San Rafael, CA 6/19/2008 2:11:15 AM
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Golfer's Guide to the Best Caribbean Vacations

Jamaica, Aruba, Puerto Rico, Bahamas and the Dominican Republic

The Caribbean hosts some of the world’s most beautiful and challenging golf courses. The tropical settings and crystal-clear waters provide the perfect backdrop for your next Caribbean Golf Vacation. Jamaica is a legendary golf resort paradise while Bermuda is the home to nine golf courses scattered across the island. Other Caribbean golf resorts of note include Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. Golfers will love the Caribbean.

 

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Bahamas Golf Vacations: The Westin Grand Bahama Island
The Westin at Our Lucaya boasts two championship golf courses. In a contemporary links style, the Reef Course features slightly forgiving, wide fairways with huge bunkers protecting the greens. The Lucayan Course is a test of golf precision rather than distance, with doglegs, elevated greens and thick stands of tropical foliage.

 

Dominican Republic Golf Vacations: PUNTACANA Resort and Club
The La Cana Golf Course is a seaside Caribbean golf course designed by the talented P.B. Dye, of golf's illustrious Dye family. Fourteen holes feature breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea, and four play along the ocean itself. Each hole has been crafted to present its own unique challenge: sometimes infuriating, always memorable.


Aruba Golf Vacations: Tierra Del Sol Resort & Country Club
Tierra del Sol, situated on the scenic northwest point of Aruba, the only 18 hole championship golf course on Aruba. Tierra del Sol includes a full length practice range, putting greens, chipping areas and a magnificent clubhouse with golf shop, restaurant and swimming pool.

 

Puerto Rico Golf Vacations: Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort & Country Club
The Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort features four golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. The East Course mixes a dramatic oceanside front nine with a challenging hills-type back nine, while the slightly shorter West Course snakes its way around lakes and lagoons, rewarding you with ocean views every step of the way.

 

Jamaica Golf Vacations: Half Moon Resort
With 7,119 yards of difficult driving areas, plenty of bunkering and great undulating greens, the Half Moon in Jamaica is a member of Jack Nicklaus’ “Great Golf Resorts of the World”. This Caribbean par 72 Championship golf course designed by renowned course architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. is currently being upgraded by his protégé, Roger Rulewich.