Dorado Beach East Course Celebrates Grand Reopening
Historic Robert Trent Jones, Sr. course renovated to enhance Dorado's
natural beauty
Dorado, Puerto Rico - Dorado Beach Resort and Club,
a 72-hole premier destination resort in Puerto Rico,
announces that the famed East Course is open for
play after undergoing a complete 18-month renovation
project of all 18 holes. The restoration, led by Robert
Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects, Caribbean
Property Group and KemperSports, brings the course
back to the original Robert Trent Jones, Sr. design,
while providing immaculate playing conditions, greater
flexibility for a wider range of players and enhanced
natural beauty.
"Bringing the East Course back to its former grandeur
is just the beginning of our complete renovation of the
legendary Dorado Beach Resort," said Eric
Christensen, CEO of Dorado Beach Resort and Club.
"With the opening of Dorado Beach this year and a Ritz-Carlton Reserve next
year, this will again be one of the world's top resorts for golfers and
guests from all around the world."
The original Dorado Beach 18-hole golf course was carved through tidal
wetlands with wonderful views of the Atlantic Ocean. It was designed by
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. in 1958, and was enlarged to its current 36-hole
routing in 1966. The East and West courses consistently rank among the best
golf courses in the Caribbean. The resort also includes the Plantation
Sugarcane Course and Plantation Pineapple Course.
"It was truly an honor to restore one of my father's original
masterpieces," said Robert Trent Jones, Jr. "The restoration of the East
Course has enhanced the natural beauty, playing conditions and flexibility
that my father had originally envisioned over 50 years ago."
"The East Course is a true historic masterpiece," said KemperSports CEO
Steve Skinner. "The restoration team has done a wonderful job in bringing
the design back to its original glory."
The Dorado Beach East Course has hosted numerous prestigious events since
its inception in 1958, including the 1963 Canada Cup, the 1964 Shell's
Wonderful World of Golf event, the Senior PGA Tour Championship from 1990
through 1993, the Champions Tour's Tournament of Champions in 1995 and
1996, the PGA TOUR's World Cup of Golf in 1994 and the Chrysler Senior
Match Play Challenge in 1999 and 2000. By adding length and significant
physical improvements to the course, Dorado Beach East is once again poised
to host world-class golf events.
The renovation of the East Course is the first phase of a complete
transformation of the property that includes the addition of a Ritz-Carlton
Reserve, Ritz-Carlton Reserve Residences and a complete restoration of the
West Course. The hotel is expected to be open by late 2012, and the West
Course (also redesigned by Robert Trent Jones II) will begin renovation in
2012.
Dorado Beach offers Resort Residences available for sale and overnight
stays overlooking the golf courses. Ritz-Carlton Reserve beachfront
residences and golf townhomes are also under construction and are available
for purchase; these residences are expected to be completed with the
opening of Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in December 2012. To book a
visit to Dorado Beach, please call 787-626-1001.
