Bahamas Golf CoursesConsistent sunshine makes the Bahamas an ideal location for golf and the islands regularly host world-class tournaments. There is no season to limit play here, just year-round blue skies and warm weather. Nassau averages seven hours of completely sunny skies per day, and rain seldom lasts for longer than it takes to get under cover, even during the rainy season.
Both 9 and 18-hole golf courses abound; whatever your handicap, you’ll be able to find the right course for you.
NASSAU & PARADISE ISLAND
Radisson Cable Beach Casino & Golf Resort
Driving range, practice putting green. Clubhouse facilities include: bar, snack bar, pro-shop, locker rooms, bag rooms. The course completed a renovation, including work on the fairways, greens, hazards and clubhouse in December 2002.
18-holes, 72-par, 7,040 yards; Jim-McCormick designed;
13 lakes and 50 sand traps.
Reservations: 800-451-3103/242-327-6000
South Ocean Golf & Beach Resort
Clubhouse facilities include: snack bar, bar, pro shop, restaurant, locker room.
18-holes, 72-par, 6707 yards; Joe Lee-designed.
Reservations: 800-223-6510/242-362-4391
Paradise Island & Golf Club
Clubhouse facilities include: snack bar, bar, pro-shop, restaurant, locker room
18-holes, 72-par, 6,776 yards; Dick Wilson-designed;
5 bunkers per hole, water/ocean on 11 holes.
Reservations: 800-321-300/242-363-3925
GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND
Fortune Hills Golf & Country Club
Semi-private, 9-hole course, 36-par, 3,458 yards;
Joe Lee design; walking allowed.
Reservations: 242-373-4500
Lucayan Golf & Country Club
Dick Wilson designed Lucayan Course and a Butch Harmon operated golf school.
18-holes, par-72; sedate; oldest club in The Bahamas.
Reservations: 800-622-6770/242-373-1066
Princes Ruby Golf Course
With trade winds always blowing, seemingly in your face on every hole, coupled with a challenging new Fazio design, the Ruby provides an excellent golf experience. The Fazio Design Group’s reshaping of fairways, bunkers and greens has taken this Joe Lee design to a new level of playability. Numerous sugar-white bunkers give the eye a pleasing contrast against the emerald-colored fairways. 18-holes, par-72.
Reservations: 242-352-9661
Princes Emerald Golf Course
The Emerald is cut through thick and beautiful vegetation but has wide fairways and landing areas. The greens are well protected with numerous bunkers, and sand comes into play on several of your drives. This course allows you to pull the “Big Dawg” out on all of the par 4s and 5s, and from the back tees, a couple of the par 3s might need the driver. The Fazio Design Group has turned this course into a challenge for all levels of play. 18-holes, par-72. Reservations: 242-352-9661
ABACO
Treasure Cay Golf Course
Dick Wilson/traditional design; narrow fairways. Public, 18-holes, 72-par, 6,985 yards. Clubhouse facilities include: golf shop, snack bar.
Reservations: 800-327-1584/242-365-8578.
ELEUTHERA
Cotton Bay Club Golf Course, Rock Sound
A challenging Robert Trent Jones-designed that sits on a secluded 450-acre resort property. 18-holes, 72-par, 7,000 yards. The only Robert Trent Jones-designed course in The Bahamas. 129 bunkers, 13 water hazards.
Reservations: Ph: 242 334 6101
toll free:800-334-3523