| Jamaica is blessed with all the qualities
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| | mildly sloping greens. It also reveals
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| of a world-class golf destination. In
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| | fleeting views of Negril's distant golden
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| addition to excellent year-round weather,
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| | sands and calm seas. Along the fairways,
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| the topography, lush vegetation and
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| | coconut and other tropical trees dance in
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| scenic beauty of our tropical island also
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| | the soft sea breezes wafting in from the
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| encourages creative golf course designs
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| | coast. This course is characterized by
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| by imaginative golf course architects.
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| | water hazards, boasting nine ponds that
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| Jamaica is also famous for its caddies:
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| | all come into play. Marshlands and
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| lively, entertaining, experienced,
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| | sandtraps also lurk throughout the
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| dedicated - with an uncanny ability to
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| | course, waiting to claim wayward
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| track down wayward shots and to read the
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| | balls.Runaway Bay GCThe par 72 course was
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| breaks on even the trickiest greens. We
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| | designed by Major John Harris from
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| invite you to play our courses for
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| | Britain and opened in 1960. From the Blue
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| yourself for an unforgettable golfing
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| | Tees, the course measures a long 6,870
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| experience:Montego Bay is the island's
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| | yards with a slope rating of 124. The
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| golf capital boasting five championship
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| | combination of the wind gusting up to 35
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| golf courses, premium hotel
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| | miles per hour, long rolling fairways
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| accommodations, an international airport
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| | with large flat greens and breathtaking
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| served by several major airlines, beaches
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| | views of the Caribbean Sea, guarantee
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| and other recreational, shopping and
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| | that golfers can expect an exhilarating
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| entertainment facilities.SuperClubs
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| | experience whether they are beginners or
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| IronshoreThe former Ironshore Golf &
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| | accomplished players. The PGA-quality
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| Country Club is a links-style, par-72
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| | golf course has hosted many an
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| course. Once referred to as Jamaica's gem
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| | international event including the
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| in the rough, it's a demanding course
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| | MatchPlay games between the United
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| with plenty of doglegs and bunkers to
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| | Kingdom and the West Indies, the Jamaica
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| challenge your A-game. Since January
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| | Open and the World Cup of Golf
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| 2000, SuperClubs has been polishing that
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| | Super-qualifier tournaments.Sandals Ocho
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| gem. A beautifully decorated new
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| | RiosFormerly known as Upton Golf Club,
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| clubhouse was built and a massive course
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| | the Sandals Golf & Country Club was
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| renovation completed. The greens are in
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| | established in 1951 as a 9 hole course
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| their best condition in 20 years, locals
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| | located 700 feet above sea level in
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| say. The 6,570-yard layout delivers what
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| | Upton, a few miles east of Ocho Rios. The
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| is expected - an entertaining golf
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| | original 9-hole layout which, designed by
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| experience, with several water encounters
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| | P.K. Saunders, was expanded in the early
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| and a number of interesting blind shots.
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| | 1960s to 18 holes. In June 1992, Sandals
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| Fairways are separated by tall, frilly
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| | Resorts purchased the property and set
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| Australian pines, as well as flowering
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| | about creating one of the most elite golf
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| hibiscus and bough.Half MoonDesigned by
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| | courses in Jamaica. The greens were
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| the renowned Robert Trent Jones Sr., the
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| | rebuilt with Tifdwarf Bermuda grass and
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| course opened in 1961 and since has
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| | the fairways resurfaced with Bermuda
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| firmly established itself as one of
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| | grass. Although comparatively short- 6311
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| prized courses that the Caribbean has to
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| | yards, par 71 from the Blue Tees, the
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| offer. Measuring a massive, 7,119 yards
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| | course makes for a challenging 128
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| from the back tees, it has been selected
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| | slope.ManchesterCarved into the rolling
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| as host venue for several professional
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| | hills near Mandeville more than a century
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| and amateur tournaments, including the
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| | ago, the Manchester Country Club is
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| Jamaican Open and the Dunhill Cup. The
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| | Jamaica's and the Caribbean's oldest golf
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| course boasts some of the trademark Jones
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| | course. Boasting 140 years of history, it
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| features, including runway tees and use
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| | is easily the most unique in Jamaica with
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| of the land's movement or the 'figure
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| | it's nine greens and 18 tee locations.
