ST. JAMES, Barbados, June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Golfweek released its 2024 "Top
100 International Courses" list and the championship 18-hole layout
at Apes Hill Barbados debuts in the inaugural compilation at No.
72.
Golfweek's Best has ranked classic and modern international
courses in the past, but 2024 marks
the first year all ages of courses have been combined to build one
comprehensive ranking outside the U.S.
The brainchild of golf architect Ron
Kirby, Apes Hill is ranked fifth in "Golfweek's 2024 Top 50
Courses You Can Play" in the Caribbean, Mexico, Costa
Rica and the Atlantic Islands.
Collecting honors is the norm for Apes Hill. It was recently
named Development of the Year by Golf Inc. Magazine, and it shined
at the 2023 World Golf Awards in Abu
Dhabi last fall, winning four categories, including 'World's
Best Golf Real Estate Venue', 'World's Best Eco-Friendly Golf
Facility', and best new golf course in both Barbados and the Caribbean.
Kirby's design debuted in 2022 and was immediately cited as a
'must-play' venue with stunning, unrivalled views of the Caribbean
Sea to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The layout is
perched 1,000 feet above sea level and set within 475 acres of
natural terrain where Barbados
green monkeys roam. The resort also offers a state-of-the-art
Performance Centre and floodlit driving range, while a family
friendly nine-hole par-3 golf course is close to completion.
Apes Hill hosted a Legends Tour event led by property ambassador
and Masters Champion, Ian Woosnam.
The elite players praised the course routing and ingenious holes
that are maintained in part by an irrigation system that collects
rainwater in its 58-million-gallon reservoir. Teamed with using
local seaweed, manure and compost for fertilizer to redirect
rainfall through bioswales to recharge aquifers, Apes Hill's
dedication to the environment is unwavering and recently
illuminated by achieving Audubon International certification for
its enviro and sustainability best practices.
Sustainability permeates virtually everything at Apes Hill with
its farm producing fresh herbs, edible flowers, bananas, breadfruit
trees and honey to provide for the on-site restaurants at the 20th
Hole and Noisy Cricket.
Apes Hill's family-friendly accommodations start with
three-bedroom courtyard villas, framed by Barbados' natural coral and foliage. All
feature a private swimming pool with ocean views never far away.
Each villa is oriented to catch natural light, breezes and
breathtaking vistas allowing for complete privacy or entertaining
in equal measure.
www.apeshill.com
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