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Cancun Golf Courses
By Bob Enzel
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Iberostar Golf Club
Cancun (Formerly the Hilton Hotel
course)
This course is located directly across from
the Iberostar Hotel along the Hotel Zone’s
main road at Km 17. The rate is $100 - $199
depending on season. The cart is included in
the price which also includes, bottled
water, food and alcoholic beverages before,
during and after play. They will also pick
up and return you to your hotel by taxi at
no additional charge. Check with your hotel
concierge about availability. We've played
this course several times over the years and
have liked it each time.
Par 72, Tournament 6,734
yards (71.1/121); Black 6,261 yards
(68.2/115), Yellow 5,810 yards (69.3/113)
and Red 5,029 yards (7.4/114)
See separate article.
Contact:
www.iberostar.com/en/golf
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 The Cancun Golf Club
at Pok-Ta-Pok.
The rate for play is $100 and includes a
cart, but no water. Transportation to and
from the course Is not provided. Pok-Ta-Pok
is located on a peninsula in the Hotel Zone
just before the convention center. It is a
semi-private course. One of the original
Cancun courses. No frills.
18 Hole Par 72 7,051
blue 72.9/130; 6,473 white 69.0/118; 5,855
yellow 72/125
See separate article.
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Playa Mujeres Golf Club.
It is located about twenty minutes to
the north of Cancun City within the 930
tropical acre resort of Playa Mujeres. It is
a Greg Norman signature designed course. The
listed rate is $135 before 12:30pm and $125
after. The rate includes, green fee, shared
cart, water, use of the practice facility
and transportation to and from the club. The
course has been cut inside the tropical
forest on the Caribbean side and away
from the winds of the Atlantic Ocean.
18 hole, Par 72. Yardage
(rating/slope): Black 7,218 yards
(74.5/139), Gold 6,775 yards (72.5/132);
Silver 6,342 yards (70.2/126); Copper 5,859
yards (68.1/120); Jade 5,195 yards
(69.6/121).
See separate article.
www.playamujeresgolf.com/ (on
GoDaddy.com)
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 Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club.
This is a P. D. Dye designed course sporting
a $130 green fee with or without transport.
Verify with your concierge that
transportation is included in the rate. The
rate will also include ”cart, food, and
beverages before, during and after the round
and a souvenir yardage book.” After 2pm the
fee drops to $95
Riviera Cancun Golf Club.
This is a Jack Nicklaus newly designed par
72, 7,060 yard course located towards the
end of the Hotel Zone next to Wet n’ Wild.
The relatively high rate of $160 “includes
transportation to and from your hotel,
shared golf cart, food and drinks.” It
sports bunkers and water holes, plus ocean
views on holes #14 and #15.
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Other Cancun Courses:
Going up the coast from Cancun City:
Moon Spa & Golf Club. A Jack Nicklaus
designed par 72 course. $165- $260.
El Manglar Golf Courses Riviera Maya. A Jack
Nicklaus par 54 course.
El Camaleon Mayakoba. A Greg Norman par 72
course. $179-$249.
Grande Coral Gold Riviera Maya. A Nick Price
par 71 course.
Playacar Spa & Golf Club. A Robert Von Hagge
par 72 course.
Riviera Maya Golf Club. A Roberft Trent Jr.
designed par 72 course.
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