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Sandals Golf and country club

( 7 a.m.–5 p.m. daily, US$100 green fees, US$45 for locals) is a Golf Digest 3.5-star-rated course in the hills above Ochi. The course is compact and very walk- able, but carts are also available (US$40). Clubs are also rented (US$30 Wilson/US$45 Calloway), and players are obliged to use a caddy (US$17, plus minimum tip of US$10/ person).

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Fantasea Divers

Fantasea Divers (contact Paul Dadd, cell tel. 876/381-4357, pdadd@cwjamaica.com) caters to hotel and especially villa guests along the North Coast. PADI instructors offer lessons and certification. Certifications range from bubble watching for children (US$65) in the swimming pool to PADI dive master (US$680) to assistant instructor certification (US$1,000).

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Chukka Caribbean Adventures

Chukka Caribbean Adventures (tel. 876/972-2506, ochorios@chukkacaribbean.com, www.chukkacaribbean.com) offers a host of organized tours, from horseback riding to ATV tours, canopy tours with ziplines through the forest, tubing and kayaking on the White River, the Irie Bus Ride to Nine Mile, and Stingray City at James Bond Beach. This is one of the island's most successful operations; it sees almost as many cruise ship passengers as Dunn's River.

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Runaway Bay Golf Club

Runaway Bay Golf Club (greens fees US$50/80 or US$25 JGA members, US$17/25 for caddy, US$25/35 cart, US$40 Titleist clubs and US$10 for shoes for for 9/18 holes) is a 72-par 18-hole championship course. The course opened in 1960. It has long fairways, large flat greens with grassy mounds and sand bunkers. Recommended gratuity of at least US$10 per person. Guests at Jewel Resorts have greens fees waived. The Clubhouse Restaurant opens at 8 daily and serves breakfast and lunch a la carte. 

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