TOP 30 Golf Courses in Mexico
Baja Sur - Mexican Riviera - Cancun/Riviera Maya - Baja/Sea of Cortes - Inland/Colonial Routes
Cancunand the Riviera Mayaregions have overcome Los Cabos with the most
rounds of golf played in Mexico and now boasts the most popular golf destina-
tion in Mexico. Cancun; the crossroads of Latin-America, US, Canada and Europe
has been featured worldwide via the PGA Tournament “The Mayakobá Classic”
for the last three years. The Canadian Tour has also been responsible for bring-
ing quality exposure to international golfers looking for Championship play.
MEXICAN CARIBBEAN
Cancunattracts upwards of three million visitors a year. To golfers, it offers a cou- Cancunand the Riviera Maya
ple of vintage courses in and around the main tourism area and a host of new
are golf destinations set on
golf courses along the expanded corridor to the south, called the Riviera Maya.
gaining market share in the
This is truly a golf destination set on gaining market share in the world of golf
world of golf now the NUM-
now the NUMBER ONEmost played area in Mexico with over 12 challenging
golf courses open for play, 3 more to open in 2009 and 5 getting ready for 2010.
BER ONEmost played area in
It all started with FONATUR’s Robert Trent Jones-designed Pok-Ta-Pokcourse
Mexico with over 12 challeng-
(today called the Cancun Golf Club) that was part of the original development
ing golf courses open for play,
in the early 1970’s now it is a very playable public type course with value priced
3 more to open in 2009 and 5
daily fees. Currently under new management with plans to update the playa-
getting ready for 2010.
bility of this course that has lowered its quality experience over the years. We are
hoping that this new management will finally commit to it’s potential.
Nearby, the Kukulcan at Hilton Cancun Spa & Golf Resort, formerly known
as Hilton Cancun Beach & Golf Resort, previously named Cesar Park(more name
changes than Prince) is a landmark 426-room property, patterned after a three-
tiered pyramid, offers guests an ocean view from every room and an interesting
layout with several sightings Mayan ruins. In 2007 this Mayan playground had
a $2 million dollar remake by Pedro Güerecaand has regained a worthy of praise
and enjoyable golf experience by visitors and locals as well.
Four miles north of Cancun on a small, secluded peninsula nestled between
the Caribbean Sea and the Chacmochuc Lagoon is a budding 930-acre develop-
ment known as Playa Mujeres Resort, designed by Greg Normanand rated num-
ber 11by BEST’s TOP Resort Golf Courses in Mexico. The resort will eventually
feature four luxury hotels (including the Excellence hotel), a high-end retail shop-
ping, horse stables, a 50-slip marina, and 50-plus exclusive waterfront homes.
Playa Mujeres utilized a rearrangement of the site’s native vegetation, notably
palms; Norman predicts that “when players walk on that first tee for the first
time, the course is going to look like it’s been there for 20 years.”
Opened in 2008, Riviera Cancun Golf Club, an 18-hole course at 7,000 yards -
designed as a Jack Nicklaus Signaturecourse - is part of the mega Palace resort
group. The club features a first class clubhouse and country club facilities offer-
ing all inclusive rates that include pick up and return transportation from local
hotels and condos, clubhouse and on cart refreshments and snacks. Located in
the hotel zone near the airport.
Puerto Cancun Golf Courseto open October 2009 will be an elite 18-hole golf
course nestled within 75 hectares of gorgeous ocean and tropical forest views,
comfortably lodged between Cancun's hotel strip and the downtown area.
Designed by award winning designer and British Open champion Tom Weiskopf,
his third course in Mexico, the course is located within the Bay of Isla Mujeres. Palace Resorts’ newest
Puerto Cancunis adjacent to downtown Cancun and the hotel zone on the last
Riviera Cancun Golf Club
Jack Nicklaus Signature
stretch of untouched oceanfront.
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