Travel and Leisure Golf chose The Faldo Legacy Course at Roco Ki asone of the world's 10 Best New Courses for 2008.

Opened For Play December 15, 2008
In the midst of nature's treasure-trove, The Faldo Legacy Course demands the very best your game has to offer. It is an invitation to experience the most uniquely dramatic course in the Caribbean. Taking full advantage of the contrasting environments of elevated headlands, pristine white-sand beaches, tropical mangrove forests and sea grass meadows, The Faldo Legacy Course is equally challenging and rewarding. Nick Faldo tells future visitors, "If your golf game isn't the best, bring your camera, because you will get a great picture!"

Golf at Roco Ki is an unforgettable experience not only for the game, but as a way to explore this magnificent land. The first tee presents a panorama of the course, the headlands, the ocean and the mountains beyond. On the 3rd hole, a par three, you descend into a tropical sanctuary where centuries-old mangroves line the fairways. As you ascend to the 15th hole, you return to the sea. For the avid golfer, the incredible 17th hole, named El Caiman, offers obvious comparisons to Pebble Beach. The only difference is that the 17th hole, crafted by Nick Faldo, is followed by an equally spectacular 18th hole. Called Los Dos Rezos, the Two Prayers, one plays over not one but two ocean inlets, making the 17th and 18th two of the most dramatic golf holes in the Caribbean.

The first of three Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses in Cap Cana. Nowhereelse in the world will the golf experience be like this. More than 7,000 yards in a par 72 course with 18 holes, of which eight of them are hugging or playing to the caribbean's blue waters, with stunning views, more than three miles of white-sand beaches and the most complete state-the-art marina in the Caribbean.

Punta Espada was designated to incorporate the natural features of the landscape into its topography; the bluffs, the beach, the waterways and the foliage. The design also guarantees that golfers of all levels are accommodated, including those playing at world championship level. Enjoy spectacular sea views and close-up encounters with nature while you tackle these challenging links.

In early 2001, after creating courses around the world, P.B. Dye returned tothe Dominican Republic invited by Frank Rainieri, owner of the PuntaCana Resort & Club. Rainieri and partners, labor mediator Ted Kheel, famed couturier Oscar de la Renta and singer Julio Iglesias wanted Mr. Dye to design a world-class beachfront golf course.

The result of P. B. Dye's first solo effort in the Dominican Republic La Cana Golf Course at PuntaCana Resort & Club definitely belongs on your "must play " list. PuntaCana Golf Club course is innovative, challenging, beautiful and fun. It's long playing to 7,152 yards from the tournament tees but the rewards include four superb holes playing directly along the Caribbean Sea and 12 holes with magnificent sea views.

The Dye pot bunker is ever present. As noted earlier, hole seven boasts a cluster of 21. P.B. jokingly refers to this area as "Hecklebirnie" a type of golfer's purgatory according to Scottish lore. To help you master this course and put all the odds on your side, it might be wise to take a lesson with Kim Jensen, the golf pro of the "PuntaCana Golf Academy. " Or, if you have some time left, sign up to one of the 5-day clinics available every week.

Renowned architect, Jose "Pepe" Gancedo, six-time Spanish Champion, designedthe course by following the lay of the land, using the natural terrain to provide a route easily remembered long after the player finishes.

Our trademark features are strategically-placed trees, bunkers, mounds and gently rolling terrain with well-defined and generous fairways without forgetting an unrelenting wind. The utilization of four sets of tees provides low-handicapped golfers with a course of great challenge, while beginners and intermediate players can continually improve their game in a player-friendly environment. Transportation to and from the course is included in the rate.

The architect and famous champion Nick Price has designed this challengingcourse. The course offers various playing options and plays throughnatural wetland areas with large waste bunkers and big lakes naturallybuilt into the tropical vegetation. This par 72 offers the player achallenge on each hole and at the same time is fun for their ample andmoved fairways, with its bunkers, the lakes and the risky holes 13 and 15both par 3.

Sown with the variety papalum "paspalum vaginatum" and with the care thatour team gives, we have obtain a level of excellence with the objective that,when we play in Punta Blanca Golf Club was a great experience, a goodmemory and above all a concern for the next destiny of golf.

Set to be completed on November 24, 2009, the Tom Fazion designed Corales golfcourse is set between rocky cliffs, coral reefs and the expansive Caribbean Sea. This golf course is an adventure taking you through many environments from inland holes bordered by lush trees and vegetation to holes playing beside crystal blue lakes and ultimately along oceanfront cliffs and crashing waves. No less than 7 holes have ocean in play at some point. With a variety of short and long holes, holes laying into the wind as well as downwind and a tremendous mixture of visual elements, playing Corales will be an experience to remember. Corales' final 3 holes are symbolically named "The Devil's Elbow". As golfers near the completion of the round, they will meet the bewitching, yet stern challenges of Corales' dynamic closing holes 16th, 17th and 18th - the most scenic, yet toughest finishing holes in the world! Transportation to and from the course is included in the rate.

Playing golf at the Barcelo Golf course is an exciting and unforgettableexperience that you will want to repeat.

Located inside the Barcelo Bavaro Beach Resort you will find the oldest golf course in the Punta Cana area designed by Juan Manuel Gordillo, its 18-hole par-72 golf course was opened in 1991 as the top course in Punta Cana. The course is surrounded by lush vegetation and surrounded by a huge lake in a setting of 150,000 square metres (164,042 square yards), which comes into play on several holes. Narrow fairways, small elevated greens which are well protected by many small bunkers makes the Bavaro golf course a tough challenge for golfers at all levels. Each hole has three tees, classified for Ladies, Amateurs and Professionals. Transportation to and from the course is included in the rate.

This 18 hole Par 72 course is the design of Single Alberto, with thecooperation of Corrie Jack; the basic characteristic of this course, which counts on one of its greens within an artificial lake, is its horizontal amplitude. Five lagoons and trees define this small but challenging course. Designed as much for the experienced golfer as the beginner. It has ample fairways and keeps with the natural landscape. Nine of the holes border the coast of the Caribbean Sea. The golf course is part of Bavarian the Catalonia Hotel in White End. The deceptive holes of the golf course of Head of Toro are designed to amuse whereas lagoon and Caribbean views are fantastic. You face technical shots from the Tees and hidden Greens and other surprises. Each shot is a new challenge. This course shows you if really you are as good as you think and if you are ready for more. Transportation to and from the course is included in the rate.