Cancun Golf Courses
By Bob Enzel
Kukulcan Golf Club
This course is located
directly across from the Hilton Hotel along
the Hotel Zone’s main road. The rate is $125
for 18 holes until mid-afternoon when it
drops to $100.
The nine hole rate is
$65 at all times. The cart is included in
the price and bottled water is provided
gratis. They will also pick up and deliver
you back by taxi from the Royal Resorts at
no additional charge. Possibly others, so
don’t hesitate to ask.
See article.
http://www.hiltoncancun.com/golf
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.
See article. (908) 883-1230
The following courses
were not played.
 Playa
Mujeres Golf Club.
It is located about twenty minutes to the
north of Cancun. It is a Greg Norman
designed course and is said to be quite
nice. The listed rate is $135 before 12:30pm
and $125 after. The rate includes the green
fee, shared cart, water, use of the practice
facility and supposedly, transportation to
the club.
Iberostar Playa Paraiso.
This is a P. B. Dye designed course sporting
a $130 green fee with or without transport.
Ask at your hotel is transportation is
included in the rate. The rate also includes
”cart, food, and beverage.” After 2pm the
fee drops to $95, but does not include
transportation.
Par 72, rating 72.4,
slope 136.
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.
Note: As the Cancun area continues to
develop golfers can expect new courses to be
constructed down the coast.
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