To ensure that golfers experience a first rate playing experience, Thunderbird Resorts forged a partnership with International Management Group (IMG), to lead the design development for The Cliffs Golf Course & Beach Club situated on a peninsula, within the property owned by Thunderbird Resorts.

IMG is the leading management agency for athletes, coaches, and sports organizations—with clients including the International Rugby Board, Major League Baseball, Wimbledon, and United States Golf Association, to name a few. IMG is also known for representing and managing the careers and brands of the world’s most celebrated personalities and sports figures like Venus Williams, Michael Schumacher, Hilary Duff and Tiger Woods.

One of IMG’s areas of expertise is its prolific golf enterprise. IMG is currently responsible for representing Tiger Woods and Annika Soren­stam, the world’s number one male and female golfers. IMG also works with some of the leading names in golf to create critically-acclaimed signature-designed courses and design solutions that help developers maximize their property’s value, playability, and marketing impact.

Now, in the Philippines, IMG is handling the design of the first world-class golf course in Poro Point, La Union. The Cliffs Golf Course & Beach Club will feature a 9-hole par 72 all-weather championship golf course, with signature holes by the cliff side and a breathtaking 270 view overlooking the South China Sea. The course is touted to give golf aficionados an exciting new place to tee off in the North. Only an hour away from Baguio City and with its proximity to Vigan and Pagudpud, it is the perfect alternative destination for golfers who flock to the greens of Camp John Hay and Baguio Country Club to practice their swings.

The Cliffs has several unique water features which provide challenges for shot making. Several old trees in the area give the impression that the course is mature, and minimal construction changes allowed for the retention of the natural beauty of its environment and its surrounding areas.

Sand-capped and built to USGA specifica­tions, the entire course uses the newly released Sea Isle Supreme Seashore Pasplalum turf. Besides being environmentally friendly, the Sea Isle Supreme is the most tolerant turfgrass used in the golf industry, tolerating droughts and having a fine leaf blade for putting greens, fairways, and tees.

According to Tim Walker, VP Golf Develop­ment, Sta. Elena Properties, Inc., “The Cliffs will feature two unique ocean holes, one of which is potentially the best par 3 hole in Asia.”

The golf course is efficiently designed to hold all water run-offs from the fairways to go through the canals and to be assimilated into the earth so that it will be channeled back and recharged to the trenches and back again for irrigation purposes. The rolling terrain is also another asset, offering various elevation changes and challenges perfect for golf players. The course’s planned expansion to 18 holes is something to look forward to, along with its hotel opening and introduction of forty guest suites.

Strategically positioned in the Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone, Northern Luzon’s catalyst for development, Thunderbird Resorts Poro Point, home of The Cliffs Golf Course & Beach Club, is included in President Gloria Arroyo’s plans for San Fernando, La Union, to be developed into a tourism attraction that can compete with Phuket and Bali. Home of the Voice of America (VOA) and a former US military station, Poro Point’s close proximity to other Asian countries and territories like Taiwan, Macau, Canton, Hong Kong, and Japan makes it an ideal destination for commercial service to the Asian market.

With IMG and international property developer, Thunderbird Resorts, The Cliffs Golf Course & Beach Club has already staked claim to being the first ever peninsula golf course in the country.

On its opening in the first quarter of 2008, Thunderbird Resorts will be facilitating unlimited golf play at The Cliffs Golf Course & Beach Club by offering aficionados the opportunity to own golf shares. Golf share ownership will automatically allow Thunderbird Resort’ Vacation Club Members to enjoy benefits which include food & beverage and room discounts, as well as cross benefits to their other properties located in Binangonan, Rizal, and those across the world in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, and Chile.

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That' s my playground
written by Jerry, February 06, 2008

The place is really nice. I still remember visiting the place with my high school classmates. We used to learn to drive in the compound in the weekends. Its breathtaking cliff is truly a sight to behold. Im glad someone finally developed the place for sports.

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