Set for Nov. 9-16, event to feature impressive lineup of tournaments, clinics, luxury events
La Romana, D.R. (Aug. 29, 2013) – Casa de Campo, the Caribbean’s top-rated resort, will be hosting “Senior Golfers Week,” Nov. 9-16, with an unparalleled lineup of daily tournaments with different formats each day, Jim McLean Golf School clinics and planned evening activities at gourmet restaurants.
Registration is now open for Senior Golfers Week, with playing slots available to the first 100 participants ages 50 and above. Tournaments will be contested on Casa de Campo’s three courses: Teeth of the Dog – the No. 1 course in the Caribbean – Dye Fore and Links.
Participants will arrive and register on Saturday, Nov. 9, with a welcome cocktail reception and dinner on the schedule. The first clinic and tournament is set for Sunday, Nov. 10. Departure will be Saturday, Nov. 16.
“Senior Week has been designed with the individual in mind,” said Gilles Gagnon, director of golf operations, Casa de Campo. “For our daily tournaments, which all have different formats, the golfers can sign up the day before. They’ll have the option of pairing up with their friends or joining new friends. There are individual tournaments, team events and mixed events – something for everyone!”
Senior Golfers Week packages are available with rates beginning at $2,609 (per person based on double occupancy) for the seven-night stay. The packages, which also include discounted non-golfer rates, include:
• Golf Lodge or Elite lodging accommodations
• unlimited green fees, carts and range balls
• club storage and cleaning
• one transportation cart per room
• breakfast and lunch daily, and all event-organized dinners
• beverages in all hotel restaurants and bars (excluding in-room mini bar)
• drinks at the Oasis bars and carts on the golf courses
• one complimentary spa treatment for golfers
• two complimentary spa treatments for non-golfers
• daily prizes
• transfer from La Romana (LRM), Santo Domingo (SDQ) or Punta Cana (PUJ) airports
It has never been easier to travel to the Dominican Republic by plane as there are now daily flights on American Airlines from Miami International Airport (MIA) to La Romana International Airport, which is located just 10 minutes from the resort. Also, JetBlue has recently introduced three weekly flights from New York’s JFK International Airport to LRM. With a newly added highway, Punta Cana Airport is only 40 minutes from Casa de Campo.
Casa de Campo was named the Caribbean’s Leading Golf Resort, for the fifth consecutive year, at the 2012 Caribbean and Americas World Travel Awards. The resort also was named among the top 20 family and top 20 golf resorts by the readers of Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report travel newsletter. Caribbean Journal, the leading digital newspaper covering the region, recently revealed its annual rankings with both the resort and the Teeth of the Dog earning first-place honors.
For complete Casa de Campo Seniors Golfers Week information, or to register, visit http://casadecampogolf.com/2013-senior-golfers-week. Questions can be directed by phone to (888) 212-5073, (809) 523-8215 or by email to golf@ccampo.com.do.
ABOUT CASA DE CAMPO: The 7,000-acre Casa de Campo resort offers an unmatched array of experiences found in a Caribbean, including choice accommodations – in-hotel rooms and suites or spacious villa homes; variety of dining in restaurants such as The Beach Club by Le Cirque and La Cana by Il Circo; unequalled sports experiences such as 90-holes of Pete Dye-designed golf; and river fishing, a Yacht Club, private beaches, the Casa de Campo Spa, the Altos de Chavon artists village with museums, art galleries, boutique shopping, a Church, 5,000-seat Grecian style amphitheater, site of international touring concerts. Casa de Campo is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and Preferred Hotels & Resorts.
Contact:
Karen Moraghan
Hunter Public Relations
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