Porto Alegre

Formed by fifteen prominent businessmen that were led by a Texan named Joseph Millender, president of the Electric Power Company, the club acquired around a hundred acres of land between the districts of Montserrat and Passo da Areia which allowed the introduction of a 9-hole course in 1932. Further land was obtained by the club, and, before the end of the 1940s, Pablo Miguel had overseen the addition of a second nine-hole circuit.

At 6,100 yards, "The Country," as Porto Alegre is named locally, is not the longest of golf courses and its wide, tree-lined fairways are laid out over lush, gently undulating parkland terrain that feels a million miles away from the urban bustle outside the perimeter fence on the property. Charming old-fashioned features on the course include back-to-back par threes on holes 3 and 4 and a wonderful short par 4 on the 15th hole.