Golfweek Names 3 BDA Courses As The Best
Golfweek magazine recently awarded top honors to three Bermuda courses in its “2010 Best 50 Best Courses of the Caribbean & Mexico” listing. The local golf courses awarded were Port Royal Golf Club, Mid Ocean Club and Tucker’s Point Club
Port Royal Golf Club is a Robert Trent Jones design and home to the PGA Grand Slam Championship. Tucker’s Point Club is a dramatically re-designed championship golf course crafted by Roger Rulewich. Mid Ocean Club at Tucker’s Town, features a 1921 design by Charles Blair Macdonald and Seth Raynor.
Golfweek magazine’s ratings were determined by a group of 550 panelists who travel across the world rating golf courses. Criteria ranged from natural setting and overall land plan to variety and memorability of each hole and quality of conditioning.
Premier Dr Ewart Brown said:
We are pleased to continue to receive great recognition for our high caliber of golf. This is a testament to our partners’ continued commitment to providing exceptional golf experiences to travelers from across the globe.
Port Royal Golf Club, combining undulating terrain, lush greenery and dramatic ocean side cliffs, is open to the public and boasts one of the most difficult and beautiful par 3s in the world. The course recently experienced a $15 million plus renovation and will once again host the PGA Grand Slam Championship from October 18-20, 2010.
Tucker’s Point Golf Club boasts dramatic views as well as re-contoured fairways and bunkers and can be played by guests of Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa, which opened last year.
The Mid Ocean Club is a private club with a championship 18-hole golf course, guest rooms, full-service clubhouse, tennis courts and beaches. The 71 par course emphasizes the long game with six par 4s over 400 yards.
You can view the full listing of the top 50 on Golfweek here.
