CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa - Temenos Golf Course

In planning the course, significant environmental efforts were undertaken to preserve and to enhance the island's natural habitats. Most significant was the renewal of Merrywing Salt Pond, an island landmark. Featured predominantly in the course, the pond's water has been reinvigorated, giving rebirth to its natural organisms. New flushing channels permit seawater to flow out of the pond during high tide. Players are greeted by a spectacular view of St. Maarten and the Caribbean Sea at the tee box of the 384-yard starting hole. The overwhelming visual appeal continues with holes 2 and 10 sharing a 16,000-square-foot green that rests along the Anguilla Channel. Large sea grape trees on the left and the Merrywing pond on the right frame the perilous drive on the 423-yard 16th hole that plays into the trade winds and finishes with an elevated green surrounded by water and protected by deep bunkers. The narrowing fairway on the 18th hole ascends forty feet to a narrow green carved out of the native plantings.