Another major golf tournament, the Grand Bahama Open, was held in April at the Lucayan Reef Golf Course.

There is a long way to go, but the climate is most encouraging for the resurgence of golf in Grand Bahama.

Those who became associated with the game just over the last three decades or so would understandably not be familiar with the glory golf days in Grand Bahama. There was the time however, when Grand Bahama boasted six 18-hole courses and one of nine holes. I refer to the Shannon, Lucayan, Reef, Ruby, Emerald and West End 18-hole courses. The Fortune Hills Course afforded players shorter rounds as preferred, over nine holes.

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