Green fees at Playa Dorado

We have been traveling to Playa Dorado for the past 10 years. The green fees at the Playa Dorado golf course have always been around $450RD plus the cost of a caddy $130RD. We have heard from friends of ours, in Puerta Plata, that the fees have been raised to about $800RD and now a golfer is required to ride a cart. This, rumored, new policy would greatly affect the livelyhood of the caddies. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks for your help.

says, and I quote: "NON MEMBER PLAYA DORADA GREEN FEES: US$17 FOR 9 HOLES;US$30 FOR/18 HOLES
COST OF CADDY: US$5 FOR 9 HOLES; US$9/18 HOLES(REQUIRED)
lESSONS:US$50 PER HOUR
CART FEES: US$15 FOR 9 AND US$23 FOR 18
CLUB RENTAL FEES:$5 AND $9 FOR 9/18

hb

I was there in November and our group paid a little less. Maybe this was due to the number of golfers we had. The one question I have is whether the rule about mandatory carts and caddies has been changed. As indicated in my previous posting this was a bit of a ripoff. I will be back in Sosua on the 21st and we would like to golf.