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    Rio San Juan
    Dominican Republic
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  • Playa Grande Golf And Ocean Club

    Course Type: Resort

    Design Role: Redesign 2015, 2016-2018

    Co-Designer(s): Bryce Swanson

    Client Course Description

    Sprawling over 180 acres of picturesque coastline, the world-class Playa Grande Golf And Ocean Club, designed by celebrated architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr., is known as “the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean” by the golf community.

    With 10 holes playing directly on the ocean, this 7,085-yard course winds along the coastline, providing amazingly open vistas, cliff-side fairways, and sloping greens.

    With respect for the legacy created by his father, world-renowned golf designer Rees Jones will renovate the Playa Grande Golf And Ocean Club to enhance the golfing experience and challenge golfers at every skill level.

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    Designer Notes

    Overlooking the crescent-shaped Playa Grande Beach, regarded as one of the most beautiful in the Caribbean we finished a complete renovation of this Robert Trent Jones, Sr. course which opened in early 2016. We were given the opportunity to create an even more dramatic routing with ten holes playing directly on the ocean. Adding to its distinctive qualities, the course features what is being labeled as one of the finest finishes in the game of golf – which includes the dog-leg right par-5 on the 14th hole that allows golfers to finish on the cliff’s edge overlooking the beach, resort and ocean. From there, the final four holes play along the rocky cliffs -- high above the ocean. The final hole is a risk/reward par-5 – which requires the player to choose a shot from one cliff to another and over a cove of water in order to reach the green in two or take the safer three shot route around the ocean.

    In 2016, Discovery Land Company entered into a partnership to further develop Playa Grande. Together, we are working on additional improvements to the course which include rerouting the fifth hole to create room for surrounding development, upgrading bunker sand, addition of select tees and landscaping. All fairway and green surrounds will be sand capped and the golf course will be planted with paspalum turf.

    Awards

    • Golf Magazine: Top 100 Resorts in North America 2019-2020
    • Golf Magazine: Best Resort Course Renovation 2016

    News

    Top 100 Resorts in North America 2019-2020 (PDF)

    How to Have a Perfect (and Perfectly Private) Family Vacation Like a Hollywood Star (Guest Column)

    Dominican Republic’s Playa Grande Golf Club Reopens

    Playa Grande Gets A Complete Remodel: Rees Jones Discusses Working On His Father’s Original Design

    Golf Life: ‘Pebble Beach-plus site’ reopens in Dominican Republic

    Dominican Republic's Playa Grande Could Be the Perfect Golf Resort

    The Best Golf Course In The Caribbean - Plus An Awesome New Luxury Resort

    New Playa Grande Golf Course In The Dominican Republic Ranks Among The Caribbean's Best

    The Dominican Republic's Latest Seaside Course Is Ready For Play

    At the Seaside Playa Grande, Rees Jones Crafts A Dominican Dandy (PDF)

    Playa Grande: A Tropical Atlantic Beauty

    Fully Renovated Playa Grande Golf Course Unveiled At Amanera Resort

    Rees Jones Completes Renovation Of Playa Grande Course

    Playa Grande: Golf's Best Kept Secret? (PDF)

    Rees Jones' Firm Working On Major Project At New Caribbean Aman Resort

    Rees Jones: Acariciando las Ideas de su Padre, Trabaja para un Playa Grande Renovado y más Atractico (PDF)

    Dan inicio a un complejo turístico en Playa Grande

    Danilo Medina inicia construcción de hotel en Playa Grande

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