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Sandy Lane Golf

Sandy Lane · Barbados

Three courses on the Sandy Lane estate: Tom Fazio's Green Monkey, cut from a limestone quarry and kept for resort guests, his Country Club course, and the Old Nine of 1961.

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The courses

CourseHolesParLengthDesignerOpenedType
The Green Monkey18727,343 ydTom Fazio2004
The Country Club18727,060 ydTom Fazio
The Old Nine9363,345 yd1961

Blank cells: the club does not state it on its website.

Practice and lessons

  • 450-yard driving range
  • Practice bunker
  • Putting green

Clubhouse

  • The Country Club Clubhouse
  • Golf shop
  • Changing rooms

Tournaments

  • 2006 World Golf Championships Barbados World Cup (The Country Club)

Good to know

  • The Green Monkey is for resort guests, with just 10 tee times a day
  • The Country Club was Tom Fazio's first course outside the United States

Golfer’s facilities

  • PracticeDriving range, Putting green, Practice bunker
  • On the courseGPS on the buggies, Club hire
  • In the clubhouseLockers
  • After the roundSpa

From the club’s own website.

How to get on

The Green Monkey has just 10 tee times a day.

Caddies

  • Caddies are available

Playing with a caddie →

Short on time

  • The Old Nine: 3,345 yards, par 36, built in 1961

Greener golf

Water is collected, filtered and reused for irrigation across the property.

The 19th hole

  • The Country Club · Restaurant at the Country Club golf course clubhouse.

Ways to play

Once in a lifetimeWhere the pros playCourses with caddiesPractice academiesGreener golfShort on timeThe 19th hole

Who has played here

  • 2006Germany, represented by Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem, won the 2006 World Cup at Sandy Lane.

Champions and records at every course →

Sources: official tour, championship and club records

How the club plays

  • The club says golfers will usually hit into the wind on a par 3 over the lake at The Country Club.
Sources: the club’s own website

When to play

At Grantley Adams International Airport (Barbados): calmer months are August, September, October (average wind 9–11 knots). Windier months are May, June, July (13–14 knots).

Weather and wind by month in Caribbean →

History and heritage

From the ULTIMATE Barbados guide

Read our full write-up, with the history of the club and how to get there.

Read on the Barbados guide →
Sources: the club’s own website, checked 2026-11-13

Around the course

Hotels nearby, and restaurants and bars from the ULTIMATE Barbados guide, by straight-line distance.

Stay

Eat

Drink

For the non-golfer

While the round goes on: spas, beaches, shops and culture from the ULTIMATE Barbados guide, by straight-line distance.

Spa and wellbeing

Beaches

Shopping

Culture

Arrive in style

All private travel →

Private aviation, helicopters, chauffeurs and yachts from the ULTIMATE City Guides’ own listings, by straight-line distance.

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