| If you like golf then the Cancun area is the place for you. The courses found here are well designed and well maintained. Most of them are challenging and all of them are fun to play. It goes without saying that golf is a year-round activity in the tropical weather and setting of Cancun. This report has been designed to give you all of the information for the best golf courses in the Cancun area all in one place. |
Cancun Courses
| Club de Golf (formerly Pok Ta Pok)
Phone: (52) (998) 883-1230
Website: www.cancungolfclub.com
Designed By: Robert Trent Jones
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 6,636 yards
This course offers some oceanfront holes and even some small, authentic mayan ruins in a few spots. There is a practice tee and a putting green. | Melia Cancun Golf Club
Phone: (52) (998) 885-1114
Holes: 18
Par: 54
Length: 1,818 yards
Located at the Melia Hotel in the Hotel Zone at Km 16. Features a putting green. | Cancun Oasis Golf Club
Phone: (52) (998) 885-0867
Holes: 9
Par: 27
Length: 888 yards
This course has a small putting green. | Hilton Cancun Golf Club
Phone: (52) (998) 881-8016
Designed By: Robert Trent Jones
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 6,767 yards
Pro shop, practice green and driving range. A Championship golf course which is the highlight for the Hilton Cancun Hotel. |
Riviera Maya Courses
| | The area from Cancun southbound for about sixty miles is known as the Riviera Mayan. The golf courses that have been developed along this corridor are nothing less than fabulous. Two of the four courses are found on the premises of large and beautiful resorts but are accessible to the public. You do not have be a guest at the resort to play their course. | Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort
Phone: (52) (998) 881-6088
Website: www.palaceresorts.com
Designed By: Jack Nicklaus Signature courses
Holes: 3 different courses each with 9 holes
Par: 36 for each course
Length: 10,798 yards
The three courses are known as Jungle, Lake and Dune. Each one offers its own special challenges. Pro shop, putting green and driving range are available. You do not have to be guest at the resort to use the golf club. | Mayan Palace Resort & Golf Club
Phone: (52) (984) 206-4035
Website: www.mayanpalace.com
Designed By: Jack Nicklaus Signature courses
Holes: 9
Par: 36
Length: 8,776 yards
By far my favorite course in the Cancun area. The resort is fabulous and the course is very challenging. Putting/practice green and clubhouse are available. | Playacar Golf Club
Phone: (52) (984) 873-0624
Designed By: Robert Von Hagge
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 7,202 yards
Located in the town of Playa del Carmen this course is beautiful. It is literally carved out of the jungle. It is meticulously maintained. Has a putting green and a driving range. | Puerto Aventuras Marina and Golf Club
Phone: (52) (984) 873-5109 Website: www.puertoaventuras.com
Designed By: Thomas Leeman
Holes: 9
Par: 36
Length: 3,236 yards
This is the southernmost golf course currently along the Riviera Maya. It is located in development of Puerto Aventuras which is a full-service golf, tennis and marina community. The course includes a practice green. |
| | | Meet the Author |  Brenton S. Mulliner, formerly a yellow pages publisher, has traveled to Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, the Hawaiian Islands and extensively in the Caribbean. He lived in Argentina for two years and visited that country from Buenos Aires to Tierra del Fuego. Brenton and his wife have been exploring Mexico since 1996 and they have lived in the Cancun area off and on during that time with their five children. All of the photos in the book and the video footage on the DVD for What’s Cheap And Free In Cancun (and The Yucatan) have been taken by the author, Mr. Mulliner! |
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