The high wire

Dye Fore

Seven cliffside holes play from bluffs some 300 feet above the Río Chavón.

Pete Dye’s 27 holes on the bluffs above the Río Chavón: the Chavón and Marina nines opened in 2003, the lake-strewn Lagos nine in 2011. The clifftop Chavón stretch, with the river far below and mountains on the horizon, is golf at full scale.

Par: 72
Yards: 7,667
Designer: Pete Dye
Year opened: 2003
Holes: 27
Style: Clifftop river golf
Destination: Punta Cana

Facts from our verified course library. We plan trips around this course. We don’t own or operate it, and your itinerary confirms the exact rotation for your dates.

The photography

Dye Fore, as you’ll see it

A Dye Fore Lagos green beside a still lake edged with pale rock, under a clear blue sky. — The Lagos nine, added in 2011: five of its nine holes bring water into play.

Sunset aerial of a Dye Fore tee on the cliff edge above the Chavón river — Golden hour high above the Chavón

Aerial of a Dye Fore fairway and green beside the Chavón river — The river keeps you company for holes at a time

Aerial of a Dye Fore fairway lined with horseshoe waste bunkers, marina and sea beyond — Waste bunkers on the Marina nine, the sea beyond

Dye Fore fairway and bunker running along the jungle canyon rim — The fairway shoulders right up to the canyon rim

Where it is

Finding Dye Fore

Casa de Campo, La Romana, Dominican Republic

On a trip with us you never drive yourself here: transfers are arranged and your concierge holds the tee time.

Play Dye Fore on a week we handle end to end.

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