers already can stage big and small events with their own course and yes, their own clubhouse.

The club is now preparing for its monthly tournament for Saturday, July 20 sponsored by Wilson Sports Philippines. Tee-off is shotgun style at 8 a.m. at the Dye course. More than a hundred members are expected to see action.