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Playa Grande Golf Course
Play Around Or Play A Round while enjoying your very own Caribbean vacation villa.
The famous Playa Grande Golf Course is a Caribbean golf vacation at its best and our Villa guests
play it for less. We receive discounted greens fees for Playa
Grande Resort Golf Course, which carries the signature of Robert
Trent Jones, Sr. When Mr. Jones visited the property in 1992,
he is said to have actually cried when told he'd been chosen
to be the architect. The course took from '93 to '97 to complete.
Mr. Jones did the routing and his associates did the on-site
work.
One of the World’s Greatest? This course has that kind
of serious potential. It’s set high above the ocean and
it plays along 100-foot bluffs. That makes it immediately comparable
to Pebble Beach, a thought that sounds almost sacrilegious.
But then, consider that Pebble has only six holes on the oceanside
bluffs (6-7-8-9-10-18), while Playa Grande has 10.
The fairways are incredibly lush since everything grows so well
here, and the course is naturally landscaped with native flowers.
Greens are huge, varied in shape and steeply sloped, but with
few tricky undulations. Generally, what you see is what you
get. The standard, "challenging for the best players, but
playable for everybody" actually applies here.
This course really has no negatives. It has the spectacular
oceanfront setting, it has hills, and it has the widest possible
choice of tees, allowing the course to be played from 4,488
yards all the way back to over 7,000 yards.
Less Crowded and Lower Scores. From the back tees, a player
looking for the shortest route must carry over corners of the
ocean on six holes (3-4-7-12-14-18). But from shorter tees,
fairways are extremely wide, and all greens except the seventh
are open for a run-up shot. Most golfers, playing conservatively,
will post a score below their average number at home. At how
many great courses in the world will that happen? Probably none,
right?
Because of the Playa Grande’s relative remoteness, word
hasn't yet spread of its prominence. For now, it’s the
Caribbean’s best kept secret, with none of the overcrowding
of typical resort courses. In the off-season you don't even
need a tee time. As for the beverage cart girls, well, they're
around all year long. While at Sunrise Villa, the perfect Caribbean vacation spot, if you ever need
a 4th, just ask our manager Chris. He carries an 11-handicap
and would love to join you for a match.
Follow these links for more info and pictures:
golfguide-do.com/2000/eng/29_playa_grande.htm
worldgolf.com/courses/comments5/playa.html
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