Los Canales Golf Club

Overview: Los Canales Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-70 parkland course in Río Chico, Miranda, on Venezuela's Barlovento coast. The current course record lists 6,295 yards from the blue tees and a layout shaped by heavy water hazards, moderate bunkering and tropical vegetation. Its name reflects the wider Los Canales de Río Chico development, where waterways and beach-club landscapes sit alongside the golf course. The routing is a coastal lowland course rather than an inland Caracas layout, and the sea breeze and canals are part of its playing character. No dependable designer attribution was found for this exact Venezuelan course, so the architect remains unassigned.

History: The Venezuelan Golf Federation lists Los Canales Golf Club as founded in 1991 at Urbanización Los Canales, Av. La Playa, Río Chico. The club was established as part of a broader residential and beach development known for its navigable canals, and the golf course became one of the area's main sporting facilities. Federation records confirm the club's identity and location, while current scorecard records describe the 18-hole, par-70 layout. The available sources do not document a named architect or a detailed sequence of redesigns, so this profile avoids attaching a designer from another course or from the unrelated Argentine Los Canales de Plottier.

Did You Know? Los Canales is built within a canal landscape rather than merely beside a single water feature. Historical descriptions of the Río Chico development record a network of navigable waterways around the homes, while course references describe canals crossing the 18-hole routing. That setting helps explain the course's emphasis on water, coastal air and tropical vegetation.