Golf vacationing in Cancun is popular fare these days; teeing off with rainforest at your back, or a sun setting in to ocean, or swinging into a mountain range of volcanoes. In Cancun, two new Greg Norman courses join a legendary Jack Nicklaus course to confirm what most familiar with the game already know—Mexico is a golfer’s paradise.
Even the PGA has taken wind of this knowledge and incorporated a few locations in Mexico into the schedule. Among the endless Mexican golf courses, four surface to the top and provide a golf experience for novice and pro alike.
El Camaleon
Greg Norman's first Mexican course is located 40 miles south of Cancun. To say the course is challenging is a bit deceitful as the 18 holes resemble something of a Caribbean park-ride—through jungle and swamp, along ocean, weaving in-and-our of mangroves. In fact, El Camaleon became so popular with golf-aficionados, that it was the first dip south of the border for the PGA.
Campo Tipo Ejecutivo
A brief but relaxing 9-hole at Gran Melia Cancun Golf Club is made for the jet-setting Cancun vacationer looking to wind down the day.
Playa Mujeres Golf Club
An 18 "eco-friendly" holes designed by trendster Greg Norman. The greens assume a less flamboyant tone, compared to El Camaleon, and are streamlined in design.
Pamilla Golf Club
An award-winning course with a cinematic view of the Sea of Cortez at all 27 holes.
