| If you're a golfing devotee, you need to plan a | | | | El Manglar Golf Riviera Maya (Nicklaus Design) |
| getaway on the Mayan Riviera. Just look at the | | | | Beautiful and challenging par 3, this course is |
| choices: | | | | between Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Its 18 |
| Cancun Golf Club at Pok ta Pok (Robert Trent | | | | holes offer traps of white sand and lakes |
| Jones Design | | | | surrounded by natural rocks. The greens are |
| Designed in 1976 by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., | | | | 1950s style, but are considered the best |
| hundreds of meters of dramatic shoreline and | | | | conditioned in the area. It's a good place to |
| Mayan ruins make this an extraordinary | | | | practice short play, and it is known for its |
| experience for golfers at all levels of ability. | | | | personalized service. This club also has a putting |
| Located between the Nichupte Lagoon and the | | | | green and a driving range. You can rent clubs, and |
| Caribbean, it is in the heart of Cancun's hotel zone. | | | | transportation to the course from your hotel is |
| Sandstone Mayan ruins are one of the hazards. | | | | available. |
| Open 365 days a year from dawn to dusk, meals | | | | El Camaleon Mayakoba (Greg Norman). Host of |
| are served daily until 9:00 p.m. | | | | the 2007 PGA Mayakoba Golf Classic |
| Hilton Cancun Golf Club | | | | Cancun-Riviera Maya. |
| This club offers Cancun's only par 72 hotel golf | | | | This club has been described as a work of art. It's |
| club. Located on the Nichupte Lagoon, this club has | | | | in the Mayakoba luxury resort, but its name |
| been hosting golfers for years. It's an 18-hole | | | | comes from its diverse layout and ever-changing |
| full-service complex available to Hilton guests but | | | | landscape. Bending through the tropical jungle, |
| also to others who wish to play here. The | | | | dense mangroves, oceanfront stretches of sand, |
| fairways and greens are beautiful in and of | | | | and long channels with limestone borders, this |
| themselves, but the scenery and exotic wildlife | | | | course has unusual hazards and beautifully clear |
| make a visit here never-to-be-forgotten. | | | | lagoons. |
| Scratch-players and high-handicappers alike will | | | | Playa Mujeres Golf Club (Greg Norman design) |
| enjoy playing this course. | | | | This club is five miles north of Cancun's hotel strip |
| Golf Club Moon Palace (Nicklaus Signature) | | | | and is surrounded by white beaches and tropical |
| This is a golf club extraordinaire not only with a | | | | jungle. It's a premium course, considered one of |
| boutique but also 27 holes. It's the only Nicklaus | | | | the finest in Mexico. The views of lakes, oceans, |
| Signature Course in the Riviera Maya. Ecologically | | | | and extraordinary plant life as well as exotic |
| designed, it's beautifully landscaped with natural | | | | animals are outstanding. This club is also |
| mangroves and exotic animals. Only 10 minutes | | | | considered a model for one that respects nature |
| from the Cancun airport and 15 minutes from | | | | and protects local wildlife. It's a spectacular par 72 |
| Cancun's Hotel Zone. | | | | with traps and challenges even for the most |
| Cozumel Country Club (Nicklaus Design) | | | | skilled golfer. Besides the club house, there is an |
| Cut out of limestone and the coral and saltwater | | | | exclusive Pro Shop in addition to a fine restaurant. |
| marshes on the northwestern shores of Cozumel | | | | The first woman-friendly course in Mexico as |
| Island, this is the island's first golf course. The | | | | rated by the Executive Women's Association. |
| environment has been respected in the creation | | | | Playacar Spa and Golf Club (Robert Von Hagge's) |
| of this club, and it is surrounded by mangroves, | | | | Located only 35 minutes from Cancun's hotel |
| marshlands, and a tropical rainforest. It offers a | | | | zone, this golf club sits right in the heart of the |
| first-class golf test for players at whatever level | | | | Riviera Maya. The course covers 7,144 yards. Its |
| of proficiency. It's challenging for serious golfers | | | | design and construction were overseen by the |
| but fun for not-so-serious ones. There's a golf | | | | famous architect Robert Von Hagge. Surrounded |
| store, snack bar, and two tiered tees for practice | | | | by lakes and astonishing vegetation, this club is |
| or warm-up. The club also offers a putting green | | | | considered by players the most challenging golf |
| and chipping green for practice. | | | | course in the Mayan Riviera. |