From Blair Howard,
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With its impressive combination of ecological wonders and manmade attractions, Grand Bahama Island has something to offer for just about everyone, especially golfers.

Grand Bahama is the fourth largest of The Islands of The Bahamas. It gets its name from the Spanish "gran bajamar" – meaning "great shallows" – for the many flats and shoals in the waters off the island. These flats and shoals stretch for miles off-shore, the emerald ocean rarely deeper than six or eight feet until the ocean falls to fantastic depths off the Grand Bahama Bank , an ocean playground that rivals even Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Grand Bahama Island lies just 55 miles off the coast of Florida. From east to west it measures some 96 miles, rimmed with cities, villages, and cays that offer lasting evidence of the many different people and cultures that have called the island home.

For almost 300 years of its early in its history, Grand Bahama was virtually uninhabited. Then, with the development of Freeport/Lucaya in the 1950s, and because of the island’s close proximity to Florida’s east coast, it is now one of the most visited of all the Bahamian islands.

Grand Bahama Island is a unique destination. It allows visitors to combine a cosmopolitan vacation at a world-class resort with the charm of historical fishing villages and undiscovered ecological treasures. It has one of the world's largest underwater cave systems, three national parks, endless beaches, emerald green water and enchanting marine life. It also boasts of two grand golf courses – The Reef and The Lucayan. Both hosted on a single, extravagant resort – a combination of Westin and Sheraton hospitality.

Grand Bahama Island offers an incredible Golf in the Bahamas experience.