Mt Irvine golf course

The Mount Irvine Bay golf course - an 18 hole championship course with spectacular views of the Caribbean Sea, carved out amongst an old coconut plantation.

The course was designed by the late Commander John D Harris and considered his finest and one of the premier courses in the Caribbean - set within gently rolling countryside along the coast, with a view of the sea from every hole and an abundance of massive coconut palm trees.

This par 72 course is 6,793 yards (6181.6m) from the back tees. There are five par 5’s ranging in distance from an easy 466 yards (424m) to a testing 535 yards (487m). There are eight par 4’s and five par 3’s, one of which is No. 7 (186 yards or 169m) can be a real challenge with water on the left of the greens and out of bounds on the right! Water comes into play on four of the holes - Nos 7, 9, 10, 18.

The course record of 65 is held by British Pro, Roger Chapman, and the
ladies record of 69 by Julie Greenhaigh.

The Tobago Golf Club was selected in 1969 to host one of the tournaments in the famous film and TV Series "Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf". It has also hosted the Johnie Walker International Pro-Am. PGA Pro, Carlton Faustin is a highly regarded teaching professional, who has been at the club since 1973. He is assisted by Winston Roberts, the club's other pro.

The Hilton golf course

At the deluxe Hilton Hotel, the Nicklaus-designed PGA championship golf course, overlooking the picturesque Scarborough harbour has 18 holes plus a computerised irrigation system.

Tobago Plantations Golf and Country Club has been designed to be Tobago and reflects its glorious Caribbean atmosphere.

The flat terrain has been sensitively modified to use indigenous plants and increase the habitat diversity for wildlife.

Within this setting, the Plantations Course has been planned around the mature trees and landscape features.

The resulting course of just over 7000 yards has a distinct Links feel on many of the holes, thus the decision to use a British Golf Course designer.

There are characteristic pot bunkers sunk into the greensides, such as on the 3rd hole, a Par 4 beauty that goes out onto the peninsula to enjoy panoramic views of Scarborough, the capital of Tobago, and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.

In stark contrast to the coastline holes, others weave their way through mature Palm Trees and surrounding Mangroves. Truly, Tobago with even a sugar mill behind the beautiful par 3 17th green.

Artificial lakes and wetlands have been created and developed to regenerate nature. These are fast becoming a home and breeding ground for migratory ducks and birds.

With such a wonderful combination of golf holes and wildlife you really feel that you are "Part of Paradise".

The course at Lowlands is very different to most of the courses in the Caribbean.

It has been woven into the landscape of an old coconut plantation, which extends through a xerophytic area out to the sea.

The landscape varies greatly throughout the course with lakes, woodland copses, beaches, mangrove and wild grasses providing each hole with a very distinctive character.