The Dominican Republic is one of the Caribbean’s premier golf destinations, and the best way to play it is from a villa on or beside the course. A golf villa puts you minutes from the first tee, with course access, fairway or ocean views, and often a cart to get around the community. Here are the courses and how to choose where to stay.
The courses, by community
Casa de Campo
The country’s golf heartland has three courses. Pete Dye’s Teeth of the Dog, with seven holes on the sea, is regularly rated the best course in the Caribbean. The cliff-top Dye Fore plays above the Chavón river and marina, and The Links is a friendlier inland round. Villas sit on and around all three — see La Florentina, Villa Royale, or Golf Villa V, and read the full Casa de Campo villa rental guide.
Cap Cana
Cap Cana is home to Punta Espada, the Jack Nicklaus course with several dramatic seaside holes, long rated among the region’s finest. It pairs a championship round with the newest, most private villas in the country.
Punta Cana
At the Puntacana Resort & Club, Tom Fazio’s oceanfront Corales hosts a PGA Tour event, and La Cana offers three nine-hole loops. Nearby Cocotal adds another option. Villas in the Corales enclave put you right by the course — look at Villa Corales 114 or Villa Corales 22.
What a golf villa gives you
Beyond location, golf villas typically offer community and course access as a resort guest, fairway or course views, and a golf cart for getting to the clubhouse. Tee times and green fees are arranged and paid separately, priced by each course — the villa’s advantage is proximity and the space to relax between rounds. Each villa page notes its specific course access and view.
Planning a golf group
Golf trips are often groups of six, eight, or more. A single large villa keeps everyone together with room to spread out — browse the large-group estates for homes that sleep a full four-ball or two, many of them fully staffed so dinner is handled after the round.
Where should you base your golf trip?
Casa de Campo for variety and the most on-site golf; Cap Cana for Punta Espada and privacy; Punta Cana for Corales and easy beach access. Still weighing it up? Read Casa de Campo vs Cap Cana vs Punta Cana. When you are ready, explore golf villas in the Dominican Republic or tell us your dates and group size and we will match you to a villa by the right course.
