{{Short description|Golf club in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox golf facility | name = Lima Golf Club | image = Cuarentena Lima (19 de marzo 2).jpg | location = [[San Isidro District, Lima]] | establishment = {{dts|1924|05|28}} | type = Private | owner = | operator = <!-- name of organization/company --> | holes = <!-- total number of holes at club/resort --> | tournaments = <!-- notable tournaments held (if any) --> | greens = <!-- type of grass used --> | fairways = <!-- type of grass used --> | website = {{url|1=https://www.limagolfclub.org.pe/|2=Official website}} }} '''Lima Golf Club''' is a [[Peru]]vian [[Golf club (establishment)|golf club]] and [[Asociación Civil|civil association]] located in [[San Isidro District, Lima]]. Besides serving as a [[golf course]], it also serves as a [[social club]] for the local [[British Peruvians|British community]].
==History== Prior to its establishment, a [[golf course]] existed in the Chucuito neighbourhood of [[Callao]] until 1915, when its premises moved to the [[Hipódromo de Santa Beatriz|Hippodrome of Santa Beatriz]]. After a search by local [[British Peruvians|Britons]]—some of them members of the city's ''Phoenix Club''—for an appropriate site the year prior, the club was officially founded on May 28, 1924, after member Arturo Porras convinced the Moreyra Paz Soldán family of selling their terrain, then in the process of becoming the "Conde de San Isidro" neighbourhood.<ref name=GolfPeru>{{Cite news |title=¡Feliz centenario! El Lima Golf Club celebra 100 años |date=2024-05-28 |url=https://golfperu.pe/feliz-centenario-el-lima-golf-club-celebra-100-anos/ |work=Federación Peruana de Golf}}</ref>
The club's [[meeting house]] was built in 1943, at Camino Real Avenue, prior to which its members met at the nearby [[Country Club Lima Hotel]].<ref name=GolfPeru/> It is a member of the {{ill|Peruvian Golf Federation|es|Federación Peruana de Golf}}.
The club will host the 2026 [[Latin America Amateur Championship]] (LAAC).<ref>{{Cite news |title=¡El LAAC 2026 se jugará en Perú! El Lima Golf Club recibirá a los mejores golfistas amateurs de la región |last=Vizcarra Torres |first=Julio |date=2025-01-16 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/polideportivo/golf-el-laac-2026-se-jugara-en-peru-latin-america-amateur-championship-lima-golf-club-recibira-a-los-mejores-golfistas-amateurs-de-la-region-noticia/ |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> In 2024, it hosted the [[Women's Amateur Latin America]] (WALA).<ref>{{Cite news |title=El Lima Golf Club será desde hoy el epicentro del golf femenino latinoamericano |date=2024-11-21 |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-el-lima-golf-club-sera-desde-hoy-epicentro-del-golf-femenino-latinoamericano-1008669.aspx |work=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]]}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Country Club Lima Hotel]] *[[El Olivar, Peru]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Lima landmarks}} [[Category:Clubs and societies in Peru]] [[Category:Golf clubs and courses in Peru]] [[Category:San Isidro District, Lima]] [[Category:Venues of the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games]]