Tortugas country club

A club in Argentina. that holds the famous Tortugas Country Club Open. It was founded as a polo club. The club also has a tennis courts and and a golf course. The club also runs activties on Squash, Football and other horse sports. The club was created on the land of Dr. Wenceslao Escalante. Antonio Maura brought polo to the ground. His wife (and the daughter of Dr. Wenceslao Escalante) commented on the slowness of the sport comparing it to the turtle. So the club was named Tortugas.

It is in the city of Tortuguitas is a city in the county called Malvinas Argentinas Partido in the Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 25 miles northwest from the capital city Buenos Aires.So like the famous Argentinean club Hurlingham it gave it's name to the city that grew around it.

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