Royal Blue is the golf course of Baha Mar, the resort strip of hotels on Cable Beach on the north shore of New Providence. Jack Nicklaus designed it as one of his Signature courses, and Baha Mar says Golfweek’s 2025 list ranks it first in the Bahamas. It is a short taxi ride from Nassau’s airport, and GolfPass lists it as a course where a resort stay is not required for a tee time. The two nines feel like different courses: water and white sand on the way out, quarried limestone and real climbs on the way back.
Royal Blue Golf Club at Baha Mar green fees and tee times.
Tee times are booked online through Baha Mar’s golf reservation page, or by calling the golf shop on +1 242 788 4653 or emailing royalblue@bahamar.com. GolfPass lists Royal Blue as not requiring a resort stay, and Baha Mar says its pros teach guests and non-guests alike. Tee time reservations are taken between 8am and 5pm; the golf shop opens at 7am. Groups of 20 or more can reserve up to six months ahead, by email only. Cancellations need 24 hours’ notice; a no-show is charged US$100. Baha Mar does not publish a green fee on its site, so the rate appears once you pick a date in the booking engine. Prices in Nassau are quoted in US dollars, and the Bahamas adds 10% VAT to golf services.
The round, in perspective.
The course was meant to open in 2015 as TPC Baha Mar, but the resort’s bankruptcy held it up, and it finally opened for play in April 2017 under the Royal Blue name. Part of it sits on the site of the old Cable Beach Golf Club. It is a par 72. The front nine is mostly flat, with water in play on eight holes and rolling white sand dunes framing the fairways. The back nine changes character: Nicklaus used the island’s limestone to build what the club calls moonscapes, with rock walls around the 10th green and a blind uphill drive on the par-five 13th. The 16th, a par three to a peninsula green on Lake Cunningham, is the hole most people remember. Tee positions are set each morning to suit the wind and conditions, so the yardage changes from day to day, and GolfPass describes the 4th playing anywhere from a drivable 270 yards to 472 yards with a long carry over water.
Know before you go.
Booking
Online, by phone or royalblue@bahamar.com
Groups of 20+
Up to six months ahead, by email
Cancellation
24 hours; US$100 no-show charge
Rentals
Titleist T250/T350 and Ping G430 sets
Tax
10% VAT on golf services
Make the trip work.
If you would rather not fly clubs, Royal Blue rents Titleist T250 and T350 sets and Ping G430 sets. The pros run lessons for guests and non-guests: a 30-minute lesson is US$100 and an hour US$175, with each extra person US$100. A 30-minute Trackman lesson is US$200, an hour US$350, and a Trackman Combine skills assessment US$250, all plus 10% VAT. A beverage cart works the course during play. The Bahamian dollar is pegged one-to-one with the US dollar, and both are accepted.
Lynden Pindling International (NAS) is at the western end of New Providence, and Baha Mar is a short taxi ride east along the West Bay Street coast road towards downtown Nassau. There is direct air service from many US and Canadian cities and from London. Taxis wait outside arrivals; agree the fare before you set off.
Three hotels share the Baha Mar complex and its golf course: Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, SLS Baha Mar and Rosewood Baha Mar, which also runs its own golf concierge page for the course. All three are on Cable Beach, a few minutes by cart or shuttle from the clubhouse. If you are staying elsewhere, the rest of the Cable Beach strip has more modest hotels within a short taxi ride, and Paradise Island is around half an hour east across the harbour bridges.
Make a trip of it.
The Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island, Tom Weiskopf’s peninsula layout, is the obvious second round, but it is kept for guests of Atlantis and the Four Seasons Ocean Club, so plan a night there if you want both. Away from golf, Baha Mar has a casino and its own beach, and downtown Nassau’s Queen’s Staircase and Fort Fincastle are a short drive. Day boats from Nassau run to the Exuma cays to see the swimming pigs.
Find your season.
November to May is the sensible window: drier, less humid and outside the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June to the end of November. Christmas, New Year and the spring-break weeks of March fill Baha Mar’s hotels first. Summer golf is possible, but book early tee times because the afternoons are hot and showery.
Yes. GolfPass lists Royal Blue as a course where a resort stay is not required, and Baha Mar’s pros teach non-guests as well as guests. Book through the online engine or the shop on +1 242 788 4653, and give 24 hours’ notice to cancel, or a US$100 no-show charge applies.
How much does it cost to play Royal Blue?
Baha Mar does not publish a rate card. The live price appears in the online booking engine for your date, or the shop on +1 242 788 4653 will quote it. When the course opened in 2017, GolfPass reported hotel-guest rates of US$150 to US$275 by time and day, or up to US$325 all-in; current prices are likely higher, plus 10% VAT.
What is the signature hole at Royal Blue?
The par-three 16th, played to a green on a peninsula in Lake Cunningham. The back nine around it is the more dramatic half, with limestone walls at the 10th and a blind uphill drive at the par-five 13th.
How far is Royal Blue from Nassau airport?
Baha Mar is on Cable Beach, east of Lynden Pindling International along the coast road and well short of downtown Nassau. The transfer is a short taxi ride, so with a morning arrival an afternoon round on the same day is realistic.
Last checked 11 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
