Buying a Golf-Front Villa in Casa de Campo®

If golf is the reason you are looking at Casa de Campo®, the first question is not which villa to buy. It is which course you want to live beside. The resort has three Pete Dye courses — Teeth of the Dog on the coast, Dye Fore on the Chavón River cliffs and The Links in the interior — and the neighborhoods around each one offer different homes, different views and a different daily rhythm.

This guide is for buyers who want a villa on or beside the fairways. It compares the three courses from an owner's point of view, names the neighborhoods that sit closest to each one, and lists what to check before you make an offer on a golf-front home.

What "Golf-Front" Really Means at Casa de Campo®

Listings use the term loosely, so it helps to separate three kinds of golf location:

• Fairway-front — the garden backs directly onto a hole. You see play from the terrace, and you can usually reach the course by cart from your own driveway.
• Course-view — the house looks over a course from a slope, a cliff or across a road, without sharing a boundary with a fairway.
• Walk-to-course — the villa is a short walk or cart ride from a clubhouse or first tee, but has no fairway at the property line.

All three can work. What matters is knowing which one you are paying for. Owning a home beside a course does not include free golf: owners book tee times and pay for rounds through the resort, under the terms of the resort's homeowner program.

The Three Courses at a Glance

Course	Setting	Character	Neighborhoods closest to it
Teeth of the Dog	Southwest coast, seven holes along the Caribbean Sea	The flagship. Opened in 1971, restored in 2025 and reopened in December 2025	Costamar, Costa Verde, Cacique, Punta Aguila, Golf Villas I
Dye Fore	Northeast, above the Chavón River gorge	27 holes in three nines (Chavón, Marina, Lagos), with cliffs dropping more than 300 feet (91 m) to the river	Los Altos, Los Flamboyanes, Dye Fore Estates, Vista Lagos, Río Arriba, Las Lomas
The Links	Interior, west of the resort center	Opened in 1976. Traditional links character, more forgiving than the other two	The Golf Villas phases, Rancho Arriba

For the history and layout of each course, see our Casa de Campo® golf courses guide.

Buying Near Teeth of the Dog

Teeth of the Dog is the course most buyers have heard of. It is widely regarded as the leading course in the Caribbean and appears in Golf Digest's ranking of the world's greatest courses. The course runs along the southwest coast between the Hotel and Minitas Beach, so the homes beside it get sea air and, on many plots, ocean views across the fairways.

• Costamar borders Teeth of the Dog directly, with the oceanfront holes in front of it. It is an established enclave with larger parcels and mature landscaping, and homes there change hands rarely.
• Costa Verde and Cacique sit along the coastal stretch of the course, where several holes run beside the sea.
• Punta Aguila and Punta Aguila II, at the western end, have holes running between the homes and the clifftop.
• Golf Villas I sits next to the golf pro shop and the first and last holes — the most walkable base for daily rounds.

What to expect: much of the housing stock here was built in earlier decades, so renovation potential and condition matter as much as the view. Good homes are often sold privately, which means you need someone watching the market for you rather than waiting for listings to appear. Our Teeth of the Dog guide covers what life as an owner-player looks like.

Buying Near Dye Fore

Dye Fore sits in the northeast of the resort, high above the Chavón River, with Altos de Chavón close by. It is where most of the resort's newer homes and buildable lots are, and where the views are most dramatic — across the gorge, along the river and, from higher plots, out to the Caribbean Sea.

• Dye Fore carries the largest concentration of buildable lots and the newest villa inventory at the resort.
• Dye Fore Estates is the parcel collection on the canyon rim, threaded through the course itself. Most lots back onto a fairway or sit within a hole's distance of one.
• Los Flamboyanes sits among the Dye Fore fairways, north of Altos de Chavón.
• Vista Lagos is the lot area around the Lagos nine, with lakes and fairways rather than river views.
• Los Altos lies alongside the course, with Altos de Chavón about 1.1 km (0.7 mi) away on foot.
• Las Lomas and Río Arriba are established enclaves in the Dye Fore area, with mature gardens and many homes that back onto the course or look over it.

What to expect: here you are often choosing between a finished villa, a home under construction and a lot to build on. Each is a different purchase with different timelines and capital needs. Cliffside lots also need an engineer's review and a check of the resort's architectural guidelines before you commit. Our guides to buying land and building a villa and new construction versus resale explain the trade-offs.

Buying Near The Links

The Links is the interior course: traditional in style, with undulating fairways and classic bunkering, and more forgiving than Teeth of the Dog or Dye Fore. Its central location makes it an easy round to fit into an ordinary day.

The course winds through the Golf Villas phases, west of the resort center, and many of these homes sit directly on its fairways. To the north, Rancho Arriba also backs onto the course, close to the polo fields and the Equestrian Center. These interior homes give you a golf setting without paying for an oceanfront or clifftop location.

What to expect: gardens and privacy carry more weight here than views, and the homes suit buyers who will live in the villa for long stretches and play several times a week rather than once a trip.

