Interview

Longobardi: "Playa Grande is a masterpiece"

Wegolf 27 May 2020

In our IG Live, Marcelo Longobardi told us which are his favorite golf courses in Argentina. Watch it here.

It can also be listened to here:

These were his most notable quotes:

"My favorite golf course in Argentina is, by far, Playa Grande. Unfortunately I can go there only rarely, but after having seen many courses around the world, I think Playa Grande is the most original, best designed course."

"Argentina has a strange phenomenon: it has a lot of coastline but no courses overlooking the sea, or at least where the sea is visible and plays a role through wind or anything like that... There is Playa Grande and there is Miramar. After that, there are no more."

"From many points of view it seems to me an exceptional course. That clubhouse could be anywhere in England or Scotland and be among the best clubhouses in Europe."

"The course is a jewel of architecture. It belongs to an era of course design from the early 1900s. And to me it is, by far, a masterpiece."

"The next would obviously be Buenos Aires Golf, which is the younger sister of one of the best courses in the world that I know (Liberty National Albatros Course, of Paris)"

"After that, obviously Pilar GC, which is a great course, Olivos, Martindale... And I think that, even though I am not a fan of Nicklaus courses, Pilará is a quite interesting course with some very original stretches, especially at the end."