Course Description
Riddell's Bay Golf & Country Club is a private Club that has a beautiful 18 hole golf course. Opened in 1922 it is Bermuda's oldest golf course. Described by Bermudian golfers as "a real gem" and "the course you must play". Winding along a peninsula which at its widest measures only some 600 yards, the 5800 yards of this par 70, 18-hole course offer scenic delights and plenty of challenges, including two ponds and three ocean holes. These scenic links provide the golfer with a magnificent challenge to both his or her game and camera.

The Riddell's Bay Golf Course was originally designed by architect Devereux Emmett who shortly afterwards built the Congressional near Washington, D.C., site of the 1997 U.S Open. Just as Congressional was remodeled by Robert Trent Jones and again more recently, by his son Rees Trent Jones, so is Riddell's Bay gradually acquiring a new look, intended to make the best of contemporary course design, brought about by constantly higher standards of play as well as greatly improved golf equipment, clubs and balls. The compactness of the existing course would provide a challenge to any golf course architect - one that was taken up by Ed Beidel.

The par-4, 424 yard (Blue tees) 1st hole on this course is unquestionably the most difficult opener on any of the island's nine courses with a dog leg right to an elevated green. A good drive to the right center of the fairway will leave you with a middle to long iron to an uphill green, guarded by bunkers on the left and right.

The par-4, 343 yard 2nd hole starts the many views of the sound and if you are going to score well on the front this is where you begin. Club selection is key for the second as shots hit too long will land in the hidden bunker behind the green.

The par-4, 360 8th hole, a dogleg right, is the one to watch for and where scoring may take a break for accuracy. If you're accurate, you shoot in to a green that's surrounded by water. If you're not, never mind: You've just added to the Great Sound's Grand Golf Ball Collection. From this hole you can see the benevolent gaze of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse - maybe it can cast light on the subject.

The 9th hole through the 11th are where you learn the finer art of playing a shot-makers course as length is second to position. The par-4, 392 yard 12th hole is the most recent renovation where fairway bunkering, water off the tee and again behind the green are the hazards to stay away from. A bunker guarding this green in the front and right requires a very accurate second shot to the middle of the green. Any shots hit too long here may end up in one of "Popplewell`s Ponds."

The 13th and 14th holes offer some links style challenges with the 15th noted as one of the best par 4`s on the course. A drive to the middle of the fairway will leave you with a middle iron into a green that slopes severely from back to front.

The 16th hole sets up well for a birdie with a good drive off the tee. A birdie that can be given back very quickly on the 17th...which is most definitely the most challenging par 3.

The par-4, 324 yard 18th hole brings together many of the lessons you have learned...keep the ball in play off the tee, leaving a mid to short iron into this green surrounded by bunkers, and enjoy the finishing hole with the attractive and definitely Bermudian clubhouse in the back ground.
 
The Clubhouse
The Clubhouse, originally a 150 year old farmhouse, has undergone a number of additions.

Whether you want a casual meal in the newly decorated dining room or a multi-course dinner you will find a menu and selection of wines to meet the most discriminating tastes.

After a round on the course you can continue your experience in the comfort of the lounge overlooking the 18th green and 1st tee watching golfers heading out and coming in.

The Members' Lounge and the Trophy Room border two sides of the Bermuda cedar bar where you sit comfortably enjoying a beverage ... either after your game or before enjoying a dinner in the dining room.
 

Tee	Par	Yardage	Rating (US)	Slope (US)
Men's	70	5856	68.5	123
Ladies'	72	5009	69.1	116

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and some restrictions may apply.

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