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STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Small country, very few golf courses, lots of
COSTA RICA self-made golf professionals, but no excuses
on trying and learning only the best.
NEWS FROM COSTA RICA

courses and less than 3,000 active golfers, with
mostly self-made golf professionals, produce
great results among juniors, amateurs and teams

By Alejandro Duque, representing the Costa Rican flag throughout the
USGTF Master Teaching world?
Professional, No excuses! We work with high goals. We
San Jose, Costa Rica understand our limitations, but at the same time,
don’t allow limitations to transform into excuses
o, let´s talk about Costa Rica a bit before or stop signs. We might be limited, but we do try
Swe get into golf details. Our country has a to grow every single aspect and group of this
population of 5 million people; this number nearly beautiful game we chose to play and teach with
matches the 4 million tourists that visit Costa great team attitude! We believe in a sharing,
Rica every year. We can talk about nature, open-book kind of philosophy that has helped us
democracy, beaches, biodiversity, that we have grow and each year become a better.
no army, social security, education, energy that is Planning and execution! Personally, I know
99 percent produced from renewable resources there is no sense into having tons of great ideas
and many others…but among all, I would say, we without execution. When you have a plan, you
have a tough-to-match caring and willing-to-learn do do do. You re-visit your goals and plans every
population. ¡PURA VIDA! (pure life) describes a now and then, focus on strengths, work on your
wide percentage of our population. If you want weaknesses and you travel as a team; success will
to appreciate all of this, you need to come, try come sooner or later.
it and understand it personally. Yes, it´s an open I said we share. I said we care, so here`s what
invitation! we´ve planned, worked and executed as a team
Now, let´s talk about golf. How can a country over the last eight years (I am glad to share more
with such a small population, with only 12 golf info if you contact me):

Sharing Our Passion Around The World!”
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Golf Teaching Pro SUMMER 2020