Best Places to Play (and Stay) in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is home to the strongest set of golf courses in the Caribbean. Here are the top places to play (and stay).
5 Reasons to Love Casa de Campo
Home to one of the most celebrated courses in the Caribbean, this sprawling island resort is growing even more lavish For almost 50 years, golfers have flocked to Casa de Campo Resort & Villas on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic. Ever since word spread in the early 1970s of a new dramatic island […]
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 remarkably […]
A Preview Trip to Cabot Saint Lucia + Trevor Dormer – LINKS Golf Podcast Ep. 134
Digital Editor Al Lunsford recounts his recent trip to preview Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s first golf course in the Caribbean—Point Hardy Golf Club at Cabot Saint Lucia. Al also sits down with Coore & Crenshaw associate Trevor Dormer (24:00), who has close to 20 years of experience in golf construction and has spent months […]
Top 10 Courses: Caribbean
Here’s our list of the top 10 courses in the islands of the Caribbean 1 TEETH OF THE DOG, La Romana, Dominican Republic Pete Dye’s 1971 masterpiece for the Casa de Campo resort remains the gem of the islands. Its seven seaside holes are the stars, but Dye’s creative genius is evident from start to […]
Ranking the World: Rest of the World
With the fourth and final installment of our series ranking the world’s golf nations (outside the U.S.) we consider the remainder of the globe, from South America to South Africa, Canada to the Caribbean The final in our four-part series ranking the best golf countries outside the U.S. looks at the Rest of the World, […]
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 […]
Premier Properties: The Abaco Club on Winding Bay
Abaco, The Bahamas A quiet refuge from the world, The Abaco Club on Winding Bay is a tropical paradise in a setting so beautiful that words and photos hardly do it justice. Yet it is just a 45-minute flight from Fort Lauderdale. This is a true sporting club that includes the No. 1 golf course […]
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.
CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa: A Caribbean Discovery
With a second chance for a revived Greg Norman course on the island of Anguilla, this resort really cooks
