Chaguaramas Golf Club: Club History

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Brief history of the Chaguaramas Public Golf Course
The Chaguaramas Golf Course was built by United States servicemen who were stationed at Chaguaramas when the Americans occupied the entire northwestern peninsula during the years of World War II and was created mainly for the enjoyment and recreation of those expatriates. Except for local caddies, the course was used exclusively by the Americans up until their departure. In 1972, a few years after the Americans left, the country's first Prime Minister Dr. Eric Williams dedicated the peninsula to the people of Trinidad and Tobago and the Chaguaramas Golf Course became the Chaguaramas Public Golf Course, allowing lower than normal fees, which enabled more locals to become involved in the sport. And this they did. Caddies who had previously worked with the US servicemen, developed great skill and expertise in the game, which also resulted in the tearing down of some traditional social and financial barriers associated at the time with the sport. Because tournament players were required to be members of a Golf Club, those persons using the course formed themselves into the National Golf Club (NGC) two years later in 1974, but problems with the use of the word "National" arose and the name was changed to the Chaguaramas Golf Club. Further, golfing regulations stipulated that for players to participate in competitions, the club should have a home course or base. To resolve this problem, the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago declared the Chaguaramas Public Golf Course the home of the NGC, allowing even greater participation in the sport. In the year 2000, the growing popularity of the game at Chaguaramas, encouraged an extensive refurbishing of the Club House, which further increased the area's popularity. Today dozens more are learning the game and plans are afoot to transform the Chaguaramas Public Golf Course into an internationally recognized 18-hole Golf Course, which now occupies a 39-hectare tract of land in the lush Tucker Valley with a Par 67 course traversing 5646 yards, with nine holes. There are also 18 T-boxes neatly tucked away in alcoves of towering bamboo clusters. Things will be different soon.