Golfers who want to hit the links whilst enjoying an all inclusive Jamaica vacation are in luck! Jamaica has some of the top championship golf courses in the Caribbean, laid out by such legendary procedure designers as Gary Player, Robert Trent Jones Sr., and Ralph Plummer. Montego Bay’s Tryall Golf, Tennis and Beach Club was designed by Ralph Plummer, and it is determined to be one of the world’s top courses. The 71-par, 6920 yard course has hosted the Johnnie Walker World Championship as well as the Jamaica Classic.
Montego Bay is also home to the Half Moon Golf, Tennis and Beach Club. The 72 par, 7119 yard policy was laid out by Robert Trent Jones Sr., and is customary for its beautiful but tricky design, its undulating greens, piquant drives, demanding holes, and its spectacular vistas. A amount of championships have been held there, including the Jamaican Open and the Red Stripe Pro-Am. The Ritz-Carlton Golf and Spa Resort, placed on the grounds of the Rose Hall Plantation, features the White Witch - Jamaica’s latest golf course, named for Annie Palmer (the witch of Rose Hall). This 71 par, 6718 yard course was designed by Rick Baril and Robert von Hagge, and offers breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea.
Wyndham Rose Hall Golf and Beach Resort’s Three Palms Ocean course was named one of the world’s top five golf courses, and it has been the site of the Jamaica Open and other all inclusive Jamaica vacations invitational tournaments. This par 72, 6598 yard policy is paramount for its intelligent seaside and mountain layout, and its wicked eighth hole which doglegs onto a promontory jutting 200 yards out to sea. The fifteenth hole is beside a waterfall which was featured in one of the James Bond movies. Cinnamon Hill Ocean course spans four hundred lush acres in the middle of the shimmering Caribbean Sea and the majestic Jamaican Mountains.
Negril Hills Golf Club is known as a very fast course, and is marvelous by its lush, tropical greenery, its elevated greens and tees, and its undulating fairways flanked by water hazards. This par 72, 6333 yard policy was designed by Robert Simmons, and is known for its fifth hole, which doglegs 90° to the left. This a 427 yard par 4 hole which calls for accurate drives - far adequate to see the green, but short of a marsh filled with chest-high reeds on the exterior corner. an additional one great Jamaica vacation golf touch is offered by SuperClubs Runaway Bay 9-hole executive course (on the grounds) and its Pga-rated 18-hole course (located 25 minutes away). Transportation, green fees, and professional study are all included. Other great Jamaican courses comprise Montego Bay’s SuperClubs Golf Club (formerly Ironshore, settled 45 minutes from the Grand Lido Braco Resort & Spa), Sandals Golf and Country Club, Kingston’s Caymanas, and the oldest procedure in Jamaica, Mandeville’s Manchester Club.
