Accessibility
and convenience have always been one of
Montego Bay’s best selling points because of
Sangster International Airport and Jamaica’s
largest stable of beachfront resorts a mere
10-15 minute cab ride away. Another major
selling point is that within the last few
years, the region has developed into a
world-class golfer’s playground with four
championship golf courses featuring postcard
perfect
fairways bordering the sea. All of the
courses are either almost brand new or have
been recently modernized.
These include a Robert Trent Jones layout at
Half Moon Montego Bay; the 18 spectacular
holes cascading down the hillside
surrounding The Tryall Club; the completely
revamped Cinnamon Hill at Wyndham Rose Hall
Resort & Country Club; and the lushly
landscaped new White Witch links at The
Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall designed by Robert
von Hagge. The area hotels can put together
value-filled packages with guaranteed tee
times where visitors can play two or more
courses during one stay.
Anchoring the Wyndham and Ritz-Carlton golf
courses is
Rose Hall, one of
the Caribbean’s most dramatic sugar
plantation homes, or "Great Houses." Perched
atop a verdant hillside, the elegantly
restored home overlooks 400 acres of lush
lawns sloping down to the sea. Likewise, the
Greenwood Great House was constructed in
1790 by a cousin of poet Elizabeth Barrett
Browning.
