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golf courses Caribbean
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Out of this world:
Half Moon, Jamaica
When Winston Churchill
mimicked Mark Twain and called 5
Virgin favourite:
Royal Westmoreland, Barbados
This Robert Trent Jones-designed
course is so good it gets the
golf “the best way to ruin a good walk”, thumbs up from Virgin Holiday’s head
he obviously didn’t have this beauty in of US & Caribbean Product Angus Bond.
mind. Half Moon is dubbed as one of the “[This is] a favourite option in the
best walking courses in the Caribbean Caribbean”, he says, “We offer apartment
2 and it was recently named Jamaica’s rental at the property which is home to
Leading Golf Resort in the annual World many a celeb villa. Masters champion
Travel Awards to boot. There’s an on-site Ian Woosnam even owns a home
golfing academy tailored to fit all skill there.” So, if swapping tips with old
levels, where one-to-one tutelage will greats like Woosie who have donned
improve even the most wayward of Augusta’s famous green jacket, then
swings. A stay at the Half Moon resort this is the course for you. But be
also means you can play on adjoining warned: the Par 3 12th is bordered by a
courses, Cinnamon Hill and the White ravine, so come prepared with a bag of
Witch, who may just cackle as you tee spare balls if your game is rusty.
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off on your 54th hole for the day. royalwestmoreland.com
halfmoon.com
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Golf with a view:
Trump International Club,
The Grenadines 6
Crafted by nature:
Emerald Reef Golf Club,
Bahamas
For any vegetation specialists in
The speciality at the Raffles Resort the golfing world, this is your Valhalla.
Canouan course is the panoramic views of The fairways are peppered with native
the Grenadines you enjoy while smashing (and brilliantly named) Bahamian
your ball down the fairways. The luxurious vegetation: sea grapes, silver buttonwood,
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resort is located on Canouan Island which sand fly bush, cabbage palms and
lies south of the main island, St Vincent. mangrove preserves. This one is also
The front nine holes sit inside a semi- designed by Greg Norman and carries
volcanic crater, so you can think about that typical shark signature, where golf is
eruptions of molten lava while you wait played in and around seaside sand dunes,
for your playing partner to find their ball and, of course, lovely views of the
in the rough. The back nine holes bring Emerald Bay. Golf lover and Sandals’
you back to the world, where you play founder Gordon “Butch” Stewart reckons
on top of a mountain overlooking the “it looks like nature crafted the course
Caribbean Sea. The signature hole is 840ft right from the sea”, and you’ll probably
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above sea level, and gives a 360-degree agree. Sandals Emerald Bay is a new
view of the surroundings. raffles.com addition to the Sandals Luxury Included
portfolio. sandals.co.uk
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Mayan magic
El Cameleon, Mexico
Greg Norman designed this
unique course, the first one
in Mexico to host an official PGA Tour 7
Twin oceans:
Royal St Kitts Golf Club, St Kitts
We finish off with a well-earned
drink in the “private country
Event, and players tend to say it has a club” style clubhouse of the Royal St Kitts
bite. Aptly known as the chameleon Golf Club. Redesigned by Thomas
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because of its always-changing landscape, McBroom in 2004, it provides players
it moulds through a trio of challenges: with a top round of golf in a picture
thick mangroves, oceanfront fairways and postcard setting. Views are two for the
tropical jungle. It also has an inimitable price of one; two full holes overlook
system of limestone canals running the Caribbean Sea, three more the
through the course, where players will Atlantic Ocean. The club is managed
be ferried from rooms in Rosewood by Marriott Golf, and the St Kitts Marriott
Mayakoba resort to the first tee without Resort is just a quarter of a mile away.
getting their spikes dirty. The resort Check out the Emerald Mist Spa facilities
is situated along a mile-long arc of white when your back gets a bit stiff to chop a
Caribbean sand on the Riviera Maya. ball out of a bunker.
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mayakobagolfclassic.com royalstkittsgolfclub.com
TTG Knowledge – February 2010
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