Calatagan Golf Club

Overview: Calatagan Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-72 Robert Trent Jones Jr. course on the headlands of Batangas, where rolling ground, mature trees and views toward the bay shape the round. The championship tees are listed at 6,572 yards. Its parkland character comes from the contrast between open fairway movement and the more defined pressure around the greens, with sloping putting surfaces, bunkers and three lakes providing different kinds of risk as the course moves across the property.

History: The National Golf Association of the Philippines records the course as built in 1978, while the Robert Trent Jones II portfolio gives 1979 as its portfolio opening date. Both sources support the Jones design credit and the course’s long place in Batangas golf, so the earlier date is retained with the conflict visible in the notes. Calatagan was conceived as a championship course within a large coastal estate, not as a short resort loop.

Did You Know? Calatagan’s course is described as an arboretum in the municipal planning record, which helps explain the emphasis on mature and majestic trees throughout the property. The designation gives the course a botanical dimension alongside its golf identity, especially when the tree-lined holes are read together with the bay views and the three water features.