{{Short description|Country club in Tijuana, Mexico}} {{Infobox golf facility | golf_facility_name = Tijuana Country Club | image = | imagesize = <!-- include units --> | caption = | location = Tijuana, Baja California | coordinates = {{Coord|32|30|40.43|N|117|0|6.41|W}} | establishment = 1927 | type = Semi-Private | owner = <!-- name of organization/company --> | operator = <!-- name of organization/company --> | holes = 18 | tournaments = <!-- notable tournaments held (if any) --> | website = | course1 = <!-- individual course name, can leave blank if same as article title --> | designer1 = William P. Bell | par1 = 72 | length1 = 6,859 yard | rating1 = 73.3 | slope1 = 129 | record1 = | course2 = <!-- if only one course: leave this entry and all below parts blank --> | designer2 = | par2 = | length2 = | rating2 = | slope2 = | record2 = | course3 = | designer3 = | par3 = | length3 = | rating3 = | slope3 = | record3 = | image2 = | imagesize2 = | caption2 = }}
The '''Tijuana Country Club''' ('''Club Campestre de Tijuana''') is a country club located in Tijuana, Mexico. The country club was the site of the historic Agua Caliente Open and Tijuana Open Invitational, former golf tournaments on the PGA Tour.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19580117&id=wXUEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MzEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5195,1582943 Furgol, Souchak Head Field in Tijuana Open] - Rome News-Tribune (Rome Georgia), January 17, 1958</ref> The country club, as well as the accompanying golf course, is located in Boulevard Agua Caliente.
==History== The golf course was originally designed in 1927 by William P. Bell.<ref>.{{Cite web|title=Tijuana Country Club|url=http://www.golfsd.com/tijuana_cc.html|accessdate=August 15, 2011|publisher=San Diego Golf Pages}}</ref> Famous professional golf players like Gene Sarazen, Paul Runyan, Dutch Harrison, and Ernie Vossler have played at the club. Though the clientele has become increasingly Mexican over the years, it remains popular with golfers across the border in California.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baja Golf Course: Tijuana Country Club |url=http://www.golfbaja.com/tijuana-country-club.htm |accessdate=August 15, 2011 |publisher=GolfBaja.com and LeadsLogic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tijuana course offers refuge from a Mexican urban jungle |url=http://www.worldgolf.com/course-reviews/mexico/tijuana-country-club-mexico-1429.htm |publisher=WorldGolf.com |accessdate=August 15, 2011}}</ref> 34-year-old Ivan Escobosa was abducted from the club in 2005.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=Feb 2, 2006|title= Abduction and murder at T.J.’s Camp Campestre. Why no outrage in the border town?|magazine=San Diego Reader|url= https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2006/feb/02/dont-look-now/|access-date=2023-03-12}}</ref>
PGA Tour pro Cesar Sanudo was introduced to golf when he started working as a caddie at the club.<ref name="idol">{{Cite news|last=Leonard|first=Tod|date=August 30, 2011|title=Sanudo was 'idol, hero' to many in golf circles|newspaper=Hartford Courant|url=https://www.courant.com/sdut-sanudo-was-idol-hero-many-golf-circles-2011aug30-story.html|access-date=2019-05-15|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Real estate developers have put the property under redevelopment pressure, but some progress to retain urban greenspace has been made with a restoration proposal from Mexican native golf architect Agustin Pizá.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=June 7, 2022|title=Agustin Pizá was commissioned to develop a restoration masterplan for the Tijuana Country Club|magazine=First Call|url=https://www.firstcallgolf.com/industry-news/release/2022-06-07/agustin-piza-was-commissioned-to-develop-a-restoration-masterplan-for-the-tijuana-country-club|access-date=2023-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fescue.github.io|title=Fescue - Golf Course Restoration}}</ref> Erik Anders Lang walked the property and promoted Pizá's Tijuana Country Club restoration project in his Adventures in Golf series on United Airlines.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lang|first1=Eric|author1-link=Eric Anders Lang|title=Restoring Tijuana's Only Golf Course|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQXJFFtc60|website=youtube.com |publisher=Adventures in Golf |language=en |format=video |date=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
==Course== {{Golf18|title=Tijuana Country Club course}} {{black18 |73.3 / 129 |472|231|422|358|349|192|390|397|504|3315|460|414|181|417|430|354|485|574|229|3554|6859}} {{blue18 |71.9 / 125 |461|225|420|346|346|169|322|386|503|3178|431|390|170|412|426|343|476|566|224|3438|6616}} {{white18 |70.2 / 120 |430|177|375|290|280|127|250|318|434|2681|384|319|130|327|304|293|424|482|165|2836|5517}} {{gold18 | |422|184|402|293|330|136|315|365|439|2886|377|377|157|392|353|327|424|487|191|3091|5977}} {{red18 |72.0 / 127 |451|190|410|334|334|145|320|371|464|3019|399|382|158|397|353|333|439|554|199|3214|6233}} {{handicap18 |13 |3 |1 |15 |9 |17 |7 |5 |11 |4 |8 |18 |2 |6 |16 |14 |12 |10 | | }} {{par18 |5|3|4|4|4|3|4|4|5|36|4|4|3|4|4|4|5|5|3|36|72}} {{end18}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.campestretijuana.com/ Tijuana Country Club]
Category:Sports venues in Tijuana Category:Golf clubs and courses in Mexico Category:1927 establishments in Mexico Category:Sports venues completed in 1927 Category:Golf clubs and courses designed by William P. Bell