With their trademark Bermuda grass fairways and pink-sand traps, this island's courses have always offered visiting golfers a challenging, yet scenic sporting experience. Now some aspects of the game are changing. In the past, stateside golfers here quickly learned they had to make adjustments to account for the differing, sometimes plodding, ground conditions. But with the recent introduction of TifEagle, a hybrid Bermuda grass expected to provide a faster and truer, putting surface, golfers playing this island's privately owned courses will find putting greens to be similar to those back home. Both the TUCKER'S POINT development (the former Castle Harbour Golf Club, which will reopen its links this Spring) and the MID OCEAN GOLF CLUB have switched to the new turf!
Advanced Tee Times? - Ask our Bermuda Specialist to set up a tee time at one of these championship courses: Belmont Golf Club, Ocean View Golf Course, Port Royal Golf Course, St. George’s Golf Club or The Fairmont Southampton Princess Golf Club!
Bermuda Golf Courses
Belmont Bermuda Golf Academy Castle Harbour Fairmont Southampton Princess
Mid Ocean Club Ocean View Port Royal Riddels Bay St. George's
The challenging 6,100-yard BELMONT HILLS GOLF CLUB features intense bunkering, multi-tiered greens, distinctive water hazards and slender fairways. Greens fees begin at $75 for weekdays, $95 for weekends, $55 for seniors 65 and older.
Driving range & mini golf. Features 40, 320-yard, driving bays (25 are covered), chipping bunker and an 18-hole putting green. Golf Pros are available to provide tuition in all aspects of the game. Designed for day and night play, the BERMUDA GOLF ACADEMY is open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
This new 18-hole, par 70, championship, golf course designed by Roger Rulewich, former senior designer for Robert Trent Jones, builds upon the striking beauty of the former CASTLE HARBOUR GOLF COURSE. It will feature newly-designed holes and greens, contoured fairways and bunkers and a new practice facility and driving range. (Will open in late Spring 2002.)
The FAIRMONT SOUTHAMPTON PRINCESS' 18-hole course is one of the most challenging par-3's you'll ever play. Cart and club rental are available, as well as golf club storage. Lessons may be arranged through the golf pro.
Once you experience MID OCEAN, you’ll have no argument with experts who rank it among the top links of the world. Cathedral-like in its awesome beauty, Mid Ocean administers the classic test: good shots are rewarded; bad shots are penalized. True to form, Mid Ocean’s 6,512 yards heighten the long game with six par 4s exceeding 400 yards. (There’s even a 238 yard par-3.) Nonetheless, a card full of double and triple bogeys pales in comparison to the superb views of the mighty Atlantic. But win or lose, the lasting thrill is to say, “I played Mid Ocean.”
Located in the verdant center of the Island in Devonshire Parish, OCEAN VIEW is owned and maintained by the Government of Bermuda. On this fully matured, 9-hole course, one enjoys splendid vistas of the Atlantic from several of the elevated tees. At 2,940 yards, it may seem tame enough, but guess again. Its unpredictable terrain and rambling hills remain, as you will soon discover, doggedly resistant to low scoring.
Situated in some of Bermuda’s most lush and beautiful oceanside terrain, PORT ROYAL is a popular and challenging golf course. No matter where you look (or lie), the genius of Robert Trent Jones is evident. From freeform greens set against the sapphire sea, to gracefully winding fairways, skirting the coral cliffs. Watch out for well-trapped greens and bunkered fairways. They’ll demand your full concentration!
RIDDELS BAY, the elder statesman of Bermuda country clubs, has enticed golfers the world over since 1922. And no wonder. Winding along a peninsula measuring only 600 yards at its widest, these lovely links provide a magnificent challenge to one’s golf game and camera. The course measures a relatively short 5,713 yards. But with its tight fairways and small, narrow greens, accuracy is the name of the game. Additional pleasure, or perhaps vexation, depending on your performance, is gained by the proximity of some holes to the ocean
ST. GEORGE'S GOLF COURSE, the newest of Bermuda’s Government golf courses, was designed by Robert Trent Jones and is a par 62, 4,043-yard course. Located at the eastern tip of the Island within walking distance of the old Town of St. George, the links range along hillsides with imposing views of the Atlantic. Wind velocity will be an important factor in your game. On a couple of the par-3s, for instance, depending on the day, you may need anything from a nine-iron to a driver to reach the green. To conquer this one, you’ll need concentration, proper club selection and finally, very careful shot execution.
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