Royal Westmoreland - Barbados

Royal Westmoreland in Saint James Parish, on the west coast of Barbados, is a broad, tumbling course situated high above the Caribbean and fanned by the trade winds. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., the course has some of the most dramatic and challenging par threes in golf, with carries over coral rock, equatorial gorges, and water-filled quarries. While there is room off the tee, stray shots are likely to end up in one of the sugary bunkers or borders of purple feather grass and pandana, the spiky green and yellow cane lilies used to weave native baskets. Royal Westmoreland finishes with a flourish-a par five that requires a drive over a ravine brimming with mahogany, river tamarind, and dwarf bamboo. The course is surrounded by villas overflowing with bougainvillea and hibiscus, including "Lazy Days;' the home of Masters champion Ian Woosnam that is just below the 18th tee.

Green Monkey Golf Course At Sandy Lane - Barbados

The Green Monkey Golf Course is a spectacular Course overlooking the Caribbean at the ultra-luxurious Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados, where Tiger Woods tied the knot with his Swedish valentine, Elin Nordegren, in the fall of 2004. Unofficially opened in 2003, the course took years to build, with the fairways blasted and chiseled in terraces through a coral stone quarry, its bare, 100-foot high walls striated with pinks and grays. The massive undertaking, including the creation of artificial lakes through the landscape of coral boulders, was orchestrated by Tom Fazio, who also completely reworked and expanded Sandy Lane's existing resort course. The Green Monkey owes its creation to Dermot Desmond and J. P. McManus, two Irish entrepreneurs and passionate golfers who purchased the Sandy Lane Hotel and rebuilt it from scratch. The course takes its name from the small green monkeys that came to Barbados as stowaways on slave ships 350 years ago. One of the bunkers is emblazoned with a grass island in the shape of a monkey.