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The hotel stretches for nearly a quarter mile along a pristine white beach. Nearby is a special selection of golf: the Old Nine, the Country Club and the Green Monkey, a Tom Fazio original.
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SANDY LANE
St. James, Barbados
This public course was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. with perhaps the most famous hole in Bermuda: the par-3 16th where the water hazard is the Atlantic Ocean (don't bother trying to retrieve your ball). That's just one of many challenges on this scenic par-71 course. [links]
Sandy Lane is where Tiger Woods got married, so need we say more about the quality of the golf here? The resort's Green Monkey course (named for the green Bajan monkeys you may see scampering across the greens) was designed by Tom Fazio on the site of an old quarry, the walls of which tower over some of the fairways and bunkers. The Tom Fazio-designed course features 18-holes, is a par 72, and has 7,343 yards. However, you can only play if you stay at the pricey Sandy Lane resort and are willing to shell out a greens fee in the $400 range. here
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This Robert Trent Jones II designed course is Aruba's only 18-hole championship golf course. It's a par-71, 6,811-yarder that highlights not the ocean but rather Aruba's arid outback of cactus and Divi-divi trees.
The Caribbean has always been a popular golf destination, but today there are more choices than ever for golfers. The Dominican Republic has emerged as one of the world's best golf destinations—Casa de Campo's Teeth of the Dog course is listed as one of the best in the world by Golf Magazine, for example— and you can even find golf in such unusual destinations as Cuba and Haiti. So pack your clubs for your next trip to the Caribbean, and experience firsthand the fun of playing golf under the tropical sun.
Greg Norman designed this championship 18-hole course on the Bahamas out-island of Great Exuma. The oceanfront fairways run past sand dunes and tall seashore grasses to end on a final hole at the end of a spectacular peninsula. It was named one of the best resort courses in the Caribbean by Travel & Leisure magazine. here
18. Cap Cana (Punta Espada)
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Jack Nicklaus, 2006 [links]
With overall rank, course name, city, state, architect and year opened. here
7. Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog)
La Romana, Dominican Republic
Pete Dye, 1971 [links]
If you’re looking for a tropical destination with top-rated public courses, you can’t go wrong with a trip to the Caribbean, Mexico or Bermuda, home to a total of nine courses on GOLF’s 2021-22 ranking of the Top 100 Courses You Can Play.
The stunning 5th at Casa de Campo's Teeth of the Dog.
81. Royal Blue at Baha Mar
Nassau, Bahamas
Jack Nicklaus, 2017 here
We hope you enjoy poring over these rankings, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on this Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top Courses of the Caribbean and Mexico list. [links]
These focus on courses throughout several island nations and Mexico, and include both private clubs and public-access tracks. here
The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region. [links]
Welcome to Golfweek’s Best golf courses in the Caribbean and Mexico for 2020, first published in the print issue of Golfweek’s Ultimate Guide.
Each course is listed with its 2020 ranking, its location, architect(s), the year it opened and an average ranking from all the Golfweek Raters who reviewed it.