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Date: 22 Aug 2006 18:31:55
From: Tom K
Subject: Caribbean Golf Question
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Visiting the following islands on a cruise this fall. Any decent golf
opportunities?
Aruba
St. Kitts
Grenada
Bonaire
--Tom
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 15:53:40
From: sjh
Subject: Re: Caribbean Golf Question
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Tom K wrote:
> Visiting the following islands on a cruise this fall. Any decent golf
> opportunities?
>
> Aruba
> St. Kitts
> Grenada
> Bonaire
Aruba has only one (as of 2003 anyway). Tierra Del Sol. Nice course,
herds of goats roam free- kind of funny, but it's not a "goat track" :)
The map showed two courses when I was there but a bartender told me
the other place was a layout in the desert where you have to bring a
mat with you, I guess a practice place for locals before TDS went up.
Haven't been to the other places.
Steve
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 19:19:01
From: Tom K
Subject: Re: Caribbean Golf Question
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"sjh" <strat68@eudoramail.com > wrote in message
news:1156287220.166788.233580@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
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> Tom K wrote:
>> Visiting the following islands on a cruise this fall. Any decent golf
>> opportunities?
>>
>> Aruba
>> St. Kitts
>> Grenada
>> Bonaire
>
> Aruba has only one (as of 2003 anyway). Tierra Del Sol. Nice course,
Would you play if you went there? Or stick with snorkeling or something
like that.
--Tom
> herds of goats roam free- kind of funny, but it's not a "goat track" :)
> The map showed two courses when I was there but a bartender told me
> the other place was a layout in the desert where you have to bring a
> mat with you, I guess a practice place for locals before TDS went up.
> Haven't been to the other places.
>
> Steve
>
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 12:37:26
From: sjh
Subject: Re: Caribbean Golf Question
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Tom K wrote:
> "sjh" <strat68@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
> news:1156287220.166788.233580@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Tom K wrote:
> >> Visiting the following islands on a cruise this fall. Any decent golf
> >> opportunities?
> >>
> >> Aruba
> >> St. Kitts
> >> Grenada
> >> Bonaire
> >
> > Aruba has only one (as of 2003 anyway). Tierra Del Sol. Nice course,
>
> Would you play if you went there? Or stick with snorkeling or something
> like that.
>
> --Tom
Difference is I flew in for a week or close, so I did all of the above,
also my wife plays. Never been on a cruise, but I assume you might be
there as little as one day, maybe two? In that case, it's different on
how you budget your time.
But yes, I'd play it again if I was there several days.
If you decide not to golf in aruba, I'd recommend renting a small 4WD
jeep with a rag top for at least 1 day and go to natural bridge and
natural pool on the other side of the island. You can ride around the
perimeter easily in one afternoon.
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 00:15:02
From: Tom K
Subject: Re: Caribbean Golf Question
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"sjh" <strat68@eudoramail.com > wrote in message
news:1156361846.674347.304930@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
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>
> Difference is I flew in for a week or close, so I did all of the above,
> also my wife plays. Never been on a cruise, but I assume you might be
> there as little as one day, maybe two? In that case, it's different on
> how you budget your time.
>
> But yes, I'd play it again if I was there several days.
>
> If you decide not to golf in aruba, I'd recommend renting a small 4WD
> jeep with a rag top for at least 1 day and go to natural bridge and
> natural pool on the other side of the island. You can ride around the
> perimeter easily in one afternoon.
We're there for 1 day (we spend 1 day at each port and the ship sails at
night). Someone said that the Natural Bridge collapsed and is gone. We'll
have beaches at all the other ports. So I was thinking maybe one day of
golf during the cruise. Our other port that I didn't mention is St. Thomas,
but we'll be going over to Trunk Bay on St. John that day. Which leaves the
other 4 ports to find one place to play golf - if it's worth while... but
we'll just hit the beach if golf isn't worth while.
Golfing during a 1 day stay is always a trade off. I golfed last year
during a cruise that stopped in Ireland. I missed seeing Dublin, but got to
play one of the top courses in the world - Portmarnock. Can't do both. So
you've gotta pick.
That's why it's good to be able to ask someone else's opinion. To help you
pick "right".
--Tom
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 14:38:56
From: sjh
Subject: Re: Caribbean Golf Question
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Tom K wrote:
> "sjh" <strat68@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
> news:1156361846.674347.304930@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
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> That's why it's good to be able to ask someone else's opinion. To help you
> pick "right".
Understood- tierra del sol is not in that league (it's like a decent
semi-private)... I'd do the 4 wheelin' thing for 1 day over the golf.
It's certainly not "beach" per se, because aruba is arrid/desert like,
like other tropical places.
Oh, if you are not eating on the boat for some reason, there's a steak
house that does Argentine beef. Best steak I ever had!
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 19:59:12
From: Tom K
Subject: Re: Caribbean Golf Question
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"sjh" <strat68@eudoramail.com > wrote in message
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> Tom K wrote:
>> "sjh" <strat68@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1156361846.674347.304930@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> >
>>
>> That's why it's good to be able to ask someone else's opinion. To help
>> you
>> pick "right".
>
> Understood- tierra del sol is not in that league (it's like a decent
> semi-private)... I'd do the 4 wheelin' thing for 1 day over the golf.
> It's certainly not "beach" per se, because aruba is arrid/desert like,
> like other tropical places.
Thanks... I think I'll play it this way... if the weather here in NJ is good
(first week of December) and we're still golfing, I'll skip golf on the
trip. If we've had bad weather here already.. we may play just for our golf
fix.
Thanks. That helped frame it.
--Tom
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