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279 Reviews (279)
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
90.1%
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4.4
50 Reviews (50)
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
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4.3
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
93.7%
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns high marks for being challenging yet forgiving, with wide fairways and well-maintained conditions impressing recent visitors. Friendly staff and a smooth pace of play make for an enjoyable round at a reasonable value.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort/Private
Par 72
Length 7253 yards
Slope 135
Rating 76.1

The Hard Rock Golf Club at Cana Bay is situated along the white sand shores of the stunning mangrove-lined Macao Beach, conveniently located near the Punta Cana International Airport. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, the golf course is yet another outstanding design in his repertoire. Nicklaus carefully preserved the rich natural surroundings to ensure that the beauty of the Dominican landscape was kept at the forefront. The layout's rolling fairways and greens weave through native flora and fauna, providing golfers with a truly unique round in a tropical setting. There are expansive lakes that come into play on several holes as well as numerous strategically placed bunkers throughout.

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Course Details

Year Built 2010
Greens Platinum Paspalum
Golf Season Year round
Architect Nicklaus (2010)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire. Collar shirt with sleeves (polo shirt); Formal bermudas or trousers; No T-shirts; No blue jeans; No beach shorts nor bathing suits

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards
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4.2
279 Reviews (279)
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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Good Course Friendly Staff

Overall the course was nice. Slightly challenging, greens rolled well. Range balls included in the price as were food and drinks which was awesome. Plenty of tee box options for all skill levels. Would happily play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Worth Playing

Totally enjoyed playing this course. Great layout. Strong holes. Only pace of play became an issue. That however is not a fi ed problem. Pi ked up last five holes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

If you get a deal. Course is well worth a playing

Around $125 would be a great deal for this course

I wouldn’t pay more than 150 but that’s just me

Nice layout fairway is in good condition, greens are decent

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

The course in very good conditions green and faireay good conditions

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good and Hot

Played at 8:40am. The course was in great shape...... Other than the 1st green. They must of had a chip off or something similar and it was balled marked bad. Once past the 1st hole the greens were great. This has always been one of my favorites here in the DR. But it was HOT!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

8 people in a group?

Not sure how it happened but with 2 holes left, we hit a big delay. 4 carts and 8 golfers. Needless to say, that made our last two holes a 40 minute challenge having to wait for all 8 golfers to play. Not sure where the Marshall was?

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Two nines

Front nine is narrow and shorter than the m7ch wider and slightly longer back nine. The front nine is less forgiving and you have no good misses. Back nine is more forgiving. Overall Good challenge for serious golfers with excellent pace of play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course at discount rate

Good golf course to play at discount rate. Greens and tee boxes in rough shape. Fairways are very long specially on the back nine. Over all good course for all level

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A great round of golf! Drinks and food are included which is a bonus.

The only downside is that most of the bunkers were unplayable, lots of small rocks. We would rake and place the ball as most were packed down.

A small issue in an otherwise wonderful round!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Championship course

Greens were consistent, some grain bot putted true. The starter was very accommodating. Played in four hours. Great experience. Played three times in five day stay. Got great deals on Golf Now!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Beautiful day Mostly LOL

I have played this course many times over the years and it just gets more beautiful every time I play. We did get a torrential rain storm that lasted about 20min. We it quit it took no time at all for the fairways to dry up.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course and pace of play

Staff were wonderful. Was able to go off early and they are very accommodating. I played by myself with my wife riding. Drink cart came around the entire round and kept us refreshed.

Played the best round!!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Amazing looking course!

Course was absolutely amazing visually! We arrived and the staff were really not efficient in English so the dialect was a little hard to understand and not a lot of smiles and the facial expressions were not very welcoming but not overall horrible!

We waited on a group all day after about the 7th hole, when we first seen them but at a destination course you expect that with all the tourist!

Except for the first green, they rest looked amazing and putted very true, greens were very slow and inconsistent with the speed, definitely would have had a better experience with faster greens, (they were rolling about a 8)!

As for the value, it’s wasn’t horrible, I was able to book for $235 for 2 people thru the golf now app, while the 2 guys we played with paid $250 a piece! And the club rentals were reasonable, we had 2 lefties and they allowed us to play out of 1 bag with an $25 dollar up charge!

I personally think any course that cost over 200 to play isnt worth the value unless it’s PGA quality because you can find others that are almost just as good for cheaper!

I don’t know if I would play this course again(especially at the full price of $250 per)being that I like to play different courses and it’s in another country but it definitely looked amazing and I had a very enjoyable round! If you can get it for around $125 it’s definitely worth it!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Carts / Driving range need some work

Overall the round was a 5 star. However the driving range was quite beat-up. The grass was pretty chewed up and had mostly sand to cover the surface. The range balls were covered with sand.

As well the course appeared to have a shortage of golf carts. We were given a cart when we arrived but our other 2-some had to wait 20 minutes before receiving their carts. The two carts appeared to be the oldest carts in the fleet and were quite beat-up. Our cart started giving us grief on the first hole and needed to be recharged. Luckily a Marshall came by and said we would be given a better cart shortly. A few minutes later the Marshall returned and had to give us his cart as no cart were available. Cart was also beat-up but worked except it didn’t have a working parking brake. We had to ensure the cart was always parked on a level area in order to prevent the cart rolling away.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Highly recommended Course

This is one of the my favorite courses in Punta Cana. The course layout really nice. It’s challenging yet not too difficult.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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FROM $637 (USD)
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