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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

golfers, with mostly self-made golf professionals,
produce great results among juniors, amateurs
and teams representing the Costa Rican flag
By Alejandro Duque throughout the world?
USGTF Master Teaching No excuses! We work with high goals. We
Professional understand our limitations, but at the same time,
San Jose, Costa Rica don’t allow limitations to transform into excuses
or stop signs. We might be limited, but we do
o, let’s talk about Costa Rica a bit before
Swe get into golf details. Our country has try to grow every single aspect and group
a population of 5 million people; this number of this beautiful game we chose to play and
nearly matches the 4 million tourists that visit teach with great team attitude! We believe in
Costa Rica every year. We can talk about a sharing, open-book kind of philosophy that
nature, democracy, beaches, biodiversity, that has helped us grow and each year become a
we have no army, social security, education, better.
energy that is 99 percent produced from Planning and execution! Personally, I know
renewable resources and many others…but there is no sense into having tons of great ideas
among all, I would say, we have a tough-to- without execution. When you have a plan,
match caring and willing-to-learn population. you do do do. You re-visit your goals and plans
¡PURA VIDA! (pure life) describes a wide every now and then, focus on strengths, work
percentage of our population. If you want to on your weaknesses and you travel as a team;
appreciate all of this, you need to come, try it success will come sooner or later.
and understand it personally. Yes, it’s an open I said we share. I said we care, so here’s
invitation! what we’ve planned, worked and executed as
Now, let’s talk about golf. How can a a team over the last eight years (I am glad to
country with such a small population, with share more info if you contact me):
only 12 golf courses and less than 3,000 active

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