Golfweek magazine recently awarded top honors to three Bermuda courses in its “2010 Best 50 Best Courses of the Caribbean & Mexico” listing: Port Royal Golf Club, a Robert Trent Jones design and home to the PGA Grand Slam Championship, and Tucker’s Point Club, a dramatically re-designed championship golf course crafted by Roger Rulewich – former senior designer for Robert Trent Jones – were lauded among the region’s finest while Bermuda’s famous Mid Ocean Club Golf Course, featuring a 1921 design by Charles Blair Macdonald and Seth Raynor, retained its second place ranking from 2009.
“We are pleased to continue to receive great recognition for our high caliber of golf,” said Dr. the Hon. Ewart F. Brown, JP, MP, Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport for Bermuda. “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 renovation and will once again host the PGA Grand Slam Championship, 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.
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.
