Clube De Campo De São Paulo

Overview: Clube de Campo de São Paulo is the exact 18-hole course at Praça Rockford beside the Guarapiranga reservoir. The club’s current golf page gives a total of 6,089 yards and places the layout within a large property that combines golf with preserved Atlantic Forest and views across the water. Its identity is closely tied to São Paulo’s southern edge: the setting feels more like a green retreat than an urban course, while the golf department remains active in state and national competitions. The club also lists a lit putting green, golf clubhouse facilities and a restaurant deck overlooking the course.

History: The club itself was founded in 1937, but golf arrived later. The official history records the first nine holes being planned and built in 1953, followed by the completion of a full 18-hole course toward the end of the 1960s. That distinction matters, since the club’s founding date is not presented as the opening date of today’s routing. Later improvements have included a complete rebuilding of the 41 bunkers, with new drainage layers and Celebration grass recorded in the club’s course-maintenance account.

Did You Know? The club’s official history records that architect and long-time club associate Rino Levi made an important contribution to the landscaping plan in 1959. That wider design work helps explain the course’s sense of being set into a larger ecological property: the golf holes sit beside Guarapiranga reservoir and preserved Atlantic Forest rather than occupying an isolated sports parcel.