Uruguay has a longer golfing history than most people suspect. The game arrived with British railway workers and merchants in the late 19th century and took root in Montevideo before spreading north. Salto's Club de Golf occupies a stretch of land beside the river with views that would embarrass many more famous courses.
The course plays through eucalyptus and native woodland, with the Río Uruguay visible from several holes. The fairways are generous by international standards — this is not a course designed to humiliate — but the greens are subtler than they appear, and the river wind adds an unpredictable element that local members read with a skill visitors rarely match.
Within an hour's drive of Salto, golfers can play across two countries: the courses on the Argentine side of the river offer a different character, different turf, different challenge. A weekend that begins in Salto and crosses to Concordia, Entre Ríos, gives you a golf trip unlike anything available in Europe — unhurried, inexpensive, and played against a backdrop of extraordinary natural beauty.