MAYAN RIVIERA GOLFING

In Mexico, worries and stress are long forgotten, especially when you’ve hit the green with the ocean breeze in your face.

The Mayan Riviera boasts having the best courses in Mexico with the first ever PGA tournament being played at the El Camaleon Mayakoba in 2007.

No matter where you stay on the Mayan Riviera you are no further than an hour away from a course. Some hotels have driving ranges.

Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran the Mayan Riviera offers tree lined and shaded fairways,challenging greens, great views of the ocean, Mayan ruins and an array of exotic birds and animals.

MAYAN RIVIERA GOLF COURSES

Riviera Maya Golf

Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club

Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club is a gorgeous course designed by P.B. Dye and was ranked by Golfweek Magazine as top 16 Caribbean & Mexico Courses in 2012. Home of the Canadian Tour and host site of the PGA Tour Monday Qualifier. This amazing golf course is located 30 minutes south of Cancun and 20 minutes north of Playa del Carmen.

Playa Paraiso Golf Course characterizes by its vertical movement and distinctive natural rockwork making this course a true and one of a kind in the Mexican Riviera Maya.

Before starting to play there is a driving range and putting green that allows you to practice. Deep bunkers, narrow fairways, undulating greens and beautiful views are at every turn. This golf course can be difficult for starters.

Designer: P.B. Dye
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Yards: 6641
Location: HWY 307Km. 309Between Puerto Morelos and Playa del Carmen.

INCLUDES: Round trip transportation only from the hotels Iberostar Paraiso Del Mar, Iberostar Paraiso Beach, Iberostar Paraiso Lindo and Iberostar Paraiso Maya. Please coordinate your transportation with the Concierge of these hotels. Shared electric carts, sandwiches, soft drinks, beer, wine and selected liquor.

NOTE: Golf equipment, balls, Golf shoes and Golf Lessons are not included. Clients staying at an Iberostar hotel please contact the hotel directly for discount rates.

DRESS CODE: Collar shirt, Golf shoes (soft spikes), bermuda shorts or trousers to dress. Bathing suits and jeans are not allowed.

Green Fee* $169.00 USD
Twilight Green Fee* [2pm – 3pm] $129.00 USD
   
*Includes cart, snacks, drinks on the course and in the club house.

Hard Rock Golf Club Riviera Maya

Hard Rock Sign

Hard Rock Golf Club Riviera Maya (before Playacar Golf Club) is an 18 holes (par 72) golf course designed by Robert Von Hagge and located in the Playa del Carmen’s hotel zone, inside the beautiful complex or resort area of Playacar in the Riviera Maya.

The Club is surrounded by natural fauna and flora from the region and provides a first class practice area with a driving range, a large putting green for chipping, pitching, and greenside bunker areas.

As additional services this incredible Hard Rock Golf Club Riviera Maya offers a bar (food menu) and grill for refreshments while enjoying a marvelous view of the 18th hole. The Pro Shop is fully stocked with golfing accessories and equipment. Inside the clubhouse there are lockers, showers and an open area for social functions and group gatherings.

Due that this beautiful golf course is located in Playa del Carmen’s hotel zone you can walk a few steps to the famous Fifth Avenue and enjoy a great dinner.

Designer: Robert Von Hagge
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Yards: 7144
Location: Paseo Xaman Ha s/n Mza. 26 Fracc.
Playa del Carmen

Green Fees:

Green Fee* $220.00 USD
Twilight Green Fee* [2pm – 3pm] $130.00 USD
Junior Fee* [17 years and younger] $43.00 USD
   
*Includes cart, snacks and drinks.

INCLUDES: Round trip transportation from certain hotels within the Mayan Riviera. Please coordinate your transportation with your Travel Consultant after reserving. Shared electric carts, food and beverages at the Club House and the Golf Carts.

NOTE: Golf equipment, balls, Golf shoes and Golf Lessons are not included. Transportation within the Playa del Carmen and Playacar area is not included.

DRESS CODE: Neck T-shirt, Golf shoes (soft spikes), bermuda shorts or trousers to dress. Bathing suits and jeans are not permitted.
Hard Rock Golf Club is located in Playacar, which is right next to Playa del Carmen. You can easily walk to the course from anywhere in Playa del Carmen or Playacar.

