Black Desert Championship

Black Desert Resort



    TPC Dorado Beach: East

    Dorado, Puerto Rico Public

    Overview

    Now part of the vast TPC network, the East Course at Dorado Beach was one of the first courses of international acclaim, along with Villa Real in Cuba, Lyford Cay in the Bahamas and Jamaica’s Tryall, to be developed in the Caribbean—all four opened between 1957 and 1960. Long considered one of architect Robert Trent Jones’ masterpieces, the course was hacked out of tropical forests and mangrove swamps, wowing the golf world with one of its first looks at premium tropical golf. Most holes offer a view of the ocean and Trent Jones was able to place several greens on the beach, including that of the famous 13th, a short zig-zag par 5 that allowed players to cut across not one but two ponds to get home in two shots. Dorado Beach retains a wonderful old-Caribbean golf vibe even if the cadence of the holes are anticlimactic after the nines were swapped—the ground-breaking 13th is now played as the fourth.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7200
    Facility Type Public
    Year Opened 1958
    Designer Robert Trent Jones Sr.

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