August-September 2013
This Fall:
Dorado Beach Resort Enters American Homes On Primetime.
Welcome to prime time! Dear Members, As many of you are aware, Dorado Beach Resort is privileged to be the host for the 20th season of NBC/Golf Channel’s hit reality show Big Break Puerto Rico/NFL. For the first time in the series’ history, six retired NFL superstars - Jerry Rice, Chris Doleman, Tim Brown, Mark Rypien, Marc Bulger, and Al Del Greco – were teamed together with 12 aspiring pros looking for a second chance at an exemption to play in a PGA or LPGA Tour event in 2014.
Inside Lifetime News • Spotlight: Carmen Ramos • New Members Welcome • SPA Botánico • Trail Art • Ambassadors of the Environment • Zafra Gitana • Notte Toscana • Golf Tip • Talking About Tennis • Real Estate News • Upcoming Events
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Big Break Puerto Rico/NFL will premiere on Tuesday, October 8th, at 9 PM on the Golf Channel and a new episode will be aired every Tuesday night for the next 11 weeks. Dorado Beach is going to be featured on primetime television in 27 different countries and we could not be prouder! We want to thank you again for all the support you gave us during the filming by hosting a Big Break Kickoff Party on the night of the premiere episode. We will provide further details of the event in the coming weeks. In other related golf news, Dorado Beach Resort & Club will once again be the home for the PGA Tour LatinoAmerica’s Puerto Rico Classic October 7th - October 13th on the East Course. Last year’s inaugural tournament was an incredible success and we are honored to welcome some of the world’s finest young golfers as they compete for one of the most prestigious championships on the PGA LatinoAmerica tour. On behalf of Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, I want to remind our members that the hotel pool located at the arrival building is for the exclusive use of Ritz-Carlton Reserve hotel guests. Members are welcome to dine at the Positivo Bar after 5pm and are always welcome at the Encanto Beach Club for sunbathing and aquatic family fun. We appreciate your kind cooperation in this matter. As this summer season winds down, we are already planning to make sure that next summer exceeds your already high expectations. In the meantime, the holidays are quickly approaching and if you are considering a corporate or family event, we invite you to explore all the venues that Dorado Beach has to offer by contacting the sales department at 787-626-1030. Warm regards,
David Tyson Dorado Beach Resort & Club General Manager/COO
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Spotlight
Carmen Ramos What is your role and what are your goals? My role as a Senior Sales Manager is to plan, coordinate and develop social and corporate events as well as golf tournaments at Dorado Beach Resort & Club What is something you recommend that every client can do here at the resort? The Watermill, because its the perfect setting for a wedding ceremony, corporate dinners and social events. How many years have you been in the Event Coordination industry? 8 years What do you enjoy best at what you do? Planning every event is a challenge, I am very passionate for what I do, and it comes from the heart. I live and enjoy taking care of our clients and I make sure to give them a special and personalized treatment. I love to be part of the planning of their events and make them feel at home and with the confidence that everything is going to be as they wished.
Why Dorado Beach, and where? Dorado Beach Resort is a beautiful and very special place; both the members and the staff make work pleasant and sometimes even an adventure. My favorite place…. ALL! As each one of them has its enchantment and know them like the back of my hand and have very fond memories from every event that we have held in them. What is the most important thing when planning a wedding or event? Paying attention to all details and the way we treat and take care of our customers. Each customer has different ideas and needs and that’s how we take care of them. For me, each one of them is a new experience; my goal is for them to fall in love with our facilities, and for them to be astonished with our services during their wedding or social event that makes them want to come back.
New Members • Luis Caraballo Cartagena and Iraida Carrasquillo • Cesar Rivera and Ines Viviana Bras • Winston Gonzalez and Myrna Rodriguez • Orlin Goble and Viviana Miranda • Omar Gonzalez and Aileen Gomez • Nicolas Napoli and Mary Napoli • Luis Torruella and Mayleen Gratacos • Marco Villanueva Meyer and Maria Rosa Beale • Nelson Torres Nevares and Alma I. Gonzalez
SPA Botánico
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Don’t forget about visiting Spa Botanico this summer and enjoy 25% off all spa services. In addition, receive a complimentary eyebrow wax with any facial OR hydrating paraffin treatment with a 60-minute manicure or pedicure. All of this is available through September 30, 2013
Trail Art Trail art is a digital art exhibition designed to highlight the most important rules that define community etiquette, when using the Rockefeller Trail. This unique intervention creates educational segments along the trail, including colorful floor graphics that will be placed on the pavement.
