Cinnamon Hill Golf Course

Course designers von Hagge and Baril designed Cinnamon Hill with elevations that give the sense of both links and inland golf. You’ll experience the best of Jamaica golf — the cool ocean spray on your cheeks as you putt on seaside greens, then the wind whistling through the pines as you tee-off on the 17th hole, 350 feet above sea level. This is a test you will enjoy, enchanting panoramas framing your every shot.

To get the most out of this unique experience, talk to our caddies. They are listed among “The Best In The World” by Golfer magazine, and they will be equally happy to discuss Annee Palmer or Arnold Palmer and can read greens better than any pro.

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A GOLFING HIGH AT POKHARA'S HIMALAYAN GOLF COURSE

Pokhara may be well known for it's awe-inspiring mountain scenery but a great many golfers are now discovering that if you want a real golfing high , The Himalayan Golf Course, Pokhara is the place to head for in Nepal. It뭩 a must for the golfing connoisseur. Considered by many to be one of the 10 most unique golf courses in the world. In the Googles search for - "The most unique golf courses in the world", The Himalayan Golf Course gets 3 hits on the first page. 

Adventure golf at its truest, the course뭩 includes some of the most visually dynamic holes known to golf.

Himalayan Golf Course has certainly been very successful in putting Pokhara in the golfer's map. The course was designed and constructed by an Ex British Army Sandhurst commissioned officer Major Ram Gurung MBE , and opened for play in January 1998. The course has been the venue for the Nepal Surya Western (professional) Open for the past twelve years. 

Located just seven kms. away from downtown Pokhara, Himalayan Golf Course is one of only two 18 holes courses in Nepal. The course is well laid out championship course at 6,100 yards yardage with a par of 70. The Himalayan Golf Course which is considered to be one of the ten most unique golf courses in the world, lies for the most part inside a sweeping canyon created by the Himalayan snowed waters of the Bijayapur river. 

Framed by the towering the Annapurna range, cattle and buffalo roam freely providing most of the grass mowing.

The course wanders through aerial cliff drops of hundreds of feet down to the signature island hole within the either tranquil or raging Bijayapur river, full of exposed boulders washed down over centuries from the towering mountains above.

Play on the 1st and 2nd holes at the HGC Pokhara's inaugural course is fairly straightforward as these par 4's are laid out on relatively level ground on each side of the clubhouse.

Your baptism to the truly unique character of this course comes when you step up to the 3rd tee to be confronted with a flawless panorama which encompasses the magnificent Fishtail and Annapurna mountain range. Below your elevated tee you see and hear the meandering Bijayapur Himalayan river some 300 feet below, sheer canyon walls dotted with eagle's nests, waterfalls which burst into life during the monsoon and a barely perceptible flag. Some 300 yards distant and 90 feet below, this small triangular piece of fabric marks the place where your ball should end up after only four strokes.

There is no other experience that duplicates or even comes close to the thrill of teeing off on the 3rd. However this takes nothing away from the sensation of successfully landing your ball on the 6th green, which is known to be the only natural river island hole in the world and recently nominated by leading golf course architects as one of the most unique hole in the World []. Watching the pros victoriously blasting their second shot to the par five, 6th green in the middle of Bijayapur river, leaves one in fascinated awe.

The course has been featured in many international magazines including the 멒olf World�, movies and travel films. Some of the comments from the club's visitors book are noteworthy:

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About the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf

The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf is an award winning education and certification program that helps golf courses protect our environment and preserve the natural heritage of the game of golf. By helping people enhance the valuable natural areas and wildlife habitats that golf courses provide, improve efficiency, and minimize potentially harmful impacts of golf course operations, the program serves as vital resource for golf courses. Audubon International has developed Standard Environmental Management Practices that are generally applicable to all golf courses. These standards form the basis for ACSP for Golf certification guidelines. For a full list of all golf courses certified in ACSP for Golf,Signature, or Classic Programs,

Get Involved and Get Results

Getting involved is easy. Membership is open to golf courses in the United States and internationally, including private clubs, public and municipal courses, PGA sites, 9-hole facilities, resort courses, and golf residential communities. After joining the program, your next step is to take stock of environmental resources and potential liabilities, and then develop an environmental plan that fits your unique setting, goals, staff, budget, and time. Audubon International provides a Site Assessment and Environmental Planning Form to provide guidance, as well as educational information to help you with:

• Environmental Planning
• Wildlife and Habitat Management
• Chemical Use Reduction and Safety
• Water Conservation
• Water Quality Management
• Outreach and Education

Based on a site specific report provided by Audubon International, you develop a plan that works for your golf course. By implementing and documenting environmental management practices in the above areas, a golf course is eligible for designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, improving its stature and reputation.

