The Cana Bay Palace Golf Club located in the Cana Bay residential area of the Moon Palace/Hard Rock Resort Hotel and Casino has been completed and all 18 holes are now available for play.

The latest golf course to be opened in Punta Cana is designed by Jack Nicklaus and is the second Jack Nicklaus course for Punta Cana.

The oldest golf course in Punta Cana, opened in 1991, is currently undergoing a complete redesign by P. B. Dye. The back nine, holes 10-18, have been completed and now the construction has begun to redesign holes 1-9. The course redesign should be finished by the end of 2010.

GOLFWEEK magazine has an article on Corales Golf Club titled Corales Golf Club overwhelms the senses. The review includes a rater’s notebook of the course. Check out the article here golfweek.com

Fred Couples takes home the check and the trophy as The Cap Cana Championship winner of 2010.

Fred Couples wins the 2010 Cap Cana Championship shooting a course record 11 under par 62 in the final round to cinch the victory by two strokes over Corey Pavin.  Read the story at nytimes.com

Hole No. 1

KEITH FERGUS:  First hole, you’ve got a nice elevated  it’s not a real difficult hole, but you’re usually playing into the wind. You start with an elevated tee shot so it’s harder to keep the ball down with your drive if the wind’s blowing.  It’s a nice starting hole.  Par on the first hole is a good score. There is plenty of room off the tee.  The key is really how hard the wind is blowing when you start the round. A good drive will set up a birdie opportunity and you have a real chance to start the day off right.

Hole No. 2

KEITH FERGUS:  The second hole is a nice par-5. Like the first hole, the tee box at No. 2 is elevated and usually the wind is blowing hard from left to right.   You’ve got a wide fairway, though, so there’s plenty of room to hit a good tee shot.
With a good drive, you’ll have an opportunity to reach the green in two. In order to do so, your second shot will need to carry a great deal of water. Last year, I felt my length gave me an advantage on this hole and I made birdie there the first day.

Hole No. 3

KEITH FERGUS:  The third hole is a beautiful hole. It usually plays into the wind so you need to hit a good drive here. You’ve got a deep bunker on the left and of course you’ve got the ocean on the right, which is always exciting.  The green is really very small and narrow so it will take a precise iron shot to have any chance at birdie. I would settle for par on his hole every day and move rapidly to the next tee.

To see the other hole descriptions by Keith Fergus visit thecapcanachampionship.com (be sure to scroll down or you’ll miss them).

Take a closer look at what the Champions Tour players have in store for them at Punta Espada

Hole 1 – Par 4 – 416 Yards

With the tee complex located on top of bluff, the downhill par 4 is set up with a large waste bunlker that runs along the left side of the fairway and a bunker to the right of the landing area. This will require the player to carry a portion of the waste bunker and favor the left side of the fairway in order to have the best angle into the green. A small bunker front right and an elevated bunker on the back left protect the green.

Hole 2 – Par 5 – 598 Yards

The most difficult hole of the course. Tees are located on one of the highest point of Punta Espada; one can view a large lake that runs directly into the Atlantic Ocean. The longest of the par 5 measuring 611 yards this dogleg right will demand three well-placed shots to reach the green. The landing area is framed by two cross-bunkers on the right and a single bunker just past the landing area on the left. Premium is placed on the second shot with a beach bunker located around the tidal lake and a slightly crowned fairway at the second landing area.

The rest of the hole descriptions can be found at thecapcanachampionship.com ( be sure to scroll down to find them).

Memorable moments from past Cap Cana Championship tournaments.

Scenes from the Cap Cana Championship Pro/Am before the big tournament.

For the second year in a row Golfweek magazine has picked Punta Espada golf course in Cap Cana, Punta Cana as the number 1 golf course in Mexico and the Caribbean.

Two other Punta Cana golf courses made the list. The Faldo Legacy golf course at Roko Ki came in at Read More→