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Top 10 “Blue” Courses in Golf

We counted more than two dozen courses worldwide where “Blue” is either part of the course name or is the actual course name.

7 Superior Caribbean Resorts with Equally Great Golf

When you set your sights on the Caribbean, where a bevy of beachside resorts provide ideal settings to soak up the sun, don’t forget your sticks—some of those properties are also home to exceptional golf courses. Here, we spotlight seven Caribbean destinations with notable golf. Aurora Anguilla – Anguilla The island of Anguilla is […]

The Bahamas: Open For Business

By Ryan Asselta Waist deep in the Atlantic Ocean, I gazed at the sight of the setting sun disappearing into the sea. The colors—pink, orange, turquoise—are stunning. That’s when it hits me—it truly is better in the Bahamas. The saying has been used in advertising campaigns by the chain of Caribbean islands for […]

Darren Clarke on The Abaco Club at Winding Bay

By David Desmith One of golf’s most affable stars recharges his batteries at The Abaco Club in The Bahamas. By his recollection, the first few times Darren Clarke encountered sea breezes were when his family left their home in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, to go on holiday at the beaches of Donegal or Portrush. “We were […]

Emerald Reef Golf Club at Sandals Emerald Bay

If you find yourself snorkeling about 200 yards off the beach at Sandals Emerald Bay on Great Exuma in The Bahamas, you’ll come across sunken treasure. There, amid the coral heads and colorful fish, are dozens and dozens of golf balls—good ones, too. They lie about 100 yards off the tee of the par-three 11th […]

Visit the Caribbean for an Exciting Golf Trip

Last year, when LINKS Magazine named the top 25 golf islands in the world, 7 of them—more than a quarter—were in the Caribbean. That’s a pretty good showing for a region that, all together, comprises about .16% of the earth’s land mass.

The Abaco Club, Bahamas

The Bahamas is suddenly a hotbed of Caribbean golf activity, with the opening of the mammoth Baha Mar resort, but also news that the much more intimate Abaco Club on Great Abaco Island has been sold. The 10-year-old private sporting club was recently acquired by Southworth Development, which owns and operates private clubs and […]

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