Members receive A Guide to Environmental Stewardship, an attractive membership art print, a subscription to our Stewardship News newsletter, and a Certification Handbook to help you plan, organize, and document your environmental efforts. Membership also includes certification review and Audubon staff support and direct consultation via telephone, written communication, and e-mail. Site visits are available on a fee-for-service basis.

Most important, ACSP members get results. They improve environmental performance and community relations, reduce liability, save money, and contribute to the conservation of environmental resources.

Annual program membership fees are $200 (USD) for properties located in the United States and $250 (USD) for properties in all other countries. 

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Tequesta turnaround: Tom Fazio II’s makeover of the “old school” course gets rave reviews

TEQUESTA — Mark Calcavecchia isn’t about elegant clubhouses and valet parking. So when the north county resident and former British Open champion wants to work on his game, he’ll swing by what designer Tom Fazio II proudly calls the “old school” layout at Tequesta Country Club.

“It’s in fantastic shape, (and) the greens out there are always great,” Calcavecchia said recently. “I enjoy going out there.”

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Loch Lomond Golf Club

Loch Lomond is considered to be among the ‘Top 100' finest golf courses in the world (ranked in the Top 50 by Golf Magazine and 19th by its international panellists when it first opened). It is a true test of golf, demanding skill on the tee, on the fairway, and on and around the green. Streams and marshland areas form natural hazards, while majestic trees, including Scots Pine, Douglas Firs, and ancient oaks add to the grandeur.ﾠ

Along with its championship course, Loch Lomond's Clubhouse is extraordinary. Rossdhu is a Georgian manor house constructed in 1773, exactly 200 years before Tom Weiskopfﾠwon The Open Championship at Royal Troon.

Snapshot

Championship: 7100 Yards

Medal: 6675 Yards

Middle: 6300 Yards

Front: 5460 Yards

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The Dunes Course at Diamante Golf in paradise.

The Dunes Course at Diamante. Golf in paradise.

Eighteen holes sit among some of the most dramatic sand dunes this side of Ireland’s Island Golf Club. “You’re either playing toward the ocean, along the ocean or away from the ocean,” says course designer Davis Love III. “And then, at times, you’re down in the dunes and you pop up and are surprised all over again by the incredible views of the ocean.”

It’s the only Cabo San Lucas course located on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. It’s also one of the most dramatic meetings of desert, white dunes, blue ocean and green fairways in all the world. At 7,300 yards from the back tees, it can be as challenging as it is breathtaking.

The Dunes Course has received many accolades, including Top New International Golf Course in 2010, #52 World ranking by GOLF Magazine in 2013, and #1 ranked course in all of Mexico by Golf Digest (May 2012).

But it’s more than just a pretty course: As part of The Dunes Course experience, players enjoy a state-of-the-art practice facility and Slider Bar before tee time, with additional small plates and libations at Diamante’s signature course-side comfort stations. What’s more, we schedule tee times further apart than most courses, so you can relax and enjoy the game … one ocean view at a time.

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The Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club

The Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club enjoys a reputation for the quality of its corporate golf with many groups coming back year after year. Those who keeping coming back simply love the idea of inviting there corporate guests to play New Zealands most capped "Open" layout. In addition to the course, our function facilities provide the perfect location for an after golf function and provide our clients with quality food and service in a setting over looking the green and fairway of the 18th hole.

From the clubs perspective we are there to assist with every aspect of your corporate golf day including player briefings, starting, marshalling, scoring, nearest to the pin and long drive competitions, drinks carts as well as a golf shop stocking a wide range of recognised brands, electric golf carts, hire clubs, golf tuition and prizes acn all be provided.

Assistance with the Running of Your Corporate Golf Day

We can provide assistance with all aspects of the day, including Format, Competitions and Rules, Special Novelty Events, Draw Construction, Registration, Introductions, Course Care, Starting, Scoring and the Presentation.

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The West Sussex Golf Club

The West Sussex Golf Club, popularly known as Pulborough, was officially opened in 1931, having been designed by two outstanding golf architects, Guy Campbell, who also designed Princes’ and Killarney and Cecil Hutchison, designer of Gleneagles and Turnberry. (Very recently, Stafford Hotchkin has been attributed to West Sussex too). At Pulborough, these architects are acknowledged to have created one of the most natural and aesthetically pleasing courses in England. Over the years, the course has been described in detail by many well known golfing writers. These are typical;

"It is a little sandy jewel set in the Sussex clay, what more can anyone desire?” -Bernard Darwin. "Designed unmistakably by providence for a golf course and man for once has done the right thing”- Henry Longhurst.“There are few lovelier places to play inland on such noble terrain of heather, pine and birch complemented by surroundings of tranquil green and distant views of the Downs that far exceed the more cloistered reaches of the famous Surrey courses” -Donald Steel.

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