Riddell's Bay Golf and Country Club holds the title as the oldest golf course in Bermuda, built in 1922 at the southern end of the island in the Parish of Warwick. The course is flatter than the newer courses built further up the hills to expand views of the water, It has up-close-and-personal views. At just under 6,000 yards it's a short course, even for Bermuda, with a slope rating of 121, and most play along a peninsula that's only 600 yards wide at its broadest point. Everywhere you look there are glimpses of gorgeous turquoise water nearly everywhere you look.
Adding to the experience of Perfect Production's exclusive Golf trip, in November 2009, Guests will be afforded the opportunity to play Riddell's Bay an exclusive and private golf club, requiring an introduction from a member in order to play.
Riddell's Bay was designed by Devereux Emmet (1862-1934) the son of a judge and a descendant of Thomas Addison Emmet, a founder of Tammany Hall. Emmet was a golfer and huntsman. Throughout his life, He devoted time to measuring British golf holes for his friend C.B. Macdonald, who was then planning The National Golf Links of America. Emmet was a founding member of The National. Emmet was also a talented golfer, making the quarterfinals of the 1904 British Amateur and winning the Bahamas Amateur at the age of 66.
Emmet designed his first course, the Island Golf Links (a forerunner to Garden City GC), upon his return from an extended trip to the great links of Scotland. His other early design work, including one for his own family's estate at Sherewogue and Cherry Valley (built on property belonging to his father-in-law), was done at no charge. Emmet also designed the renowned Congressional Country Club in Washington, DC. He Later he became a professional golf course architect and accepted fees for his work.
Riddell's bay is an 18 hole golf course, which was recently revamped and renovated by architect Ed Biedel - who maintained the integrity of the course though the 1.8 million dollar renovation.
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