News from Golf in Brazil
On this page you find news about golf in Brazil: tournaments, reopened and redesigned golf courses, rankings and stories from Brazilian golf clubs. Brazil hosts few international tournaments, and only some Brazilian players compete abroad, but federations and clubs are working to change this.
Professional golf in Brazil
The most important professional tournament in Brazil is the ECP Brazil Open of the PGA TOUR Americas. It was played at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro in 2024 and 2025, and in April 2026 the 71st edition opened the season there. The Brazilian Golf Confederation (CBG) organises the national championships and supports young players.
Golf courses: openings, redesigns and changes
Golf courses in Brazil change over time. Búzios Golf Club reopened in 2019 with a longer layout of 7,009 yards, and Praia do Forte in Bahia now plays as a 9-hole course. We checked all course pages in November 2026.
Golf travel in Brazil
If you plan a golf trip, see our golf packages for Rio de Janeiro, Foz do Iguaçu, Terravista and Aquiraz, or browse all golf courses in Brazil by state.
Send us your news for the Brazilian golf Market
If you have any news from or for the Brazilian golf market, please let us know.
Olympic Golf Course – New business model looks to attract Brazilian golfers
The course received visitors from all over the world. Now, with the country’s borders closed, it needs to reinvent itself to make a profit. The Olympic Golf Course is part [...]
Olympic Golfcourse Rio de Janeiro, 4 years after Olympia
Olympic Golf Course Rio de Janeiro, 4 years after the Olympics: Golfers play with an “audience” of alligators, boa constrictors, capybaras and owls. Golf in Rio de Janeiro is [...]
The Arete Buzios Golf Club reopens with a renovated and even more challenging golf course
After months of renovation, on the weekend of 23rd and 24th November, the Arete Buzios Golf Club is organizing the first official event. The first official tournament after the redesign [...]
Iberostar Praia do Forte Golf Course reopens in July
To the delight of golfers, the beautiful course of Iberostar Praia do Forte, Bahia - Brazil is reopened in July 2019, after undergoing field improvements designed by architect PB Dye [...]
Cooperation agreement between the PGA of Brazil and the Rio Olympic Golf Course
A new stage in the development of the sport started with the cooperation agreement signed between the PGA of Brazil and the Olympic Golf Course (RJ). Through the agreement between [...]
Inspection trip to Foz do Iguassu
Especially in March 2019 the Austrian golf and travel journalist Regina Dvorak made an inspection trip to Brazil. Her first station was Foz do Iguassu. The Iguassu waterfalls should be [...]
Visa-free travel for tourists of USA, Canada, Japan and Australia to Brazil
2019/06/19 - Tourists from the US, Canada, Japan, and Australia can now travel to Brazil visa-free Enjoy Rio de Janeiro and the rest of Brazil without visiting your consulate If [...]
Philippe Gasnier is the new club captain in Terras de Sao Jose
The Terras de Sao Jose Golf Club in Itu (SP), has named the professional Philippe Gasnier as the new captain of the club. He is replacing Antonio Carlos "Kako" Cruz [...]
Golf Pro Tour at Clube de Campo Sao Paulo: Herik Machado debuts as professional with victory
Herik Machado was starting the first time as a professional. With his scored two below par, the player from Sao Paulo GC finished one ahead of Rafa Barcellos and Robison [...]