Hard Rock Golf Club at Cana Bay

Sites not located on the beaches of the Dominican Republic lack the razzle-dazzle of those that are, but they can be evocative in other ways. The holes of this 2011 Jack Nicklaus design were carved from the island’s thick and low vegetation less than a mile inland from the sea to create a sense of peaceful isolation from one hole to the next. It adds up to a eye-catching voyage through the property’s jungles, with architectural highlights like cavernous waste areas carved into the stony earth and acres of short grass surrounding the sculpted greens.