This course, as far as I was able to determine in three times around it, has no negatives. It has the spectacular oceanfront setting, it has hills, and it has the widest possible choice of tees ranging from over 7000 yards to 4488. But there are five tee positions on each hole, and adding a wider choice is merely an issue of putting down more markers. It was given a long time to grow in and fairways are lush. It is tastefully landscaped with native flowers, as are many Caribbean resorts.
Greens are huge, varied in shape, and steeply sloped, but with few tricky undulations.
Generally, what you see is what you get. But from shorter tees, fairways are extremely wide, and all greens except the seventh are open for a run-up shot. Most golfers, playing conservatively, will post a score of below their average number at home. The course carries the signature of Robert Trent Jones, Sr., who visited the property in 1992, and was said to have actually cried when he was subsequently called and told that he had been chosen to be the architect. The course took from '93 to '97 to complete.