Cap Cana, which opened numerous facilities in 2006, has quickly become one of the Caribbean’s most luxurious resorts. Located just south of Punta Cana, Cap Cana eventually plans to be home to three Jack Nicklaus Signature courses.
The second of these courses, Las Iguanas Golf Course, broke ground in May 2006 and is scheduled to open by early 2013. The course, which will be managed by Troon Golf, features undulating fairways and greens evoking a linksy feel. Golfers also will encounter unique bunkering and green complexes, plus a blend of ocean, inland and natural-wetland holes will provide a challenge amidst various types of landscape and vegetation. Three of Las Iguanas’ back-nine holes — Nos. 12 through 14 — play along the windswept coastline and will give golfers plenty of photo opportunities, if not fits.
The 13th and 14th essentially are island holes connected to the mainland by four bridges thanks to a large adjacent lagoon connected to the sea by two entrances. Lakes, wetlands or ocean will be encountered on 14 holes, while natural bluffs and rock outcroppings wind through hole No's. 2, 8-10, 17 and 18. The Golden Bear Lodge — the world’s first Nicklaus designed luxury condominium village — will be located between Las Iguanas and Punta Espada, Cap Cana’s first Nicklaus Signature course.
