With four new 18-hole signature golf courses being built in St Lucia, in addition to the existing championship level course at the St Lucia Golf & Country Club, the island is set to become the Caribbean`s number one golfing destination.

The increased level of tourism that these courses will generate will greatly enhance St Lucia`s investment potential, especially within the buy-to-let market.

Since 2001 visitors to St Lucia have enjoyed the facilities at the par 71, 6,836 yard, championship level golf course at the St Lucia Golf & Country Club. Four new courses are being designed by Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and Christie O’Connor Jnr. This will have a profound effect on tourism because, with five 18-hole golf courses, St Lucia will be officially recognised and promoted as a golfing destination.

The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is due for completion in early 2008 and is part of the Cap Estate, a location which Jack Nicklaus described as, “One of the five most spectacular pieces of property [he has] ever seen”. His vision for the course is “Pebble Beach warm” because it will include seven holes that play parallel to the water, and 11 more with views of the ocean.

Work has also started on the Greg Norman course which is being built on the undeveloped southeastern coast. The main feature of this course will be the number 14 par-3 hole which is described as a, “175-yard one-shotter” landing on a green at the end of the Galet peninsular which is surrounded by a 100-foot drop into Galet Bay below.

By the end of 2008 two new 18-hole signature golf courses will have been built in the south of St Lucia near Laborie. The first course will be designed by Arnold Palmer while the second will be designed in a “links” style by the Irish golf course architect Christy O`Connor Jr.