Fist Art Foundation has taken the task to embellish this community trail by showcasing the most important traffic rules with the use of lively design and vivid colors.
Aspiring artist Daniela Moll created one of a kind illustrations that help exemplify the purpose of each rule. Daniela is a student at Tasis who enjoys spending time with her family and friends as much as she enjoys technology.
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Ambassadors of the Enviroment
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Zafra Gitana Gypsy sounds and flavors surrounded Zafra Terrace on the night of July 26 where Dorado Beach Resort Members and guests enjoyed and exquisite Flamenco Night at Zafra Terrace. The night offered a highly-energetic performance from Fusion Jonda and gastronomic Spanish creations from the resorts’ culinary team led by Executive Chef Jose Cedeño. The menu included tapas, live carving stations and delicious desserts. Gypsy rhythms merged with jazz, flamenco and Spanish flavors transported guests to a traditional “Tablao”. Thanks to our sponsor, Alex Gierbolini, Senior Vice President of Merrill Lynch.
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Notte Toscana Members & guests enjoyed an amazing Tuscan dinner prepared by Dorado Beach Resorts’ culinary team and expertly designed to perfectly complement the wines selected. The evening started with delectable canapés, live pasta and risotto stations, fresh seafood and meat cuts ending with a diverse selection of decadent desserts. Join us in our upcoming dedicated wine dinners offering elegant wines and delectable cuisine - the result of an inspired collaboration between our wine providers and Executive Chef, Jose Shamil Cedeño.
Golf Clubhouse Rushing to the Course? 10 minutes until you tee off and you’re just arriving to the Club, sound familiar? Well most people run to the range in a rush grab their driver and start swinging as hard as they can. That is one way to do it but I would like to make a suggestion that will help you get lower scores; When you need to warm up and you’re short on time, head to the putting green for a quick 5 -10 putt warm up. This will allow you to just get an idea for the speed of the greens and more importantly will calm that rushed feeling you may have. Understanding the greens is important because if you are a 10 handicap player putting makes up almost half of all your total strokes during a round of golf.
Upcoming Events After a few putts, head to the driving range with your sandwedge and a short iron (8 or 9). Start out by hitting some easy sandwedges and focus on solid contact more that distance. The will help you set your rhythm and tempo of your swing much better than hitting a driver as hard as you can. After a 10 balls or so you will be ready for a few swings with your short iron. Again your focus should be on solid contact not distance or direction for the first few balls. Now that you have yourself in a good rhythm hit the next 10 balls with focusing on a target. At this point it should be time for you to head to the tee and you are READY! By focusing on your rhythm during a fast warm-up session you will find that those first tee jitters will go away!
2013 Men’s and Women’s Match Play Championship Sept 7th and 8th 2013 Dorado Beach Resort and Club Club Championships This year’s Championships will play on October 18, 19, and 20th. Both the Men’s and Women’s Championship flights will be a 54 hole event and play one round on each of the three courses. The winner will be determined by the low 3 day gross score. All other Flights will play on October 19th and 20th. These flights will be flighted by handicap and for awards will be given to the low net and low gross winners.
- Chad Campbell
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Talking About Tennis When is the Best Age to Start Your Child with Tennis? I have seen several bench marks reached in 2013. I turned the big 40 this year, in August I will celebrate my 1 year return to Dorado Beach, and in September of this year my wife and I will welcome our first child. As we ponder our daughter’s future in this world we are filled with optimism, excitement, and MANY questions. One question that always finds its way to me is, “When should my child start taking tennis lessons.” My standard answer for that is “It depends.” In Andre Agassi’s book OPEN, we learn his father had a tennis racquet and suspended ball above his crib. While, we don’t recommend that, I can say that each child is different and you should always base you tennis lessons on the individual child. Many children are ready for tennis lessons somewhere between 4-5 years old. We start our group lessons at Dorado Beach with half hour sessions for 5 year olds. In these classes our focus is not on being great tennis players, but enjoying being out on the tennis court.
Our goal is for your child to be excited about coming back to the tennis courts. If we have done that, then we have planted the seed of tennis in your child’s mind. The USTA has adopted “Quick Start” tennis. This is a graduated learning system using modified courts and equipment. The guidelines below will show you what is now mandatory for the kid’s age. The specifications for the revised system hold that all tournaments for those ages 9-10 be played on 60-foot courts using orange low-compression tennis balls and regulation nets (3 feet at the center), or, for those more experienced and more skilled players, on 78-foot courts with green lower-compression balls. Tournaments for those 8 and under are to be played on 36-foot courts using red foam balls and nets at a height of 2 feet, 9 inches. Whatever path you chose for your kids, we are available for both private and group classes. Please do not hesitate to contact me at 939-202-3644 and see how we can work together to introduce your child to this lifetime sport.
