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‘New’ Bahamas resort offers great new golf

The newest resort in the Bahamas, Our Lucaya, introduces its new name and an edgy new attitude to revive the true rhythm and spirit of the Caribbean for its December opening. Formerly named The Lucayan Resort at Grand Bahama Island, it is the largest and most expensive Caribbean property to be developed in years.

Our Lucaya will feature some of the Caribbean’s finest golf--Our Lucaya Lucayan Course, a legendary Dick Wilson design, and the heralded Our Lucaya Reef Course, the newest challenge from Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

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As the first Bahamian course to open since 1969, the Reef Course boasts 6,920 yards of links-style grounds with water coming into play on 13 of 18 holes. It will play host to the SENIOR PGA TOUR’S new Our Lucaya Senior Slam tournament between champions Tom Kite, Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin and Doug Tewell this Dec. 2-3, as well as for the next two years. Described by the architect himself as a bit like a Scottish course, but a lot warmer, the course dares golfers to navigate 13 of 18 holes bordered by water, tricky bunkers, and sawgrass swept by sea breezes.

Lucayan Country Club Course has always been ranked one of the top courses in the Caribbean and further afield. It demands accuracy and shot-making ability in a classic par 72 design. Opened in 1962, it was a classic collaboration of Dick Wilson and 1941 Masters and U.S. Open champion Craig Wood.

In addition, the exclusive Butch Harmon School of Golf, one of only two in the world, teaches Tiger Woods ‘wannabes’ the techniques Harmon currently coaches to the most prolific golfer today.

The vibrant, new island playground, sprawling along a seven-and-a-half acre ribbon of sun-drenched white sand beaches, features 1,350 rooms, two acclaimed 18-hole golf courses, sensual spa, 14 cuisine collections and watering holes, imaginative children’s center, casino, and eclectic marketplace.

Our Lucaya lies just 55 miles east of Miami, a mere 35 minutes via air from Florida and less than two-and-a-half hours from New York. The resort spearheads the resurgence of Grand Bahama Island, one of the largest in the archipelago of 700 Bahamian Islands.

Moments are shared virtually at Our Lucaya.

The new 30,000-square-foot casino, debuting late-spring in 2001, will offer 30 tables--including Baccarat, Caribbean Stud Poker, Blackjack and Roulette--as well as more than 400 slots and sports gaming. A sure bet to strain the purse strings, Our Lucaya’s Village Market Promenade is riddled with stores from the rare to the ridiculous.

The 1,350 guest rooms at Our Lucaya accommodate everyone’s needs, with spectacular views of the sweeping white Atlantic beach, tropical Caribbean gardens, yacht-filled Port Lucaya Marina, and Bell Channel waterway.