Splendido Taal Golf Club

Overview: Splendido Taal Golf Club is a Greg Norman-designed 18-hole course on the Taal Ridge, where ravines, sloping ground and wind turn the Batangas setting into an active part of the round. The developer lists the course at par 72, while the club’s own information gives 6,997 yards from the gold tees. Views toward Taal Lake and the volcano are part of the setting, but the main character is the way the course uses hillside lines and natural breaks to shape the shots into and around the greens.

History: The club’s official golf page dates construction from 1996 to completion in 2000. A developer profile uses 2002 as the opening date, so the record keeps the discrepancy visible rather than presenting both milestones as the same event. What is consistent across the sources is the Norman design credit, the 18-hole par-72 routing and its place within the Splendido residential and country-club development near Tagaytay.

Did You Know? Splendido publishes four distinct tee measurements, from 6,997 yards at gold to 5,530 at red. That range is unusually useful for understanding the design: the same ravines and elevation changes can be approached as a championship test or as a shorter scenic round, while the course’s blue tees carry an official National Golf Association rating.