We traveled with 4 kids that train at DB to college of coastal Georgia and trained with coaches from a national ranked university. The kids spent 7 hours a day on court. We finished the week by playing a tournament in Georgia. • Pedro Martinez won the boys 14s • Angel Villamil finished in 3rd place in boys 14s • Guillermo Torres finished in 3rd place boys 16s • Fernando Torres finished in 2nd place boys 16s We also did nightly trips such as bowling and mini-golf
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Real Estate Sales Update – Time to “Bounce Back!" While real estate markets in the US have started to rebound, Dorado Beach is benefitting from a resurgence of interest. Low interest rates, *100% financing, lack of inventory, and the extension of the Puerto Rican tax incentives have resulted in a significant increase of qualified and motivated buyers - all of whom are looking to live the Dorado Beach lifestyle. If the past 6 months are any indication about whether the Dorado Beach market is back, the answer is "YES"! West Beach Phase 1 - Sold Out and Closed West Beach Phase 2 - Sold Out West Beach Phase 3 – Over 50% Under Reservation *Plantation Village - 17 Residences Sold in the Last 9 Months *Dorado Beach East - Only 9 Residences Remaining
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Encanto Beach Pool
Members Fitness & Wellness Center
Your time is golden.
Barlovento Beach Bar & Water Sports
You deserve the spaciousness of a new office.
The Watermill
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While you enjoy life.
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Time to become a member at Dorado Beach.
Discover Dorado Beach Resort while you stay at Plantation Resort Residences.
To schedule a tour of our facilities and exclusive club member benefits please call 787-626-1038. You may also request more information by email at dbreservations@doradobeach.com or by phone at 787-626-1001/5179 500 Plantation Dr. Suite 1 Dorado, PR 00646 | T. 787-626-1001 | F. 787-626-1011 | www.doradobeach.com
Upcoming Events
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FUN LAND
Bring your kids and enjoy family time. Join us once again at Dorado Beach Fun Land! Popcorn, Cotton Candy, Machines & More!
PLANTATION LAWN | 2:00PM TO 6:00PM
SNAPPER MARKET AT BARLOVENTO
Half Roasted Chicken, Grilled Churrasco, Whole Fried Red Snapper, Mofongo, Tostones, Fresh Garden Salad Mamposteao Rice, Chef Selection of Desserts $58.00 Members | $68.00 non-members By Reservation only at 787-626-1030
SATURDAY
Sunday October 6 Dorado Beach Runs for the Cure (Susan G. Komen 5k)
TURNS PI N K!
Week of October 7 - 13 Dorado Beach Turns Pink!
BARLOVENTO | 7PM
BEACH LUAU & SUNSET PADDLE
Grab your Hawaiian shirt and end the summer right! Food, Music, Paddle & Fun! Dinner Buffet $38.00 | Sunset Paddle $20.00 Paddle Reservations 787-605-5235
Wednesday October 9 Big Break NFL Season Premiere Viewing Party
BARLOVENTO | 5:00PM
MEN’S & WOMEN’S MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Enroll your team in this exciting tournament and join us for a weekend of serius golf! Sign up today, contact the Pro Shop at 787-626-1006 or rbirtel@doradobeach.
FOREIGN ARTS AT THE WATERMILL Cocktail, Popcorn and a Foreign Movie night awaits, gather your friends and join us.
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Save The Date
THE WATERMILL| 8PM
Saturday October 5 Mercado Dorado is back!
Week of October 7-13 PR Classic presented by Merrill Lynch PGA TOUR NEC Series Latinamerica
SATURDAY
DORADO BEACH GRILL MASTERS & WINE EXPERIENCE
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Show off your talents at the Grill or join us for a night of BBQ, Wine & Spirits! Prizes for the first five places! Team Entry Fee $300.00 - Contact 787-319-9410 by Aug. 10 Event Tickets $65.00 member | $75.00 non member
THE WATERMILL| 7PM
JUNIOR GOLF CLINICS
Improve your kids’ game or have them learn a new sport! Sign up today, contact the Pro Shop at 787-626-1006 or rbirtel@doradobeach.com
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays | 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Sunday October 27 Pumpkin Carving Brunch