Pacific Cigar Co. manufactures the cigars you will find in golf pro shops and country clubs sitting behind the counter in "humi-tubes". They also custom label cigars for various events and sponsorships.

Supposedly the humi-tubes are supposed to lock in humidity therefore not requiring separate humidification. Really, its just a plastic test tube with a plastic lid. No magic there. This cigar was huge and had been sitting in the yard-gar humidor for a couple years, so figured I would light it up and get to mowing.

Man, do I regret firing this one up. This cigar was just plain bitter and sour nastiness. I couldnt even tell if I was smoking tobacco or some other bitter greens. After the second draw, I started to produce saliva and drool like a St. Bernard in heat. Now I know why everyone at the golf course smoking these things are also spitting constantly.

I tried to make it up to the first third mark, but just couldnt do it. The bitterness was overwhelming, like chewing on weed stems - in fact, some parts of my mouth were getting numb from the pure bitter agony. The burn was straight, but nasty looking with a creeping dark grey soot going down the wrapper like the diesel stack of an old semi.

This could easily be one of the worst cigars I have ever had. This one said "made in the Phillipines" on the tube. Rumor has it these are made in the Dominican Republic, but I have to doubt that. Stay far, far, far away if you value your tastebuds and your golf score.

:-) :-) :-)
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Don't think I'll be picking these up anytime soon!
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I am a golf pro. Tell your shop that if they want to go this route (packaged cigars that will stay fresh for a long time) to get them from Certifresh. Certifresh carries Oliva, Fuente, Macanudo, Punch, H Upmann, HDM, RP, Ashton, LGC, and Cohiba among others.

Pro
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Funny stuff. I've always stayed away from any club house cigar. If I forget a smoke, I play without a cigar.
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A laughed myself silly reading your review! Thanks for the warning.
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Good call on this one. One of the courses I play at must use these...they carry Macanudo and Cohiba. Huge markup and they certainly don't match up to my Macs, but they aren't as horrible as the one Omowasu suffered through.
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I found this thread while Google'ing something else. I assume Bart is at Rasperry Falls, thank you for the plug Bart!

Yes, we supply cigars to over 1500 golf courses across the country. Just added TPC Las Colinas today.

I've been the the golf biz for 22 years and a cigar guy longer. Our packaging allows cigar courses to sell cigars (all rated 87 or higher by CA, no crapola) that are always 69%RH via a Boveda pack. Are they more expensive than your local B&M, yes. But so is a beer on the course. But, at least you know it'll be perfectly humidified. We even put a "smoke by" date on the back of each packaged cigar so you know it's fresh. We guarantee the cigar will be fresh for a year.

Some of you may know my handle, I was a mod over at Herfer's Paradise for several years and a member since 2003.

Thanks to everyone who buys our cigars on the course, we greatly apprecitate it!
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