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Point Hardy Golf Club on the cliffs of Cap Estate, Saint Lucia

The golf of the ULTIMATE City Guides

Where to play, and where to stay around it

29 courses and clubs in 6 golfing regions, every fact checked against the club’s own website, with the guides’ hotels, restaurants and bars around each one.

Point Hardy Golf Club · Courtesy of Cabot Saint Lucia

Courses to plan a trip around

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Who can play, the handicap limits, the dress code and the club’s own tee-time page, set out the same way for every course.

A fairway at Real Club de Golf Guadalmina
45 holes

Real Club de Golf Guadalmina

Guadalmina · SpainA club established in 1959 with two 18-hole courses, a nine-hole par-3 course and a covered driving range. It hosted the Spanish Championship in 1965.
A green and bunker on the Tiburón course
36 holes

Tiburón Golf Club

North Naples · United StatesTwo 18-hole, par 72 Greg Norman courses, Gold and Black, at The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón, with an academy, driving range and caddie concierge programme.
Royal palms above a green and the east coast at Apes Hill
27 holes · Members and staying guests

Apes Hill Golf

Apes Hill · BarbadosAn 18-hole, par 71 championship course redesigned by Ron Kirby, with a nine-hole par 3 course. Play is reserved for homeowners, members and staying guests.
The Biltmore Hotel tower above its golf course at sunrise
18 holes · Open to the public

Biltmore Golf Course

Coral Gables · United StatesAn 18-hole, par 71 championship course in Coral Gables, designed by Donald Ross in 1925 and playing to 7,112 yards from the back tees. It is part of The Biltmore Hotel and home to the Jim McLean Golf School.
Fairways, lagoons and mangroves at Crandon Golf from the air
18 holes · Open to the public

Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne

Key Biscayne · United StatesAn 18-hole, par 72 championship course on Key Biscayne, designed by Devlin/Von Hagge in 1972 and redesigned in 1993. It has a lighted driving range, pro shop and restaurant.
Olive trees and a white bunker on the course at Finca Cortesín
18 holes

Finca Cortesín Golf Club

Casares · SpainAn 18-hole championship course designed by Cabell B. Robinson, with the Nicklaus Academy and a clubhouse. It hosted the Solheim Cup 2023.
Point Hardy's clifftop greens on the north tip of St Lucia from the air
18 holes

Point Hardy Golf Club

Point Hardy · Saint LuciaPoint Hardy is an 18-hole course by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw along 1.5 miles of coastline at Cabot Saint Lucia, with nine greens playing along the ocean.
Coconut palms beside a fairway and lake on the Royal Westmoreland course
18 holes

Royal Westmoreland Golf

Westmoreland · BarbadosPar 72, 7,045-yard course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, with signature par 3s, a driving range, short game academy and colonial-style clubhouse.

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Marbella & Sotogrande6 courses and clubsReal Club de Golf Guadalmina, Finca Cortesín Golf Club, Real Club ValderramaLisbon & the Silver Coast4 courses and clubsPenha Longa Golf, Belas Clube de Campo, Oitavos DunesScotland6 courses and clubsGleneagles, Muirfield, North Berwick Golf ClubDubai4 courses and clubsEmirates Golf Club, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht ClubCaribbean5 courses and clubsApes Hill Golf, Point Hardy Golf Club, Royal Westmoreland GolfFlorida4 courses and clubsTiburón Golf Club, Biltmore Golf Course, Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne

Hotels with their own course

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From ULTIMATE Hotels: hotels whose own websites confirm a course on the estate.

Gleneagles hotel behind its lawns and old trees, a flag above the tower, in evening light
63 holes on site

Gleneagles

Perthshire · United KingdomThe great Perthshire resort: three championship golf courses, a spa and Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, an hour north of Edinburgh.
The lobby of the Sun Valley Lodge, with timber columns, chandeliers and Persian rugs
45 holes on site

Sun Valley Lodge

Sun Valley · United StatesThe resort’s flagship since 1936, with a big spa.
The castle in the Bow Valley in winter
27 holes on site

Fairmont Banff Springs

Banff & Lake Louise (SkiBig3) · CanadaThe ‘Castle in the Rockies’ since 1888, with a vast spa.
Castiglion del Bosco from the air at sunrise, with its pool above the Val d’Orcia
18 holes on site

Castiglion del Bosco, a Rosewood Hotel

Tuscany · ItalyA Brunello wine estate and medieval hamlet near Montalcino, with the two-star Campo del Drago.