Mexico is the #2 worldwide golf vacation destination for American golf travelers. Adding to the attraction of Mexico golf is year round sunshine and beautiful beaches. The leading golf travel regions in Mexico include Cancun/Rivera Maya along the Mexican Caribbean coast, and to the west Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos. Cancun golf in particular is leading the way with value minded golf and resorts like the all inclusive Moon Palace Cancun. For a luxury Mexico golf vacation package consider the beautiful Mayakoba golf resort in the Rivera Maya featuring the Fairmont Mayakoba resort and the El Camaleon golf course.
In the Mexican Caribbean the premier golf courses include El Camaleon in the Rivera Maya and the new TPC Cancun about 30 minuets north. Combine your Mexico golf vacation package with sightseeing trip to the Mayan Ruins of Tulum or Chichen Itza.
Nestled on 1.5 miles of stunning coastline and magnificent dunes, Diamante is a paradise of beauty, privacy, luxury, and world-class service.
Lodging at Diamante ranges from Luxury Studio one-bedrooms to six-bedroom Golf Villas. Staying in residence at Diamante allows you the exclusive opportunity to experience Diamante Life at its finest.
We recommend a collection of boutique villas located in Puerto Aventuras, Akumal and along the Riviera Maya. Our hand-picked luxurious beachfront private mansions are the most sought after on the coast. Villas range from 7-14 bedrooms and are designed for small golf groups, buddy trips, or corporate retreats. The Rivera Maya itself is one of the premier golf destinations in Mexico located under an hour’s drive south of Cancun airport.
The Fairmont Mayakoba Golf Resort is one of the most uniquely designed resorts in the world today. It’s located about 45 min from Cancun airport in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Fairmont Mayakoba is tucked away around the natural waterways of a mangrove and the layout is conducive to a quiet, relaxing getaway. Rooms are a contemporary Mexican design. Oceanfront casitas have stairways leading to the white sand beach, while most of the other rooms and suites are perched over lagoons where croaking cormorants nest in the trees. Electric carts and long wooden boats transport guests between the lobby, a central island with swimming pools, the beach, and the rooms.
Cancun Moon Palace golf resort is a luxurious resort with excellent service and comfortable facilities. This All Inclusive meals and drinks property is the largest in all of Latin America and definitely one of the most popular golf resorts south of the border. Rooms are elegantly decorated with wood and Caribbean colors all featuring spectacular views and private balconies. It’s made up of 4 sections, Sunrise, Nizuc, Golf, and Grand. Each section has its own pools, restaurants and bars. This is golf resort living on a grand scale with 2,457 luxurious rooms.
Featured Mexico Golf Courses
Diamante Dunes
Diamante Dunes course, ranked #1 in Mexico weaves its way through spectacular Pacific dunes and boasts amazing views of beach and ocean from nearly every hole. Add to that an awe-inspiring 14-acre practice facility, clubhouse restaurants and bars, retail center, on-course comfort stations every three holes, and Diamante’s signature service, and you’ve got an unforgettable golf experience.
El Cardonal Golf Course
Influenced by the old-style courses of Southern California that he grew up playing, Tiger created a course that brings back the need for strategy—providing players with several shot options to navigate during each hole. The course is long enough to challenge expert players, but open enough to provides options for those with higher handicaps. It truly is a fun test for golfers of all skill levels.
Rivera Maya Golf Club, Rivera Maya, Mexico
This Robert Trent Jones golf course has 27 holes cut on the deepest part of a limestone quarry and fairways spreading out over the dense jungle. The architects managed efficiently to integrate the Peninsula natural wonders into the golf course design. Riviera Maya Golf Club has an 18 hole Championship par 72 plus an executive 9 holes par 3 course. With more than 90 acres of construction right at the heart of a tropical forest of more than 290 acres, this course has quickly turned into one of the most prestigious developments in the Mayan Riviera.
Puerto Cancun Golf Course, Cancun, Mexico
Designed by British Open Champion Tom Weiskopf, this courses is the closest to downtown Cancun and the airport. Weiskopf incorporated traps along manicured greens and utilized the shoreline and marina as hazards on holes like the 14th, which plays parallel to the beach. Privately set amid the natural beauty of a 74 hectare ecological reserve, the course features breathtaking views of the turquoise Caribbean and inner canals. Puerto Cancun is set in a residential urban area and available for play for Sophisticated Golfer clients.
Moon Palace Cancun Golf Club, Cancun, Mexico
Moon Palace Spa & Golf Course Resort, designed by Jack Nicklaus is located at the Moon Palace Resort complex just 10 minutes from Cancun airport. The area is surrounded by lush jungle and the course design respects the natural surroundings. Palace Resorts Mexico Golf Courses features a unique golfing concept with 27 holes made up of three different nine hole courses in which you can choose to play 18 holes by playing 2 of the 3 courses. The 3 nine hole courses are named dunes, jungle and lakes.
El Camaleon Golf Club, Rivera Maya, Mexico
El Camaleon host of the PGA Tour's Mayakoba Golf Classic is located inside the Mayakoba development, 30 minutes from Cancun. Designed by Greg Norman, is unique in the golf world. As its name suggests, El Camaleón is ever changing. The stunning Playa Del Carmen golf course bends through 3 distinct landscapes -dense tropical jungles, mangrove forests, and stunning oceanfront stretches of sand. Norman has even incorporated a cenote, an ancient underground cavern into the center of the opening fairway.
