There are plenty of beautiful golf courses in the Caribbean, but Corales Golf Club in Punta Cana offers something different: dramatic Caribbean ocean holes combined with a championship golf course that hosts a PGA TOUR event.
Designed by Tom Fazio, Corales is an 18-hole, par-72 course measuring 7,670 yards from the championship tees. It opened in 2010 and has become one of the best-known golf courses in the Dominican Republic.
If you are planning a golf trip to Punta Cana, Corales should be one of the courses you consider playing.
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One of the biggest reasons to play Corales is its location.
Six holes play along the Caribbean Sea, with the golf course designed around natural cliffs, bays, ocean coves, inland lakes and coralina quarries.
This isn't simply a golf course where you occasionally see the ocean in the distance. The Caribbean coastline is an important part of the golf experience.
Tom Fazio used the natural terrain to create a course where the scenery and golf architecture work together. The result is a championship layout that can be demanding while still delivering the type of Caribbean golf experience many visitors come to Punta Cana looking for.
Another reason Corales stands apart is professional tournament golf.
Corales Golf Club is the host course of the PGA TOUR's Corales Puntacana Championship.
That gives visiting golfers the opportunity to play the same golf course and many of the same holes they have watched PGA TOUR professionals play in competition.
The 2026 Corales Puntacana Championship was played at Corales Golf Course from July 16–19, continuing the course's association with PGA TOUR golf.
For traveling golfers, that adds another dimension to the experience. You're not simply playing a resort golf course — you're testing your game on a layout used for professional tournament golf.
The most talked-about part of Corales comes at the end of the round.
The final three holes are known as the Devil's Elbow.
This closing stretch brings the Caribbean coastline directly into play and provides a memorable finish to the round.
The 18th is particularly dramatic, wrapping around the Bay of Corales and creating the type of finishing hole golfers remember long after leaving Punta Cana.
It's also one of the reasons watching the PGA TOUR event at Corales is so interesting. You can see professionals deal with the same ocean, wind and finishing holes that recreational golfers experience when playing the course.
The ocean holes get most of the attention, but Corales shouldn't be considered purely a sightseeing golf course.
At 7,670 yards from the championship tees, it is a substantial Tom Fazio layout. Multiple sets of tees allow golfers to choose a distance appropriate for their game rather than trying to play the course from the same tees used for championship golf.
The course combines the coastline with inland lakes, natural terrain and coralina quarries, creating considerable variety across the 18 holes.
That combination is what makes Corales particularly interesting: the scenery is spectacular, but the golf course itself is the attraction.
Punta Cana has several excellent golf options, and you don't necessarily have to choose only one.
Golfers looking for ocean golf can combine Corales with Punta Espada and La Cana to create an outstanding multi-round Punta Cana golf vacation.
Each course offers a different experience.
Playing more than one gives you a much better appreciation of how good the golf is around Punta Cana.
If Corales is one of the main reasons for your Punta Cana golf trip, we recommend arranging your tee time before arriving in the Dominican Republic.
Popular morning tee times can be particularly important during busy travel periods.
Caribbean Tee Times allows you to view Corales golf options and request your tee time before your trip.
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There aren't many vacation golf experiences where you can combine a Tom Fazio championship design, six Caribbean oceanside holes, a famous finishing stretch and a course that hosts PGA TOUR competition.
Corales brings all of those elements together.
Whether you're visiting Punta Cana primarily to play golf or adding a round to a Caribbean vacation, Corales Golf Club is one of the distinctive golf experiences in the Dominican Republic.
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Jennel Alexander
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