Golf.
Three courses at home, two worth the flight, and a first tee at nine-ten that was held in October.
Seven holes on the sea.
Pete Dye built it in 1971, largely by hand, and seven of its holes run directly along the Caribbean. It is the reason a great many people come to this country at all, and it deserves the reputation — though it is entirely unmoved by the fact that you flew a long way to play it.
The seaside stretch is where rounds are decided. Play it early, when the wind is still asleep and the light is doing what it does at seven in the morning.
Tee times move and the good slots go early. We hold them — along with the caddies you would want twice, carts, clubs if you are travelling without, and lunch at the hour you will actually want it rather than the hour you booked it.
One famous, one dramatic, one underestimated.
Teeth of the Dog for the sea. Dye Fore for the cliffs above the Chavón. The Links inland — the one visitors overlook and members play most, and the better course on a windy afternoon.
Three hundred feet above the river.
It runs along the gorge of the Río Chavón with the marina and the sea beyond it, and the exposure changes the club in your hand on almost every tee.
If you play one round here and one at the Dog, play this one second. It is the better walk to end on.
Two more, if the trip allows.
Punta Cana — fifty minutes east. La Cana on the coast, and Corales, which is good enough that the professionals come to it each spring. A comfortable day trip, or a night away if the group would rather not drive twice.
Playa Grande — the north coast, and a different game entirely. Ten holes along the cliff edge above the Atlantic, laid out by Robert Trent Jones Senior and rebuilt by his son. On a windy afternoon it is one of the more honest tests you will play. A short flight rather than a long drive; we arrange both.
The week that works best: two days at Casa de Campo, a hop north, two days on the Atlantic. Different sea, different wind, same trip.
Eight of you, three days, two courses — and one house.
We run these properly.
Eight to thirty-two players. Two or three courses, scoring and handicaps, caddies, carts, transport between courses, prizes, and a dinner at the end of it that somebody actually planned.
A named lead is present for the whole thing — not on a phone in another country. Corporate days and member-guest formats included.
Before you book anything.
- Tee times
- Held months ahead for high season. December to April fills first, and Christmas week fills by spring. ask early
- Caddies
- Part of the game here, and they are good. We request the same ones for you across the trip.
- Non-guests
- Access to the courses is not automatic if you are not staying inside the resort. We handle it — see the Journal.
- Best hours
- First tee to about ten, then again after three. The middle of a February day is warmer than it looks.
- Getting there
- La Romana is twelve minutes from the first tee. Fly in privately and you can play the afternoon you land.
- Clubs
- Rental sets arranged, or we collect yours from the aircraft and have them at the course.
How many, and when.
Eight players in February is enough for us to send you a plan the same day. Diana will pick it up.
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