NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Last week, golf legend and course designer Jack Nicklaus made one of the last in a series of scheduled visits to the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Baha Mar before the course and the resort open this coming December. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is the highest tier of design offerings at Nicklaus Design and incorporates hands-on, customized involvement by the Golden Bear. It is the only one of its caliber in The Bahamas and one of only a handful of Nicklaus Design courses located in the Caribbean.
"We are proud to be home to a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course, one of the premier golf courses in the world. It is part of the collection of diverse, world-class experiences that Baha Mar will offer," remarked Paul Pusateri, Baha Mar's Chief Operating Officer. "These experiences, along with the superb hospitality of our team, will put The Bahamas on the world stage in a way that has never been seen before."
During his recent visit, Mr. Nicklaus inspected final details on the golf course, which has been grassed with salt water-tolerant Platinum TE seashore Paspalum grass and is now in the grow-in phase. The 18-hole, par-72 championship golf course at Baha Mar has a tremendous amount of variety, boasting ocean views and a picturesque peninsula green, as well as elements such as bunkers from the natural terrain of the site. The golf course is designed to offer "two courses in one," with the front nine holes providing dramatic play, while the back nine holes wind through inland forest and native habitat.

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