Half Moon resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica is the golf resort of the year, tour operators say
The luxury Half Moon resort in Montego Bay has received one of its top honors in more than a half century since its founding, capturing the Golf Resort of the Year in the Rest of the World category at the annual International Association of Golf Tour Operators Awards. The IAGTO Awards are considered among the resort world's most prestigious.
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Caribbean resorts: With King Sugar dethroned, St. Kitts seeks golf tourists
St. Kitts, once the center of the British sugar trade in the West Indies, harvested its final cane crop last year. The island will now rely mostly on tourism to feed its people. Plans are afoot for new resorts, golf courses, racetracks and casinos.
... full article »Pink sand or not, Bermuda is warm and colorful with fine golf courses
Bermuda is warm and colorful, surrounded by turquoise waters straight out of postcards and travel magazines. It's hilly, giving you ample opportunity to gaze at the sun dancing off the ocean, either in the morning or late in the afternoon. And the golf courses are pretty darn good, though you won't find any 7,500-yard behemoths here.
... full article »Lucia banking heavily on new Greg Norman golf course
St. Lucia is a small island with big aspirations. A massive new development known as "Le Paradis," which includes a Greg Norman-designed golf course, shows these aspirations. They even have a signature hole at the to-be-built course -- the par-3 No. 14 hole, that will play alongside cliffs jutting out over the Atlantic Ocean. The hole and course look to be top-notch, but will it help St. Lucia get the boost in tourism they're after?
... full article »- Nevis remains a classic, rural Caribbean island
- Native son's success on tour a boost for golf in the Caribbean
- Links at Safehaven in Grand Cayman celebrates 10th anniversary
Take your clubs and run away to Breezes Runaway Bay Resort and Golf Club in Jamaica
John Harris, who designed the course at Breezes Runaway Bay Resort in Jamaica, apparently was a big fan of the long ball. He installed seven par 5s. They've since shortened the layout but it still has some very long par 4s; some are even longer than the par 5s. (This is Caribbean golf, we don't stick to no rules here, mon.) The bottom line, though, is that it's a joy to play.
... full article »SuperClubs Ironshore Golf and Country Club in Jamaica: Long on potential, a bit short on upkeep
Originally built in the early 1970s, SuperClubs Ironshore Golf & Country Club in Montego Bay, Jamaica has an excellent layout over mildly rolling terrain with occasional glimpses of the sea. All it needs is a little more attention to maintenance, and it'd be a superb Caribbean golf course.
... full article »Royal St. Kitts Golf Club, now a full 18 holes, emerges as a top Caribbean golf course
From nearly any vantage point at the Royal St. Kitts Golf Club, you see either cloud-shrouded mountains and volcanoes or the deep blue sea. Sometimes you see the deep blue sea from on high, sometimes you see it from the down low, but make no mistake, you will see it. And if you're not careful, you'll be in it — or at least your tee shot will.
... full article »Don't let the golf detract from the scenery at Riddell's Bay Golf & Country Club in Bermuda
Riddell's Bay Golf & Country Club is the oldest golf course in Bermuda, built back in 1922, back before they started building them in the hills to give tourists views of the ocean and bays. The result is that the course is more flat, and the views — there are plenty — are more up close and personal.
... full article »No. 16 alone worth the show at Port Royal Golf Course in Bermuda
Port Royal Golf Course in Bermuda is a Robert Trent Jones Sr. design with oleander-lined fairways, good elevation changes and colorful in that Bermuda way. What's not to like? Add to that the fact it's a public course, and now you have something.
... full article »The bluebirds sing and so will you at Tucker's Point Club golf course in Bermuda
Formerly known as Castle Harbour and dating back to the 1930s, Bermuda's aging Tucker's Point Club golf course came in for some criticism in recent years for poor design and conditioning. But since a 2002 rehab by Roger Rulewich, golfers are happy as, well, bluebirds with it.
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Marriott resort a big player on a small island in St. Kitts
Right now, the Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino is the only game in town on St. Kitts, as far as big-name, branded resorts go. Auberge Resorts and Ritz-Carlton are looking at properties here, and many people expect high-end villas to dominate the tourist scene in the future.
... full article »Plenty of elbow room at Elbow Beach resort in Bermuda
Elbow Beach resort is known as the grand dame of Bermuda resorts, built at the turn of the century where guests once arrived via private ferry or horse and buggy. The hotel used to host the island's grand balls, one of which - the Bermuda Resident's 10-year anniversary - was attended by Princess Margaret
... full article »Treasure Cay in Abaco: The nearest faraway place
Capt. Leonard Thompson, a commercial and charter pilot almost half a century ago, often looked wistfully down on a beautiful beach at a place known on the map as Sand Banks Cay on the island of Abaco in the northeast Bahamas. The beach formed a pristine crescent that arced southeast from the Abaco mainland on a wide peninsula.
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Caribbean Destinations
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Cayman Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
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