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    Abaco Club on Winding Bay

    Abaco, Bahamas, Bahamas Private

    Overview

    Donald Steele and Tom Mackenzie are names familiar to most European golf fans: Steele competed in Open Championships then became a golf historian and writer before establishing his own design business, leading to consultation on Open rota courses. Tom Mackenzie is one half of the Mackenzie & Ebert design firm, the leading architects in Europe, and both Mackenzie and Martin Ebert worked for Mackenzie before going out on their own. There is certainly a European influence with the design at The Abaco Club, with a marrying of links-style golf into the Caribbean landscape. The first few holes play out toward the water, highlighted by the beachside green on the par-3 fourth and seaside tee on the drivable par-4 fifth. As players head back to the clubhouse they’ll first have to navigate a daunting four-hole finishing stretch that ascends to the top of a stone quarry, before culminating at the downhill par-5 18th. Ever-present wind and challenging green surrounds, plus pot bunkers, sand dunes, firm greens and penal native bushes make this quite a test, though the views are endless. Access to the golf course and world class training facility are limited to club members and villa guests only.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7123
    Slope 137
    Facility Type Private
    Year Opened 2004
    Designer Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie

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