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| eight' routing that cleverly changes
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| | Founded as a Country Club in 1865 and
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| angles just enough to cause bewilderment
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| | soon after the Scots invented the game of
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| on the windy days. The greens also demand
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| | golf, a golf course was built on the
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| special attention: while they are very
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| | site. It is situated in the middle of the
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| playable, their shape and contour often
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| | town of Mandeville, the capital of
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| force the better golfer to work the ball
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| | Manchester and has one of the most
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| to get their approaches close to tucked
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| | breath-taking scenic wonders, provided by
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| pins, while leaving an opening for the
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| | the course's 2201 foot elevation.
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| novice player to run the ball in.Cinnamon
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| | Although it is a private members club, it
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| HillOne instinctively marvels at the
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| | is open to the public and is one of
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| parcel of land on which Robert von
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| | Mandeville's main tourist
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| Hagge-designed Cinnamon Hill GC (formerly
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| | attractions.CaymanasLocated 9 miles
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| Three Palms), at the Wyndham Rose Hall.
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| | outside Kingston, Caymanas GC rests in
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| On an island blessed with lushness and
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| | the foothills of St. Catherine and
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| topographical character, and short on
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| | overlooks the parish's verdant cane
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| acreage, the layout moves from an open,
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| | fields, stretching all the way to
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| windswept front nine into the lower
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| | Kingston Harbour. Designed by well-known
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| elevations of the Blue Mountains on the
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| | Canadian architect, Howard Watson, in the
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| back nine, where dense foliage traps the
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| | 1950s, the course's hilly environment is
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| fairways of the incoming holes. Boasting
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| | brilliantly incorporated in the layout.
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| interesting, serene, descriptive and
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| | Several of the 18 tee boxes are elevated
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| sometimes downright intimidating names
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| | while the fairways undulate in accordance
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| each hole has its own intriguing
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| | to the topography of the craggy limestone
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| characteristics and is sure to leave
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| | hills. Stately Cotton and Guango trees
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| behind a memorable experience. The
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| | line the fairways and guard the greens
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| surrounding scenery at #15 "Mountain
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| | throughout the course's 6,844 yards,
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| Falls" is so striking, that a scene was
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| | creating daunting natural hazards.
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| shot here for the James Bond film Live
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| | Strategically placed bunkers and ponds
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| and Let Die. The course is built on what
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| | also make for more challenging play. The
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| was once a 400-acre plantation, and
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| | Club, which hosted several Caribbean
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| remnants of the area's history, including
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| | Championships, including the Jamaican
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| aqueducts, gravestones, and ruins of
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| | Open, the Jamaica Classic and Shell's
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| historic homes, offer a crumbling
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| | Wonderful World of Golf, is sloped at 123
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| reminder of a land that once breathed a
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| | from the Blue Tees and measures 6,844
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| life of its own, long before golf.White
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| | yards.Constant SpringLocated in the heart
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| WitchLocals are quick to say that Annie
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| | of one of Kingston's nicest residential
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| Palmer still haunts the Rose Hall Great
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| | areas, Constant Spring was built in 1920
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| House and the estate- including the
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| | by Scottish architect Stanley Thompson, a
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| course built there on the grounds. The
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| | mentor of Robert Trent Jones, making it
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| White Witch Course, designed by the team
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| | one of Jamaica's oldest golf courses. It
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| of Robert Von Hagge, Rick Baril and Mike
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| | is a tight, short course with a
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| Smelek, opened in August 2000 as the
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| | breathtaking view at the 13th tee, and
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| centerpiece of the new Ritz Carlton Rose
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| | the challenge of driving to a narrow
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| Hall Resort. Instead of traditional
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| | plateau of fairway beyond a steep valley.
