Golfing in Alta Gracia

 Ahora que Fidel Castro se ha retirado, tal vez  puede encontrar el tiempo para practicar su juego de golf.

En 1962, el Sr. Castro perdió un partido de golf con Ernesto "Che" Guevara, quien había sido caddie en su ciudad natal de Argentina antes de convertirse en un icono Revolucionario. La derrota de Castro pudo haber tenido consecuencias desastrosas para el deporte. Había un campo de golf de La Habana que se convirtió en una escuela militar, otro en una escuela de arte. Un periodista que escribió sobre la derrota  frente a ¨Che¨, del barbudo Comandante de Cuba, que era un notorio perdedor, fue despedido al día siguiente.

Ahora, altos funcionarios de la isla quieren convertir el paraíso comunista de Castro en un punto de acceso para este deporte decididamente capitalista, para generar dinero en efectivo por sus problemas de liquidez la economía. El año pasado, el ministro de Cuba de turismo, Manuel Marrero, anunció planes para construir hasta 10 campos de golf para atraer turistas de alto nivel.

 Mientras, yo conozco una ciudad donde Ernesto¨Che¨ Guevara  jugaba al golf y donde hay buenos restaurantes , hoteleria,

y amplias canchas de golf, uno en particular que esta nominado en el ¨TOP¨ 10 canchas de golf en Argentina.

Alta Gracia... solo 30 minutos de Cordoba 

Now that Fidel Castro has retired, perhaps he can find the time to work on his golf game.

In 1962, Mr. Castro lost a round of golf to Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who had been a caddy in his Argentine hometown before he became a revolutionary icon. Mr. Castro's defeat may have had disastrous consequences for the sport as he  later had one Havana golf course turned into a military school and another into an art school. A journalist who wrote about the defeat of Cuba's bearded Comandante, who was known as a notoriously bad loser, was fired the next day.

Now, top officials on the island want to turn Mr. Castro's Communist paradise into a hotspot for this decidedly capitalist sport, to generate hard cash for its cash-strapped economy. Last year, Cuba's minister of tourism, Manuel Marrero, announced plans to build as many as 10 golf courses to lure upscale tourists.

Meanwhile, I can recommend a city to visit where Ernesto¨Che¨Guevara played golf,  where restaurants and hotels are good and it is home to several golf courses, one in particular that has been nominated as one of Argentina´s top 10 golf courses in the country.  

Alta Gracia… only 30 minutes from Cordoba, Argentina´s second largest city.