Puerto Rico Golf Travel thriving
, 2022-12-12 07:50:44,
Puerto Rico tourism is setting records in many key visitor categories and the invigoration and momentum is being replicated by many of its niches, not the least of which is golf.
New records in visitation, visitor spending, and tourism jobs have been achieved making 2022 one of the best years in island history. Likewise, golf has achieved several firsts, including being the first non-mainland venue to host a United States Golf Association (USGA) championship – the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball last April – and Puerto Rico will debut as the host site of the Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), Jan.12-15, 2023 at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande.
The LAAC is backed by the USGA, R&A (Europe’s governing golf body), and Augusta National, home of the iconic Masters Tournament. The winner of the LAAC earns a berth into the 2023 Masters and the 2023 Open Championship in the United Kingdom. These are two of the game’s most hallowed competitive events.
“Tourism continues to lead the economic resurgence of Puerto Rico, and golf is an important microcosm, as these industry-leading organizations and events demonstrate,” said Brad Dean, CEO, Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s Destination Marketing Organization (DMO).
Additionally, the PGA TOUR annually conducts the Puerto Rico Open in the island, meaning that virtually each of the top golf organizations have deemed that the island holds first-class qualities that are up to the standards of their discerning…
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