What golfers who frequent the greens by the walls like about the course:

Playing under the lights
It is an eerie feeling to play under the lights. Everything seems as bright as day on the ground once you’ve adjusted to the colors and the shadows. But when the ball is in the air, for a while, you lose sight of it, and after it comes down, it’s surprising how the lights can affect distance perception. But walking by the walls and seeing the lights bounce off the stones, the moon above and the bright lights of vibrant Manila, is like being in a nightclub carpeted with Paspalum.

Umbrella girls
There are scores of pretty, charming, and witty ladies to hold your umbrella over your head, rain or shine. The caddies are indispensable, but for some, the same may be said of the Umbrella girls. No matter how many balls you lose, they are always ready to commiserate and lend moral support to you as you play your game.

The walls
Whatever the time of the day; the wals, the miradors, parapets and the stones themselves always seem to talk to the golfer who will lend an ear. There are murmurs from history, laughter everywhere, and cries of wars past whispered in various languages of Spanish, Japanese, English and Filipino.

Excerpts from the article “If these walls could talk” by Dr. Vince Gomez published originally in the October-November issue of Golf Digest Philippines.