Golf Course Now Managed by Cap Juluca
On December 19, 2009 Cap Juluca proudly reopened and now manages Anguilla’s first and only golf course, a $50 million creation of Greg Norman, the Temenos Golf Course. Anguilla golf is back in play.
This 7,063-yard championship course was designed by golf legend Greg Norman and first opened in 2006. It offers dramatic elevation changes, water features on 13 holes and, with the help of Cap Juluca’s brand of hospitality this season, guests can enjoy one of the finest Caribbean golf experiences.
Located at the Temenos development just a few minutes drive from Cap Juluca, the Temenos Golf Course will be open for the 2010 season and will be managed by Cap Juluca. Tee times for your Caribbean golf experience are now being accepted by calling the Temenos Golf Pro Shop at 264.498.5602. For the 2010 season, the greens fee for a round of 18 holes during peak times will be $225+ per person. Discounted greens fees will be offered for twilight tee times, and to citizens and longtime permanent residents (known as “belongers”) of Anguilla and St. Maarten.
In planning the course, significant environmental efforts were undertaken to preserve and to enhance the island's natural habitats. Most significant was the renewal of Merrywing Salt Pond, an island landmark. Featured predominantly in the course, the pond's water has been reinvigorated, giving rebirth to its natural organisms. New flushing channels permit sea water to flow out of the pond during high tide.
Temenos Golf Course offers a Caribbean golf experience where sand, wind and water blend seamlessly with Anguilla's natural environment to present a golfer's paradise. Some of its signature holes include:
- Players being greeted by a spectacular vista of St. Maarten and the Caribbean Sea at the tee box of the 390-yard starting hole. The fairway descends over 40-feet to a narrow, two-tiered green sitting precariously on the edge of a saltwater lagoon. Robb Report called this first hole, "The Caribbean's answer to the 18th at Pebble Beach."
- Large sand dunes on the left and a saltwater pond on the right framing the perilous drive on the 440-yard 16th hole that plays dead into the trade winds and ends with an elevated green surrounded by water and protected by deep bunkers.
- The drive for the finishing hole carrying the edge of the mangrove thicket in a vast stretch of saltmarsh that winds through eight of the course holes. The narrowing fairway ascends forty feet through rugged terrain to a narrow green carved out of the native shrub.
About Greg Norman
As a touring professional, Greg Norman was one of the most prolific international players in the game’s history. In addition to being the number one ranked player for 331 consecutive weeks, Greg Norman maintained active membership of the US, European and Australasian Tours. Norman's experience in playing many of the world's great golf courses over the span of his 25-year career served as a catalyst to develop his interest in golf course design.
First established in 1987, Greg Norman Golf Course Design has completed more than 70 golf courses on six continents. Norman's golf courses have garnered numerous prestigious awards for design, with many of the projects being awarded the coveted Audubon Society Award for environmental stewardship.
Norman designed golf courses have hosted sanctioned events on the PGA, Nationwide, European, and Australasian Tours. Given the breadth of Greg Norman's business interests, he is uniquely qualified and experienced to provide a special blend of land planning, design and construction to help deliver the best possible result.