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| tropical terrain, the layout is
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| | It has hosted all of the island's top
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| mountainous and rugged. The 6,718-yard
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| | players, many of the socially elite and
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| course sticks to the high ground where
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| | more than a few concerts during its long
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| there are cool breezes and ocean views on
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| | history.The Jamaica Golf Association,
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| 16 holes. This elevated route can be
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| | comprised of individual golfing members
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| intimidating, with its carries over
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| | and golf clubs islandwide, is at the
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| jungle-like terrain, but the course
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| | forefront of the drive to develop the
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| intertwines with the mountains and
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| | game of golf for a better Jamaica.David
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| provides golfers with some of the best
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| | Leadbetter Golf Academy - Half MoonThe
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| views of the coastline.TryallTryall's
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| | Academy combines the finest golf
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| 18-hole, Ralph Plummer-designed
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| | instruction available on one of Jamaica's
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| championship course has played host to
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| | most challenging courses. Created by one
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| such prestigious international events as
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| | of the masters in the art of teaching the
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| the Johnnie Walker World Championship,
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| | golf swing, David Leadbetter has a unique
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| last won by Fred Couples in 1995. With
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| | ability to communicate and a profound
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| holes that kiss the shoreline and flirt
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| | dedication to the game. He is known for
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| with the edges of jungle ravines, it is
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| | rebuilding Nick Faldo's fabled swing and
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| probably the most celebrated golf course
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| | has worked with Ernie Els, Greg Norman
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| in the Caribbean. The course stretches
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| | and Nick Price, and has developed an
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| 6,772 yards from the ocean-side up into
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| | exclusive group of teaching professionals
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| forested hills, past coconut groves, and
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| | to give "tour-proven" advice to ambitious
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| back down to the sea along a route lined
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| | golfers at all stages of
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| with flowering plants and magnificent
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| | development.Cable & Wireless National
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| trees. The signature par-three 4th hole
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| | Golf AcademyKingston's bustling business
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| incorporates the natural challenges of
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| | and entertainment hub, New Kingston, is
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| the Caribbean Sea and the Flint River,
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| | also fast becoming the capital city's
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| while the memorable par-four 7th hole
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| | recreational sporting center thanks in
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| provides a dramatic tee-shot through the
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| | part to the addition of Cable and
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| stone pillars of the historic aqueduct
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| | Wireless' National Golf Academy. Located
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| that feeds the adjacent waterwheel.
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| | on lands with a view of New Kingston's
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| Tryall's homeowners, many associated with
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| | towering buildings and the distant Blue
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| the club for generations, have preserved
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| | Mountains, the National Golf Academy is
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| the atmosphere of charming gentility that
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| | the island's first public driving range
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| has been "modernized out" of many other
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| | and putting green. Spanning an impressive
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| historic properties.Negril HillsNestled
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| | 240 yards, the driving range plays like a
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| in the hills minutes away from Negril's
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| | real golf course with undulating
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| famous seven-mile white-sand beach, golf
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| | fairways, 6 manicured greens and
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| enthusiasts will find this relaxed
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| | well-placed holes, bunkers and ponds.
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| resort's hidden gem- the Negril Hills
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| | From the Academy's 23 bays you may
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| Golf Club. Famous for its elevated tees
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| | practice your swing and drive, or on the
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| and greens, undulating fairways and
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| | adjacent putting green, you can hone you
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| emerald ponds, this layout promises an
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| | short game skills.**for more information
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| enjoyable round that's a perfect break
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| | visit Jamaica's visitor website, the
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| from Negril's sand and sea. Built in 1993
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| | complete source for travel and tourism
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| by Robert Simmons, this 18-hole course
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| | information featuring hand-picked deals
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| spans 6,333 yards, cut into Negril's low,
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| | on vacation packages, hotels, villas,
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| rolling hills. This topography makes for
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| | flights and car rentals**Jam-boree.
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| fast play, with snaking fairways and
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