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Blue Shark Golf Club in the Bahamas

Greg Norman does not do a lot of redo renovations in his course design business. However, he did take on Blue Shark Golf Club in the South Ocean section of New Providence - the Bahamas' most populated island.

Blue Shark's a very different take on an old Joe Lee design that opened in the early 1970s. Even the name is completely different. What golfers will notice is how wide and generous the fairways are on a course with plenty of actual Bahamian touches.

Norman made prominent use of blue holes - bodies of water that reach all the way to the ocean - on holes 15 and 17. He put the tee on No. 12 right up against old slave ruins that show Bahamas history. He also put in greens that aren't likely to torment anyone. What you see straight on is what you get at Blue Shark. On sunny days, you'll likely see plenty of color (the landscaper went heavy on flowers) and on any day you can see ocean from the par-3 11th.

Blue Shark will not open to the public until around June, 2008 but WorldGolf.com. played the course in a special preview.

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200 South Ocean Drive
PO Box N8191
Nassau, Bahamas
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