7 Nights · 4 Courses · One Estate on Fairway 5
Villa Espada sits on Fairway 5 of Punta Espada, the course GolfWeek has ranked the #1 course in the Caribbean and Mexico for eight consecutive years. It's a 6- or 8-bedroom private estate that sleeps up to 16 or 22, with a private chef, butler, daily maid, private airport transfer and two golf carts included. Villa Espada is professionally managed on island by Palmera Villas, whose destination team can coordinate the moving pieces of a full golf week — tee sheets, transportation, meals, carts and restaurant nights. You choose how much you want handled.
Chef service and the villa's included staff, with food and beverages billed at cost plus a 15% service charge — no restaurant markup.
Pre-arrival groceries, a stocked house bar and selected optional services, so the first afternoon starts at the pool.
An optional Palmera meal & beverage plan with fixed per-person pricing — and because the villa includes a chef, no extra chef fee.
A 12–21 golfer group has enough logistics already. Before arrival, decide whether you want standard chef service with groceries billed separately, pre-arrival provisioning, or — when currently available for Villa Espada — a Palmera meal-plan option with published per-person pricing. On a golf week with off-site days, a partial (breakfast + dinner) plan is often the practical choice, because lunch usually happens on the course or off-site.
Pricing provided by Palmera Villas; current as of August 30, 2026 and subject to change. The base nightly villa rate is separate. Villa Espada is not automatically all-inclusive.
A sample schedule for a 12–16 golfer group. Rounds, transport and tee times are arranged through the villa; green fees are separate and caddies are mandatory at Punta Espada. Off-site courses are subject to current access and availability.
Punta Cana International (PUJ) is about 20 minutes away, and a private airport transfer is included. Pre-arrival grocery and house-bar provisioning can be coordinated so the first afternoon begins at the pool rather than at a supermarket. If the group selected a meal plan, the first chef dinner is handled within that package under current Palmera terms — otherwise the chef cooks with the group's provisioned groceries, billed at cost plus a 15% service charge. Nothing here is included in the base rent.
Punta Espada is a Jack Nicklaus Signature course — 7,396 yards, par 72, with eight holes playing along the Caribbean Sea — and it's roughly three minutes from the villa by golf cart. Villa Espada books it at the member-guest discounted rate, a private arrangement worth around $200 per golfer, per round versus published guest green fees. Your chef can prepare an early breakfast from the group's provisioned groceries, or per your meal plan's current inclusions if one was selected.
Corales, host of the PGA Tour's Corales Puntacana Championship, makes a strong second course and can be arranged subject to current access and tee-time availability; green fees are separate. The destination team can coordinate transportation and tee times, while the chef or meal plan is scheduled around an early departure and late return. This is a natural breakfast-and-dinner day — don't assume lunch is included unless your package says so.
Las Iguanas' open front nine is about three minutes from the villa by cart and played at the course's regular rates through your butler — a relaxed morning nine. Afternoon is for the two pools, the 16-person hot tub, or complimentary access to the Eden Roc Beach Club (subject to availability; not available Christmas, New Year or Easter). This is a good villa-lunch day, either through standard chef service or the group's meal-plan option.
Pete Dye's Teeth of the Dog (Golf Digest's #50 in the World, 2026–27) is the big day trip, about 90 minutes west toward La Romana. It can be arranged subject to Casa de Campo's current access rules; green fees and an 18% course tax are separate. Because most of the day is spent away, the kitchen schedule should be built around the day trip rather than promising three meals the group won't use — a partial plan or standard service usually fits this day best.
A catamaran or fishing charter is an easy rest day for the legs. Boat and fishing logistics and transportation can be coordinated by the destination team, and up to two bottles can travel from the villa for a full-day excursion. A late villa dinner can be built into whatever food structure the group chose.
Close the week with a return to Punta Espada or a final round at your favorite of the four, then turn the last dinner into a golf-awards night. The chef and destination team can help coordinate the menu and any celebration extras; if your meal plan covers dinner, it's handled within the current package.
Best for groups that eat out often, have several off-site golf days, or want maximum flexibility. Food billed at cost plus a 15% service charge.
Best if the group wants breakfast before golf and dinner together, with lunch on the course or off-site. A half-day plan covers breakfast plus lunch or dinner.
Best for groups spending most non-golf time at the villa who want highly predictable food and drink costs and prefer private dining over restaurant nights.
For a group of 12 golfers on the Silver plan for 7 days (breakfast, lunch and dinner at $72 per person, per day), meal-plan food is roughly $6,048 for the week — with the chef included, so no separate chef fee. Beverage plans, the base villa rate and all golf (green fees, caddies, taxes) are separate. At 6+ guests no small-group surcharge applies. Use the full table on Guest Services to price your exact group and plan.
Golf, transportation, food, drinks, carts, dinner timing and off-site days are the real work of a group trip. Keeping everyone in one estate — with the destination team coordinating rounds and transport, and a chef or meal plan handling food — replaces a dozen hotel rooms and split restaurant checks with a single base on Fairway 5. A verified meal plan can also make the food side of the trip more predictable.
Tell us your dates, number of golfers, preferred number of rounds, off-site golf interests and how you want meals handled, and the destination team can help coordinate a practical schedule around the group.
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Four are within reach: Punta Espada (about three minutes away by golf cart), the open front nine at Las Iguanas (also about three minutes), Corales at Puntacana Resort, and Casa de Campo's Teeth of the Dog about 90 minutes west. Punta Espada is booked at the member-guest discounted rate; the others are played at regular rates, subject to current access and tee-time availability.
No. Green fees, caddies (mandatory at Punta Espada) and any course taxes are separate from the villa rate. Villa Espada does book Punta Espada at the member-guest discounted rate, worth around $200 per golfer, per round versus published guest green fees; Las Iguanas and off-site courses are at their regular rates.
Three ways: standard chef service with groceries billed at cost plus a 15% service charge, pre-arrival provisioning, or an optional Palmera meal plan. On a week with off-site rounds, a breakfast-and-dinner half-day plan is often the most practical, since lunch usually happens on the course or off-site.
Per person, per day (minimum 6 guests): Breakfast $24, Basic $48, Silver $72, Gold $105; half-day plans are $38, $58 and $84. Because the villa includes a chef, there is no extra chef fee. Beverage plans run $18 to $109 per person, per day. Pricing is provided by Palmera Villas and is subject to change.
No — Villa Espada is a staffed private estate, not an all-inclusive resort. The base nightly rate covers the villa and its included staff and two golf carts; food and beverages are billed at cost plus a 15% service charge, or handled through an optional Palmera meal plan you choose. The base rate always stays separate.