TOP 30 Golf Courses in Mexico
Baja Sur - Mexican Riviera - Cancun/Riviera Maya - Baja/Sea of Cortes - Inland/Colonial Routes
waterways, with cenotes and even a few limestone caves in play. Two of the
holes are links-style creations routed among dunes near the sea, but for the most
part, the golf experience, like the hotel experience, is set well back from the
beach and the sea’s turquoise-blue waters. This is one of the best golf complexes
in Mexico, with professional staff and management.
The hotels at Mayakoba were expertly conceived and will be among the finest
in all of Mexico. The 401 room Fairmont Mayakobais a low-rise property that
winds through the property with deluxe rooms, suites, and Casitas with lagoon
views, or beachfront villas. The Mandarin Oriental Resortis a hideaway where
luxury and natural beauty are in complete harmony, it has128 guestrooms within
a series of villas and their service and spa are world famed.
The Mayakoba complex houses several independent real estate develop-
ments several are noteworthy:
Laguna Kai, a mixed-use resort and residential project that features a 120-
room hotel managed by Rosewood. Another part of the master plan is Banyan
Tree, the exclusive Singapore-based hotel and Resort Company. Mayakoba set
the stage for the Kor Group's first international resort, Viceroy Riviera Maya
themed Urban Retreats and Uncommon Resorts.
Playa del Carmenis the major crossroad in this corridor - an hour south of
Cancun as the jumping off spot by ferry to Cozumel. Playa del Carmen is home to
the highly rated Robert von Haggecourse at Playacar Spa & Golf Club, long con-
sidered one of the most challenging courses in Mexico at 7,202 yards. Opened in
1994, with a slope rating of 148 from the tips, it incorporates a number of
cenotes, or sinkholes used by the ancient Mayans to collect rainwater. A key char-
acteristic of von Hagge’s is the use of steep mounds that guard very long 5 pars
some over 600 yards. Bring your “A” game!
A former fishing village, Playa del Carmen is today a sultry little town built on
the broad slope of a hill that is equally popular with Europeans and Americans.
The best place to commence a tour is Quinta Avenida(Fifth Avenue), a pedestrian
thoroughfare lined with colorful boutiques, artisan galleries, small bed & break-
fasts, trendy little hotels and bustling open-air cafes. Playa del Carmen attracts
the young and young-at-heart.
Ferries run on the hour from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel, one of the
region’s prettiest seaside towns. The island of Cozumel that has unveiled its only
golf course, the Cozumel Country Club designed by Nicklaus. Having been
granted the first permit in almost 20 years for golf construction in theYucatan
peninsula. ClubCorp in conjunction with Diamond Golf Construction fashioned a
championship course that is serving as an ecological model for all future golf
development in Yucatan. From pulverizing rock into bunker sand to hewing trees
into lumber for a bridge over a mangrove swamp, this project is an environmen-
tal masterpiece. Playa Azul a lovely family style hotel on the beach across from
the golf course has value priced golf packages.
Puerto Aventurasis at the far end of this long Mayan highway one and a
half hours from Cancun, close to the ancient Mayan area of Tulum. This area has
developed on low key bases with a Marina, tennis and golf complex. The golf is
a very user friendly informal set among its dense jungle par 36, 9-hole course,
maximum length 3,236 yards designed by Thomas Leeman.
Bahia Principe Residencial Golf Resortis taking shape on 717 acres of tropi-
Playacar Golf & Spa Club
is one of the area’s first
cal jungle area of which 223 acres are devoted to 27 holes of design by Robert Championship golf
Trent Jones, Jr.plus a 9-hole par 3 golf courses and a practice center. Located half
courses designed by
Robert von Hagge
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