Golf Club El Camaleon Mayakoba

It all started in 2007 when it became the first PGA Tour event to ever happen outside of the United States or Canada and today it is still the only one. Each year this Golf. El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Club was designed by the Australian golf legend, Greg Norman. The 7,039-yard course has three different types of landscapes – tropical jungle, dense mangroves, and oceanfront. There are also limestone canals that complete the beauty and the diversity of the context. As an extra attraction the course has a cavern and a cenote, which is a water hole connected to the underground rivers of the Yucatan Peninsula. Mayakoba golf course has been designed for golfers of all abilities and has five tee blocks, which means that there is a distance for every player. The clubhouse is situated at the end of the 18th hole and has been designed with a fine taste and commodities.

Designer: Greg Norman
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Yards: 7067
Location: HWY 307 Km. 298
North of Playa del Carmen.

 

Green Fees
Regular Green Fee* $219 – $299 USD
Twilight Green Fee* [After 1:30] $149 – $199 USD
   
*Includes shared electric carts equipped with UpLink GPS System.

INCLUDES: Shared electric carts equipped with UpLink GPS System, bottled water, amenity towel, yardage card, divot repair tool.


NOTE: Golf equipment, balls, Golf shoes and Golf Lessons are not included.


DRESS CODE: Collar shirt, Golf shoes (soft spikes), bermuda shorts or trousers to dress. Bathing suits and jeans are not permitted.

Grand Coral

Grand Coral Golf Club located in the Riviera Maya (30 minutes from Cancun and three minutes from Playa del Carmen) is an 18 holes masterpiece of famous Nick Price who is a legend in the golf world. Nicks challenge was to combine the beauty of the area in a golf context, using wild life consultants, biologists, civil engeneers and environmental experts. This golf course is just a few steps away from the beachfront, with ocean winds and lots of fauna and flora from the area, 7 acres of lakes and Paspalum grass.

Grand Coral is a beauty and the use of the clubhouse and beach club is included with its spa, restaurant, lockers, proshop and fitness center.

Playa Paraiso Golf Course characterizes by its vertical movement and distinctive natural rockwork making this course a true and one of a kind in the Mexican Riviera Maya.

Before starting to play there is a driving range and putting green that allows you to practice. Deep bunkers, narrow fairways, undulating greens and beautiful views are at every turn. This golf course can be difficult for starters.

Designer: Nick Price
Holes: 18
Par: 71
Yards: 7043
Location: Five minutes south of Playa del Carmen
Green Fee* $126 – $175 USD
Twilight Green Fee* [after 2:30] $85 – $126 USD

NOTE: Golf equipment, balls, Golf shoes and Golf Lessons are not included. Each players must play with his own clubs.

DRESS CODE: Collar shirt, Golf shoes (soft spikes), bermuda shorts or trousers to dress. Bathing suits and jeans are not permitted.

GOLF COURSES IN COZUMEL

Cozumel is located a short 45 minute ferry ride away from Playa del Carmen. Known internationally for its diving, Cozumel is also a popular cruise ship destination.

Cozumel Country Club

This island’s first golf course and the Riviera Maya’s newest championship test of golf, and it took five years to be sculpted in the limestone and the coral and saltwater marshes at the northwest shores of Cozumel island.

This wonderful golf course carved from the Mayan jungle is environmentally friendly; it was carefully crafted from the surrounding mangrove, marshlands and tropical rainforest to preserve its environmental integrity and it possesses very thick vegetation around it, which makes it easier to collect the balls.

Created to provide a first-class golf test for players of any skill levels, Cozumel Country Club offers a challenging experience to the serious golfer and allows an enjoyable surrounding for the not so serious one. It provides, in addition, a well-equipped golf store, a snack bar, as well as two tiered tees with plenty of room for practice or just warm up, a putting green and chipping green with a practice bunker.

Designer: Nicklaus Design
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Yards: 6,734
Location: Carretera Costera Norte, Km. 6.5
Interior Casa Club

Green Fees:

Green Fee* $ USD
Twilight Green Fee* [after 12:30] $ USD
*Includes shared cart.