THE DO’S & DONT’S OF DESIGNING A GOLF HOLE BY JACK NICKLAUS
Source: Golf So, you want to be a golf-course architect. Or, at least, you plan to enter the GOLF Magazine + Nicklaus Design Challenge. Allow us to offer some advice from an expert in the field. As a senior designer at Nicklaus Design, Chad Goetz will tell you that everything he and his colleagues do is dictated… Continue Reading
PUNTA ESPADA RANKS IN GOLF DIGEST’S BEST GOLF COURSES IN EVERY COUNTRY
Source: Golf Digest To accompany our biennial World 100 Greatest Courses list, Golf Digest also publishes a ranking of the best golf courses in every country. Yes, every country where there is golf. To do so, we surveyed our 1,700+ Golf Digest panelists from North America, who are as well-traveled a bunch as you’ll find in the… Continue Reading
PUNTA ESPADA RANKS #35 IN WORLD’S 100 GREATEST GOLF COURSES
Source: Golf Digest It’s tempting to describe Golf Digest’s fourth biennial ranking of the World 100 Greatest Golf Courses as a contest between advanced age and youth, legends versus new kids, Old Guard versus Upstarts. I’m speaking not of the architects responsible for the courses, but of the courses themselves. Twenty-three of the 100 Greatest… Continue Reading
THE DIABLO OPEN BY JAMES HUNT WAS A TOTAL SUCCESS AT PUNTA ESPADA
Dr. Jim (Diablo) Hunt, a very valued member of Punta Espada, hosted the Diablo Open at our golf course this past XXXX. This golf event was supported by Tim Ford, Mark Parent and many more friends and Members of Punta Espada & has grown to become a tradition where members and guests can enjoy an… Continue Reading
GOLF DIGEST RANKS PUNTA ESPADA IN WORLD’S 100 BEST GOLF COURSES
Source: Golf Digest Golf Digest’s third biennial ranking of the World 100 Greatest Golf Courses is truly global, showcasing brilliant layouts everywhere from Abu Dhabi to Vietnam, but not the United States. This is not a slight against courses born in the USA; Golf Digest will continue to produce biennial rankings of America’s 100 Greatest Golf… Continue Reading
CAP CANA CELEBRATES THE 7TH CAP CANA GOLF CUP
To conmemorate the thirteenth anniversary of the famous Punta Espada golf course, Cap Cana celebrated its traditional international “Cap Cana Golf Cup” tournament, in benefit of the Forjando un Futuro Foundation. With the participation of 200 national and international players, from the United States, Spain, Canada, England and the Dominican Republic, the seventh edition of… Continue Reading
PUNTA ESPADA WINS GOLF EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR IN THE CARIBBEAN
The 20th annual IAGTO Golf Tourism Awards was focused on recognising the achievements of golf courses and hotels that delivered the best possible experience to visiting golf travellers in the past year. IAGTO’s 700+ golf tour operators worldwide voted for one hotel and one golf course/golf resort in 25 leading golf destinations worldwide. Punta Espada… Continue Reading
GOLF.COM: PUNTA ESPADA IS A GOLF TOP 100 & 25 BEST FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Source: Golf.com | General Excellence Golf.com | Top 100 TOP 25 FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE Historically, golf doesn’t glorify broad-based performance the way, say, track does, where the Olympic decathlon champ is considered the world’s finest athlete. Still, Rory and Brooks topping the All-Around stat this season reminds that being versatile produces winning results. The same… Continue Reading
THE FINAL OF THE GOLF CHANNEL AM TOUR 2019 WAS IN PUNTA ESPADA
The Golf Channel AM Tour Dominican Republic closed its 2019 season at the Punta Espada golf course in Cap Cana. Players who have competed for the last seven months in order to become national champions attended the event. The competitors came from Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic. The Tour played seven stops of… Continue Reading
GOLF IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Source: New England Golf With three Pete Dye-design courses, Casa de Campo has gotten its share of ink, air time and foot traffic over the last three decades, and deservedly so, but there is much more to the Dominican Republic and the nearby cities of Punta Cana and Cap Cana to attract the golfing tourist…. Continue Reading
PUNTA ESPADA RANKS AGAIN AS THE #1 COURSE IN THE CARIBBEAN & MEXICO!
Source: Golfweek Welcome to Golfweek’s annual Best. Each spring, we publish the three lists that are the foundation of our course-ratings program: Golfweek’s Best Classic Courses, Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses, Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play and our Top 50 Mexico & Caribbean Courses (below). The 850-plus members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based… Continue Reading
SECRETS CAP CANA WILL HOST ITS FIRST INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Source: Arecoa AMResorts announced that they will hold its first “AMResorts 2019 Invitational Golf Tournament” that is added as a strategic part of the AMResorts brand to integrate the sports segment to its leisure offer. This was stated by Daniel Hernández, Regional Vice President of Operations for AMResorts in the Dominican Republic, who also said… Continue Reading
CONSTRUWEEKEND IS BACK TO CAP CANA
Source: Diario Digital 180 entrepreneurs from the construction industry will meet to participate in the 5th edition of the Construweekend golf tournament to be held on September 27 and 28 in Cap Cana at the Punta Espada Golf Course. This year, a special recognition will be made to Architect Pedro Haché President of the Ginaka… Continue Reading
TRAVEL PULSE CONSIDERS CAP CANA: ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST STUNNING DESTINATIONS
Source: Travel Pulse With 30,000 acres of beautiful, flawless beaches with turquoise waters and white sand, Cap Cana is a destination for every type of traveler, offering a variety of things to do, places to dine and tons of sun to bask in. One of the most beautiful and desirable vacation spots in the world… Continue Reading
AT PUNTA ESPADA GOLF IS ART
Source: El Espectador The best courses in the Caribbean are on this island, where the experience of playing is designed differently for everyone. Here the canvas never goes blank. From the air the landscape resembles a painting by Van Gogh: the sea with blues of all shades, clear, dark, delicate, all mixed in a perfect… Continue Reading
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