St.
George's Golf Club
St. George's Golf Club is one of three golf courses on the island
that are owned by the Government. They are far from the only
courses however! I forget exactly how many there are, but it's
somewhere around 8 I think. That's not bad for an island
that's only 20 or so miles long and 6 at it's widest!
This course was designed by Robert
Trent Jones(Which is pretty impressive). These days though,
it's a little different than it was originally. Since the first time I played it
the 14th was made into a par 3 from a
wicked dogleg left over Coot Pond par 5(The card still shows the
original layout of that hole). The 12th hole also used to be a dogleg(right) starting
closer to the clubhouse. However, in between the 12th and the
1st are some houses. I suspect they got a few too many
balls in the yard(or kitchen!). And last but not least, the
10th green used to be what is now the practice green. From what
I remember that was one LONG par 4. What it may lack
in length, it makes up in beauty though- you can see the
ocean from every hole.
Current par for the course is 62(see
the card), although I think originally it was around 65(It was
always fairly short). I think my best score this year was
88. Which sounds really good if you don't mention that par is
62! I was pretty happy with it, in any case.
The course also has a pretty nice
club house which has a pro-shop, lockers, and a restaurant that we
traditionally eat breakfast at on the last day there!
Our only complaint with the course is
that they will charge someone just to ride in the cart(Mom doesn't
play...). Ridiculous. On the other hand, to play 18
holes with a cart after 4:00pm it was only $44 or so. Not
bad.
See the bar on the left for
pictures from the course
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