TOP 30 Golf Courses in Mexico
Baja Sur - Mexican Riviera - Cancun/Riviera Maya - Baja/Sea of Cortes - Inland/Colonial Routes
From Cancunyou must go south into the Riviera Mayaarea along a modern high-
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way known as the corridor with various stops at some of the best golf resorts in
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the world to Playa del Carmen and Tulum.
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First stop is the Palace Resorts’ Moon Spa & Golf Clubwith 27-holes, designed
by Jack Nicklaus. As fine as the course is, and it’s one of the fairest tracks on
for purchase!
Jack’s resume, it’s not all about the golf at Moon Spa & Golf Club. This Moon Spa
& Golf Club course has the distinction of having the most rounds of golf played
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here than any other courses in Mexico. The Palace Resortitself is a very suc-
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cessful real estate buy via their timeshare offering, here you can get a great prop-
erty with golf privileges and exchange opportunities. Rates here include local If you love to travel, if you are
transportation, food & beverage in the clubhouse and on course. Director of a PGA TOUR fan, if you love
Golf, Akira Tominagaoversees three Palace resorts properties, including Riviera
Mexico, the Mayakoba Golf
Cancunand Playacar Spa & Golf Club.
Classic launching its all-inclu-
Driving south you will find the Mayan Palacenow called El Manglar golf
sive travel packages just for
course, part of the 5 course family of golf under the Group, an exciting execu-
tive par 3, Jack Nicklaus design. An 18-hole par 54 this 2923-yard long filled with
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radiant white sand traps, the dark tones of natural stone lining pristine lakes, the
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deep, lush hue of the greens and the waste bunkers, this course is a garden of
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delights for golf lovers. The lakes and native plant life that make the Mayan
Jungle such an extraordinarily natural landscape, are seamlessly integrated into
all 18-holes, the greens -built in a style in fashion half a century ago - add to the
challenge in a striking way.
Next door is the mega resort, Iberostar Paraiso Mayarated (18) that created
a great championship caliber course by Pete Dye’seldest son PB Dye, a must play
in this area. Iberostar Paraiso Maya, an upscale all-inclusive property with 432
junior suites. Opened in late 2004, the hotel’s towering entrance is a replica
of the pyramid-shaped temple at Chichen Itza. The golf course located on the
west side of the highway, is accessible via tunnel from the resort hotels. While
the site was solid rock—caliche, Dye calls it—the water table was low enough
for him to dig down 15 feet. “And if I can go down 15 feet, I can go up 15 feet,”
he chuckled, referring to his conspicuous mounds and bold shaping. The course
is covered from tee to green in Paspalum. Iberostar guests receive preferred
tee times, but the course is open to the public. Iberostar has hosted the
Canadian Tour for the last three years and is the qualifier host for the PGA
Mayakobaopen each year.
TV coverage of the PGA golf tournament has brought fame to the area and
its host course at Mayakoba Golf Course. Forty miles south of Cancun. OHL, a
Madrid-based company has fashioned a 1,600-acre complex, which currently fea-
tures five of Yucatan’s best hotels, closed to auto traffic. Guests get around on
foot, on bicycles, in golf carts, or in canopied launches powered by electric
motors. Mayakoba features the Greg Norman-designed, El Camaleón Golf
Course, site of the February based third annual, Mayakoba Classic, the first ever
PGA event in Mexico. Fred Funk(266) managed to hold on for a playoff win at
the site’s first PGA Event in 2007. Brain Gay, in his 293 career start, battled for the
title and trophy by winning in 2008 shooting the low tournament score to date of
264. Mexico’s Esteban Toledo finished 11th. 2009 winner was Mark Wilsonwith
a winning score of 267 for first place prize of $648,000.
Three years of history
at the Mayakoba Golf Classic
Ranked number 4 in BEST’s TOP 30 Resort courses. The El Camaleón Golf
with more to come.
Course has lush, well manicured fairways that trace the curve of the meandering
A Greg Norman
Production Company event.
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