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No Problem getting on Playa Dorada course. I'm a member there & we welcome visitors. The wife is away middle of May (Back to England for her two yearly MOT!!) so I should be allowed out to play if you need a partner. Best to play afternoons as you DON'T HAVE to hire a buggy if you don't want to!

Playa Dorada is an excellent course to play too - the Dominican "Pebble Beach". Expensive but the scenery is well worth it!! Again, no problem with getting on but probably best to do it with the Golfadventures company that works out of Playa Dorada.

Oh yes - the less important info. Coconut Palms is a lovely hotel complex about 7 miles the other side of Sosua (15 - 20 mins from Airport). Clean, tidy & very friendly. There is a good reataurant on site, an excellent cordon bluer down towards Cabarete & some excellent beachfont reataurants in Cabarete itself. The local bus (the Gua-gua - pronounced wag-wa) runs in both directions from outside the entrance gate, so you DON'T have to pay for expensive taxis. Make at least one trip in the gua-gua to Cabarete or Puerto Plata before you leave, you will find it an interesting (& not unpleasant) experience. Be sure to check current fares at the hotel though & make sure you have the right change - the conductors NEVER seem to have change for Gringo Tourists!!!

Get back to me via e-mail if you want more info. Swing well - Grahame Bush.

If you will be staying at the Coconut Palms Resort your best option is to play in the Playa Grande golf course, the best on the north coast and one of the best in the Caribbean.

Forget playing in La Romana. This is a big country. It would take you at least six hours driving to get to La Romana.

See http://dr1.com/travel/special/golf.shtml for north coast golf courses.

Golf:
First off, there is a little course there in Cabarete called ??Something Azul" on the right side as you head towards Cabarete. Nice little layout, narrow but interesting. I understand that it is not in the best of shape right now.
Then you have Playa Dporada, and there you follow BushBaby's instructions and have a ball.

Next, you have to play Playa Grande. A truly magnificent layuout by Robert Trent Jones , perhaps his very best. Grandeur, challenging, memorable.

Then you might like to try the Pete Dye course in Santiago. A very short 6.003 yds, yet difficult course. Modest green Fees and carts are available. Cart and GF less than $50.00

You take the guagua to POP, get on a Metro bus to Santiago, then a taxi for 60 pesos to the golf course...

Send me an e-mail if you need help or another player..

HB

boz151- Top course is definetly Playa Grande, about 50min. from sosua. Maybe stop ay Costa Azul in Caberete for an afternoon round. Playa Dorado after 1p.m. is about $600p if walking plus $150p for caddie. There is also Los Mangos, a 9 holer in Costamber, costs about $10US and is about 15min. from Playa Dorado. Best deal is HB's course in Santiago, Los Aromas. They seem to be putting some money into it; big improvement from last year! Cost was only $300p (about 18US) for 18 holes walking with caddie. If your into it, 45min. north of Santiago there is another 9hole course in Jarabacoa, only costs about 6 bucks to play. Makes for a pretty long day but what the hell!!! If you need any more info let me know, except for Jarabacoa I play them all every year.