Club Deportivo del Oeste is a private club in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico which has the largest marina and one of only two golf courses in the Porta del Sol region of Puerto Rico.
History The Club Deportivo del Oeste was founded in 1965 by prominent professionals from Mayagüez, Cabo Rojo and other Municipalities from western Puerto Rico in Joyuda Barrio of Cabo Rojo.
Among its facilities are an eighteen hole golf course in approximately of land, its first hole is considered the hardest in all of Puerto Rico The course was designed by Jack Bender in 1965. The golf course is one of two in the Porta del Sol region the other being in Aguadilla.
It also has a marina, four tennis courts, a club house for meetings and parties, a members only restaurant, pool, gym and a recreational park for children.
It annually holds the "Torneo Internacional de Aguja Azul en Línea Liviana" or "International Atlantic blue marlin Light Line Fishing tournament" which is the biggest of its kind in Puerto Rico and in 2010 celebrates its twenty second edition. Two fishing records of released fish have been established at the tournament; in 2003 a (178 blue marlins released) and in 2005 a total of 205 blue marlins released at the tournament.
The club annually serves non for profit organizations such as the Boy Scouts, the "Hogar para niños con Cáncer" and "Centro Espibi". The club also holds navigational courses offered by the United States Coast Guard and free golf clinics for children of low income families.
The "Deportivo" also offers scholarships for summer camps to students, it serves as a dock for the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and it allows the Navy to use its vicinity to place an antenna used to measure the tide. Furthermore the club will serve for the installation of a Tsunami Ready alarm for Cabo Rojo.
Presidents
President Years1 Salvador Suau, Noel Piñeiro 1965–19662 Ing. Noel Piñeiro 1966–19683 Ing. Frank Delgado 1968–19694 José M. Charana 1969–19705 Ing. Frank Ramirez, José Charana, Dr. Fernando Bayron 1970–19716 Dr. Miguel A. Frontera Jr., Edgardo Vazquez, Rafael Comas 1971–19727 Bartolo Rivera 1971–19738 Ing. Frank Delgado 1973–19749 Ing. Alberto Moreda Camino 1974–197510 José Pluguez, Cesar Rodríguez 1975–197611 Dr. Francisco Guzman 1976–197712 Rafael Comas 1977–197913 Johnny Cruz Granell 1979–198014 Lcdo. Carlos García Rullan 1981–198315 Eliseo Font 1983–198416 Orlando Lugo Echevarria 1984–198517 Johny Cruz Granell 1985–198618 Nestor Martínez Vargas 1986–199219 Francisco González 1994–200420 Heriberto López 2004–200721 Normand Morell 2007–200922 Ing. Pedro Fernando Diez 2009–present
See also
Club Náutico de Ponce Puerto Del Rey Marina
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