Casa de Campo Resort and Villas introduced that its legendary Pete Dye-designed Enamel of the Canine golf course will bear a restoration challenge led by Jerry Pate Design starting January 2025.
Since opening in 1971, Enamel of the Canine has grow to be referred to as Dye’s masterpiece and has been thought of the No. 1 course within the Caribbean.
“We’re honored to help in securing the unbelievable legacy Pete Dye created with Enamel of the Canine as we prepared the course to be loved by golfers for many years to return,” mentioned Andres Pichardo Rosenberg, President of Casa de Campo. “Pete not solely created his basic Enamel of the Canine structure for us, however his Dye Fore and Hyperlinks creations are {golfing} gems that additionally stand testomony to his distinctive physique of labor.”
Dye’s design hallmarks are all showcased on the dramatic seaside structure: railroad ties, huge waste areas, peninsula greens and tees, hand-sculpted placing surfaces and an assortment of pot bunkers.
The seven oceanfront holes prompted Dye to quip: “I created 11 holes and God created seven.”
Beginning on Jan. 20, 2025, Pate and his crew will work on modernizing and updating the basic 18 with an assortment of predominantly beauty enhancements, the chief being an entire regrassing of Enamel of the Canine with Dynasty Paspalum – a perfect grass for seaside programs.
Along with the brand new state-of-the-art turf on the tee containers, fairways and greens, three inches of sand will likely be added to the fairways earlier than seeding for improved playability and irrigation.
Pate and his crew will return the encompassing edges of Enamel of the Canine’s greens to their unique dimension as first long-established by Dye with some slight recontouring as nicely.
All greenside bunkers will likely be reshaped and expanded to flat bottoms with enhanced faces for a sharper, extra dramatic look. All cart paths will function new concrete together with new rock paths curbing across the tees and greens.
Following the modernization, Enamel of the Canine will reopen for resort and member play in November 2025.
“We are going to miss Enamel of the Canine for many of 2025, however we’re excited and honored to take Pete’s masterpiece to a brand new degree and utterly restore the integrity of his legendary course to new heights,“ mentioned Gilles Gagon, longtime good friend of Pete Dye in addition to Golf Director Emeritus and Senior Director of Golf Gross sales at Casa de Campo Resort & Villas. “With all the various years Pete and I labored collectively, I do know he could be past happy with the upcoming work to be carried out on the course that ignited his stellar profession and legacy as one of many world’s premier golf architects.”
“I’ve lengthy admired Pete Dye as he was a inventive genius who reworked the trendy recreation of golf together with his immense expertise and creativeness and no course typifies that greater than Enamel of the Canine,” mentioned Pate. “The structure is actually among the finest on the planet, and our job is to protect Pete’s lifeworks and put a bit extra ‘chunk’ again into Enamel of the Canine.”
The upcoming work on Enamel of the Canine will permit two extra Pete Dye-designed layouts at Casa de Campo to shine in 2025, Dye Fore and The Hyperlinks.
The 27 holes of Dye Fore on the scenic excessive floor of the property options three distinct nines.
The “Chavon” 9 gives cliffside holes towering 300 ft above the Chavon River under; the “Marina” 9 affords views of the Caribbean Sea off on the horizon; and the “Lagos” 9 is crafted throughout tumultuous terrain with a premium positioned on shotmaking.
Golf course structure aficionados name Dye Fore “essentially the most underrated course within the Caribbean.”
With broad fairways giving approach to difficult inexperienced complexes highlighted by difficult, undulating placing surfaces, The Hyperlinks showcases the artistry of Dye’s genius.
This shotmaker’s 18 weaves by way of the attractive, verdant resort grounds whereas providing vistas from a number of holes.
The hilly structure, with tall Bahia grass framing Dye’s sculpted bunkers, performs from simply over 7,000 yards from the again tees to a slope of 126.
Preferrred for golfers of all skills, The Hyperlinks is taken into account as probably the most playable programs Dye designed in his heralded profession.
“We’re additionally honored to showcase our two extra Dye-created gems on property for our golfers to play and revel in throughout Enamel of the Canine’s restoration,” mentioned Gagon. “As a matter of truth, up-and-coming Dye Fore has grow to be as common in the previous few years and is on par with Enamel of the Canine as one other Pete Dye-designed masterpiece right here at Casa de Campo.”
