Guests at The Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort on Grand Bahama Island can learn to play like a PGA pro at the new Jim McLean School of Golf. Set to open this January 2005, the number-one ranked program has five resort locations from coast-to-coast in the U.S. Our Lucaya will be the school’s first international location.
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“The championship courses at The Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya are top-notch,” said Jim McLean. “We are looking forward to offering guests here the best golf experience in The Bahamas.”
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Using Jim McLean’s proven Eight Step Swing System for achieving a great swing, master instructors teach students techniques used by the most successful golfers today. Computers and cameras analyse a student’s swing - and the school provides a “before and after” DVD for students to keep as a record of their progress.
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Jim McLean at Our Lucaya is the only Caribbean golf school that is home to one of the top three instructors in the world. Students will also enjoy state-of-the-art instruction facilities, a practice putting green with bunker and chipping areas, covered teaching bays and a teaching seminar area.
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The school - rated number one by CNN - will be located at Our Lucaya’s 6,824-yard Lucayan Course. Opened in 1962, the course features tree-lined holes and fast, well-bunkered greens. Demanding accuracy and shot-making ability, it carries a slope of 128 and a course rating of 72.1.
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Golfers on Grand Bahama Island will find a completely different experience at the resort’s 6,930-yard Reef Course, opened in October 2000. The course offers wide fairways flanked by strategically placed bunkers. Thirteen of the Reef’s 18 holes are bordered by water.
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“Each course offers unique challenges that will help guests get the most out of their experience with Jim McLean’s instructors,” said Amaury Piedra, resort manager at Our Lucaya.
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The school is designed to help golfers at all levels and offers great flexibility in its programming. Guests can choose from a variety of options, from a 60-minute private lesson to intense multi-day schools. Corporate clinics with rotating stations and custom-designed sessions are also available.
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“Whether you’re a vacationer in Grand Bahama Island with plenty of time to tee off, or a meeting planner organising an afternoon group activity, we can customise the school to whatever and whenever you want to play,” Piedra said.

For further information visit: www.jimmclean.com
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