White Witch Golf Course at Rose Hall

About
The White Witch Course at Rose Hall is named after one of Jamaica's most famous legends, Annie Palmer who was called the "White Witch of Rose Hall." It is rumored that her spirit haunts the Rose Hall estate, including the golf course. Rather than a tropical setting, the course has a unique mountainous terrain but the vibrant foliage, tradewinds, and pleasant ocean views are still in keeping with its Caribbean location. The golf course is challenging with an intimidating layout that features dramatic elevation changes and numerous well-placed bunkers. Although it is a difficult course, its scenery makes it popular amongst all golfers.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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White Witch | 71 | 6758 yards | 74.0 | 139 |
Blue | 71 | 6365 yards | 72.2 | 135 |
White | 71 | 5893 yards | 70.2 | 128 |
Red (W) | 71 | 5397 yards | 73.2 | 126 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 72.2/135 | 534 | 168 | 376 | 432 | 382 | 491 | 380 | 164 | 411 | 3338 | 598 | 149 | 327 | 384 | 148 | 345 | 539 | 144 | 393 | 3027 | 6365 |
White M: 70.2/128 | 487 | 145 | 328 | 410 | 346 | 473 | 355 | 154 | 385 | 3083 | 571 | 138 | 318 | 356 | 134 | 335 | 457 | 138 | 363 | 2810 | 5893 |
Red W: 73.2/126 | 464 | 119 | 309 | 395 | 317 | 374 | 327 | 147 | 356 | 2808 | 543 | 118 | 282 | 323 | 121 | 323 | 442 | 130 | 309 | 2591 | 5399 |
Handicap | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | |||
Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
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What a great expérience!
One of the best layout that I’ve played! Some green were on poor condition but some were good and fairways were ok. But the layout of this course is something ; ill be back for sure! Thanks to our Lovely caddie : Shauny . Great experience!
Amazing Experience
This course sits atop a mountain with amazing views of the ocean and beach. This course is very windy, but the caddy was excellent with the club recommendations. It also was a fine educational experience about the island of Jamaica from my experienced caddy.
Beautiful but…
The course is both beautiful and challenging. Unfortunately, the greens are not in the best condition. We had an excellent caddy, Kendra, who has been working there for 17 years.
Golf Course
Pace of play was excellent caddie was good greens were only so so
Nice course
Great course, greens were chewed up due to either weather, Grubbs, etc.. Also please maintain the sand traps as they were hard and wet.
Golfing in Jamaica
Great course with view of the Ocean, caddie was amazing and very knowledgeable of the course. The only down fall are the greens (really bad shape) all greens. Tee box and fairways are in great shape - hazards in somewhat good condition (some bunkers unplayable). Other then greens - beautiful course.
Poor condition
This course is in the worst condition of any course I’ve ever played. The greens are mostly dirt, the bunkers have grass growing all over and many of the fairways are scruffy.
The layout is great but it’s a shame they’ve let the course deteriorate so much from the last time we played 4 years ago
Greens ruin it
Good reviews on this website but greens are horrible-unplayable. Staff/caddies great and friendly. Wouldn’t recommend to play until green issue figured out.
I was robbed in Jamaica
This course is the worst I have ever played on. The greens are dirt and clumpy. All 18 holes! I played 100+ rounds each of the last 20 years and this is by far the worst. The views are very nice and the staff are friendly but the course conditions ruined the experience. Not even worth half the price I paid. Stay clear of this course!
Unplayable course conditions
Golf is about the greens. Plain and simple. The worst course conditions a golfer should have to face is recent aeration .. and generally speaking, when booking your tee time if the greens are under repair, the course generally makes people aware ahead of time.
What I experienced yesterday was one of the saddest golf experiences I’ve ever had. I came to Jamaica for one week with my family and just wanted one nice round while I was here.
When I showed up, the staff were friendly and made
Me and my dad very excited to start our round. Once we got to the first tee, our caddy explained that the greens weren’t in great shape and just to take two when hitting the green…
When we got up to the first green, without any exaduration, it was dirt. Just dirt and mud with a few grass patches. There didn’t appear to be any effort being taken either. No sign of seeding, plugging, patching, just seems like they’re letting it go and have given up hope…
The staff were nice and the caddy was very helpful getting around the course, and it’s no doubt that they would all like to see the greens in playing condition as well.
I don’t know where the problem is here but this course should seriously consider shutting down and reopening when you can play golf on the golf course again.
Feel totally ripped off having paid over 300 for the round including the mandatory caddy on a golf course that’s completely unplayable.
I wish I could add pictures to this review, but just picture a 5 star layout with 18 dirt greens and you’ll get the picture.
greens in terrible shape, fairways okay
Greens were sub par. Dried out and just plain dirt, didn't seem to have irrigation. Never seen greens that bad. Overpriced for the quality of the greens. Caddie was knowable and enjoyable. Pro shop was good.
Shape of the greens ruined our experience at White Witch. We arrived in Jamaica by cruise ship were very disappointed in our golf excursion.
Golfing in Jamaica
Great challenging course, its only downfall are the greens. Greens are in super bad shape. Most hazards are playable, some can use some TLC. Tee box and fairways properly care for. Beautiful course,
wish golf now was honest upfront
the course was nicely laid out, but the greens were dried up mud and I mean putting was like putting on a table top of dried mud with animal foot tracks sticking up .....so while I shot good getting to the greens, it made is impossible to score.
I think that golf now should have known this and let me know up front prior to booking that this was how this course was....Frankly I think they should return our money
Great day of golf at White Witch.
Views were spectacular. Caddie Shawnee was very good. Greens rough for this time of year. Rest of course was in good shape.
Greens are in bad shape
Let’s start with the positive. Our caddy’ was amazing! The course was in bad shape. Also what upsets me is that when I booked this online on TeeOff app nowhere did it say there was a caddie fee or that the conditions of the greens would be like dirt. Such a shame. The course could be amazing with proper upkeep.
Disappointed
Greens are appalling, even at a discounted rate wouldn't be recommending this to anyone. The staff were excellent and very welcoming / friendly but they should leave this course to recover and it needs a good 6-12 months before it gets to acceptable