Corales Golf Club - Hole #18

Corales Golf Club in Dominican Republic Insider Review

An Insightful Interview With Jay Overton, Director of Golf

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Jay Overton who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 2010, Corales is an exclusive and dramatic 18-hole course with six Caribbean Oceanside holes. Designed along the natural cliffs, bays, ocean coves and the inland lakes and coralina quarries, Corales Golf Course rates among the World's finest Golf Experiences. The exhilarating challenge culminates playing the Devil's Elbow, Corales's last three holes. The Devil's Elbow features the striking eighteenth hole with a dramatic forced carry over the cliff lined Bay of Corales, an inspired capstone to a memorable and breathtaking golf experience.

Aside from one of the premiere Punta Cana golf courses, the Corales residential community features a private enclave of luxurious homes and golf view estate lots. The seven hundred acres of the Corales community are just a part of the extensive acreage of the Punta Cana Resort & Club. Membership opportunities await both Corales Residents as well as the homeowners through out the Resort. With the Resort owning the Punta Cana International Airport and the airport's private VIP Terminal located in Corales, not only is accessing Corales convenient but flight paths are detoured as not to disturb the peace of this exclusive residential community nor to break the concentration of the Club's golfers.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
They should not play it unless they want to avoid the mistake of not playing one of the great courses anywhere and the best course in the Caribbean!

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Avoid the Caribbean Sea on the six Oceanside holes and bring your best short game with you to neutralize the genius of Tom Fazio's green complexes!

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
The repeated fantastic comments of the guests I greet daily! That is all that matters!

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Our 18th Hole!!!!!! "The Mother of all Golf Holes" as deemed by our Founder Frank Rainieri! The exhilarating challenge culminates playing the Devil's Elbow, Corales's last three holes. The Devil's Elbow features the striking eighteenth hole with a dramatic forced carry over the cliff lined Bay of Corales, an inspired capstone to a memorable and breathtaking golf experience!

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Our 18th Hole!!!!!! With eleven different teeing areas the hole can be played from impossible to forgiving! Tip?? Stay left from tee to green to avoid the beautiful but treacherous Bay of Corales!

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
DISH - The hot pressed 18th! "The Mother of all Sandwiches" 14 inch Jumbo Dominican with Swiss, Gouda, Cheddar, Turkey Pastrami, Grilled Chicken, Ham, Salami, "special jerk mayo" and served on a French Baguette!

DRINK - "El Codo del Diablo" ( The Devil's Elbow) Made with local Brugal Blanco, Vodka, Blue Curacao, Lime & Orange Juice.
Our Club specialty named after our final three holes, the "Devil`s Elbow" features Dominican Rum and is an oversized and alluring challenge befitting CORALES!

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
El Codo del Diablo has prevented one!!

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7650
Slope: 140
Rating: 76.9

More Information
Corales Golf Club
Puntacana Dominican Republic
http://www.puntacana.com/corales-golf-club.html

Revised: 10/07/2014 - Article Viewed 30,419 Times

About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

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Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

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