Islands
The Most Exclusive Community in the Bahamas Really is as Good as It Gets
It takes a lot to get to The Abaco Club on Winding Bay, but once you are there it is absolutely worth it.
By Brooke Morton | August 23, 2022
The Abaco Club, set on the white beach of Winding Bay, is the Bahamas’ most exclusive property—with an 18-hole oceanside links golf course—open only to owners of homes inside the community, members of other Southworth communities (including Creighton Farms outside D.C.), and guests of these homeowners and members.
I am none of these things. And yet, for the weekend, I hold the keys to the two-bedroom Sand Castle, a pink cottage villa set just steps from the beach. I know I have to make the most of it.Starting with the golf course, which, like the villa category of homes, winds around the bay, showing off with sea views at holes 4, 5, 16, 17, and 18.
Beyond the sea view, what impresses most is that The Abaco Club’s course is a true links course, conceived to integrate the island’s rugged topography. Designers Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie incorporated the dunes, rock bluffs, and limestone ridges to create holes that are as challenging as they are beautiful. One of the best landscaped courses in the Caribbean and Atlantic, it’s a veritable garden on a few holes, with stretches that pass through a bit of island pine forest.
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