A Note on La Romana Country Club

Many fairway homes in the center and east of the resort — in neighborhoods such as Vistamar, Las Cerezas, El Ingenio, Las Palmas and El Valle — sit on La Romana Country Club, not on one of the three resort courses. It is a private, members-only club inside the gates. A home on its fairways can be an excellent buy, but the golf view does not come with access to the course: membership is a separate matter with the club. Ask which course a listing's fairway actually belongs to before you value the view.

What to Check Before You Buy on a Fairway

A golf-front home has a few issues that a garden or beach villa does not. Check them on site, ideally on a busy morning:

• Which part of the hole you face. Behind a green is usually quieter than beside a tee box, and a plot inside the curve of a dogleg sees more stray balls than one on the outside.
• Stray balls. Look at windows, the roof, the pool area and the terrace furniture for signs of strikes. Ask what the current owner has done about them.
• Privacy and sightlines. Stand on the fairway and look back at the house. Players should not be able to see into bedrooms or the main terrace.
• Early-morning noise. Maintenance crews and mowers start before the first tee times. Visit early if you are a light sleeper.
• Cart paths and access. Check where the cart path runs relative to the garden, and whether you have your own access onto the course.
• Tournament days. The resort hosts events through the year. Ask how a tournament week affects access and traffic near the house.
• Walls, hedges and landscaping. The resort's architectural rules govern what you can build along a course boundary, so confirm what is allowed before you plan changes.

Add these points to a full pre-purchase inspection. Salt air on the south coast and heavy irrigation next to fairways can both show up in the condition of a house.

Golf Access as an Owner

Buying a home does not make you a member of a private club. Owners play the resort's courses through the homeowner program, which covers things like member tee times, practice facilities and club storage, and they book rounds through the resort's golf office. Terms, rates and booking windows are set by the resort and change over time, so confirm the current arrangements with the resort before you buy rather than relying on what a seller or a listing says.

If you plan to host friends who come for the golf, ask how guest rounds work. Morning tee times at Teeth of the Dog in particular can be fully booked well ahead in high season.

Golf-Front Homes and Rental Income

Golf trips are one of the main reasons guests rent villas at Casa de Campo®, so a well-kept golf-front home can work as a rental when you are not using it. What decides this is the house more than the course: bedroom count, staff, the pool and the condition of the interiors. Through our villa rental agency we can assess how a specific home would rent before you buy; our guide to property management and rental income explains how it works.

Which Course Suits Which Buyer?

• You want the ocean and the flagship course: look at Costamar, Costa Verde, Cacique and Punta Aguila along Teeth of the Dog, and expect to compete for homes that are rarely listed.
• You want views, newer homes or the option to build: look at Dye Fore, Dye Fore Estates and the enclaves around them, close to Altos de Chavón.
• You want a quieter interior base and play often: look at the Golf Villas phases and Rancho Arriba along The Links.

Most buyers visit two or three of these areas before deciding. Our Casa de Campo® neighborhoods guide compares every area of the resort, and our guide to making an offer covers the next step.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which golf course at Casa de Campo® is best to live next to?

It depends on what you want from the home. Teeth of the Dog offers the coast and the flagship course, Dye Fore offers river and cliff views with newer homes and lots, and The Links offers a quieter interior setting and a course that is easy to play often.

Which neighborhoods are on Teeth of the Dog?

Costamar, Costa Verde, Cacique and Punta Aguila all have homes along the course, and Golf Villas I sits beside the pro shop and the first and last holes.

Which neighborhoods are on Dye Fore?

Los Altos, Los Flamboyanes, Dye Fore Estates, Vista Lagos, Río Arriba and Las Lomas are all in the Dye Fore area, in the northeast of the resort near Altos de Chavón.

Which neighborhoods border The Links?

The Links winds through the Golf Villas phases in the interior of the resort, and Rancho Arriba also backs onto the course.

Is La Romana Country Club one of the resort's courses?

No. It is a private, members-only club inside the resort. Homes in neighborhoods such as Vistamar, Las Cerezas, El Ingenio, Las Palmas and El Valle overlook its fairways, but owning one does not by itself give you access — membership is a separate matter with the club.

Does owning a golf-front villa include free golf?

No. Owners book tee times and pay for rounds through the resort under its homeowner program. Confirm current terms with the resort before you buy.

Can I buy a lot on a golf course and build?

Yes. Buildable lots are concentrated around Dye Fore. Building means working within the resort's architectural guidelines and allowing time for design, approvals and construction.

Are stray golf balls a real problem?

They can be, depending on where the house sits on the hole. Check the windows, roof and terrace for signs of strikes, and favor plots behind greens or on the outside of a dogleg if this worries you.

Can I rent out a golf-front villa when I am not using it?

Many owners do. Golf is one of the main reasons guests book villas at the resort, but the rental potential depends on the house itself as much as its location, so ask for an assessment before you buy.

Choosing the course first narrows a large resort down to a handful of neighborhoods. From there, the right villa is the one whose position on the hole, condition and rental potential all hold up when you see it in person.

Sources: Golf Digest — World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses · DR1 — Teeth of the Dog reopening, December 2025 · Casa de Campo® — Dye Fore's Chavón layout. Last verified October 2026 by Caribbean Paradise Homes. General information — golf access, rates and booking terms are set by the resort; confirm them directly before you buy.