PreviousGolfing's great in Freeport
WHAT-TO-DO - FREEPORT/LUCAYA & GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND - JULY 2007
Golfing's great in Freeport
Grand Bahama's new courses
With postcard-perfect greens, tropical weather and daily direct flights from major North American cities, Grand Bahama Island is a golfer?s paradise.
For now, three course courses are up and running?The Lucayan and Reef Courses at the Westin & Sheraton at Our Lucaya and the Fortune Hills Golf and Country Club. Each of these offers a different playing experience.
The nine-hole championship course at Fortune Hills, designed by Dick Wilson and Joe Lee in 1967, is a favourite among snowbirds.
?Our groups come from England, Ireland and Canada. The course is in perfect golfing condition,? says owner Walter Kitchen. Fortune Hills exudes the friendliness of a membership course that is open to the public.
The 6,824-yard Lucayan course was also designed by Dick Wilson in 1962. The island?s oldest course makes for a challenging game.
?The courses are in ideal condition,? says a spokesperson for both the Lucayan and the 6,900-yard Reef course. ?Both are in excellent shape.?
In another few years, new courses could transform the island into a true golfing Mecca. The most talked about are two championship courses that will be built at the $3.7-billion Ginn sur Mer project in West End.
The Florida-based Ginn company will invest a reported $75 million in championship courses to be designed by former PGA stars Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. At press time, two other courses in Freeport, The Ruby and The Emerald, located at the Royal Oasis Resort, remained closed after extensive hurricane damage in 2004.
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