Tierra del Sol Resort, Spa & Country Club
Encyclopedia
The Tierra del Sol Resort, Spa & Country Club is a resort complex on the Caribbean
island of Aruba
. The resort comprises villa
s, a spa and fitness center, and an 18 hole golf course
.
, and plays between 6811 and 5002 yards. It is the only 18 hole golf course on Aruba
.
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
island of Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
. The resort comprises villa
Villa
A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
s, a spa and fitness center, and an 18 hole golf course
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
.
Golf
The golf course, which opened on 28 January 1995, was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr.Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr. is a noted golf course architect. He is the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones and the brother of golf course designer Rees Jones....
, and plays between 6811 and 5002 yards. It is the only 18 hole golf course on Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
.
Tournaments held
- 1996, 1997 Aces Championship (Senior PGA Tour special event)
- 1996 Raymond Floyd Golf Tournament
- 1998 Shell's Wonderful World of GolfShell's Wonderful World of GolfShell's Wonderful World of Golf was a televised series of golf matches began in the 1960s. The program was sponsored by Shell Oil. It was a part of the tradition of "challenge matches" between pairs of professional golfers, which were the earliest form of professional golf competition, but have now...
(Nick PriceNick PriceNicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...
vs. Payne StewartPayne StewartWilliam Payne Stewart was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42....
) - 1996–2000 Johnnie Walker Pro-Am
- 2001–06 Aruba Invitational Pro-Am
- 2000–06 KLM Aruba Open
- 2006 Tour de las AmericasTour de las AmericasThe Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
Nations Cup qualifiers
Awards
- Golf DigestGolf DigestGolf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Condé Nast Publications also publishes the more specialized , and Golf World Business. The...
magazine 4½ Star Award (2000, 2001, 2002) - LinksLinks (magazine)Links is a U.S. bi-monthly golf magazine published by Purcell Enterprises, Inc. in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina...
magazine Top 100 Award (1997) - Travel + Leisure GolfTravel + Leisure GolfTravel + Leisure Golf was a bimonthly American magazine published by American Express. Unlike other golf magazines, Travel + Leisure Golf focused less on the sport than on the affluent golf lifestyle, with regular features on cars, resorts, wines, and spirits....
magazine Top Ten Golf Courses in the Caribbean (2001) - World Travel Awards – Aruba’s leading golf resort (2006)