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The Abaco Club on Winding Bay is an 18-hole, par-72 private course on Great Abaco in The Bahamas. Designed by Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie and opened in 2004, the layout was conceived as a tropical interpretation of links golf, using the site's dunes, limestone ridges, exposed coastal ground and prevailing wind rather than relying on a conventional resort-course style. Several holes run directly beside Winding Bay, including the short par-4 fifth.
Access is limited to members and qualifying guests rather than general public play. The course has become a regular professional tournament venue through the Korn Ferry Tour's Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, first staged there in 2017 and returning in subsequent seasons. Tournament setup length has varied: the PGA Tour listed 7,296 yards for the 2026 event, while its 2022 event material cited a 7,141-yard official scorecard.
The course is an 18-hole links golf course. Designed by Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie, the course originally opened in 2004. It is open to members and their guests. On-site facilities include Practice Facilities, Restaurant, Bistro, Bar, Café.
The course was created as the golf centerpiece of The Abaco Club on Winding Bay and opened in 2004. Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie were commissioned to use the natural coastal character of the Great Abaco site rather than impose a heavily manufactured resort layout. Their routing incorporated dunes, limestone formations, native vegetation and the shoreline of Winding Bay.
Steel and Mackenzie approached the property as a links-style course adapted to a tropical setting. The routing uses wind, changes in ground contour, pot bunkering and demanding green surrounds as strategic elements. The coastal sequence includes the par-3 fourth and short par-4 fifth beside Winding Bay, while the closing holes climb through higher, rockier terrain before the downhill par-5 eighteenth.
The course has remained part of The Abaco Club's private residential and club community. Tom Mackenzie has remained involved with later course work as the wider property has undergone substantial investment and redevelopment.
The course has received substantial golf-media coverage as one of the leading courses in The Bahamas. Its tournament profile increased when it became host of the Korn Ferry Tour's Bahamas Great Abaco Classic beginning in 2017.
The Abaco Club remains a private club. Golf access is principally for members and eligible guests, and the course continues to host the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic.
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