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4.3
113 Reviews (113)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
2
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.0
88.0%
Recommend this course
94 out of 113 reviews
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4.4
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
6
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0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.0
Layout
4.7
Pace
3.5
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.8
92.9%
Recommend this course
13 out of 14 reviews
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4.5
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.0
Layout
4.7
Pace
3.5
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
93.3%
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14 out of 15 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Private/Resort
Par 72
Length 7272 yards
Slope 137
Rating 75.0

Riviera Maya Golf Club has been ranked as one of the top five golf courses in Mexico. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., the Championship Course winds through lush Mayan jungle. Natural lakes also dot the scenic landscape. Being so close to the ocean, wind definitely comes into play, especially on the tough par-3 second hole, which plays directly into the prevailing winds. If you are able to keep your shots in the fairway, you'll surely be rewarded with a good lie and a challenging, but fair approach. Jones carefully carved the golf course from the deepest part of a limestone quarry, spreading the fairways across treacherous jungle growth that is just waiting to swallow up errant shots. In addition to the championship layout, there is also an Executive Course that is one of the best nine-hole golf courses in the Rivera Maya.

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Course Details

Year Built 2010
Golf Season Year round
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (2010)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

Reviews

4.3
113 Reviews (113)
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Skill Advanced
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Immaculate

This course was in incredible condition. Fun track, beautiful, and amazing maintenance. This course is easily the second nicest course in all of the Cancun area, only behind Mayakoba, but for a 1/3 of the price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Tough course

Very challenging course and great condition. However, as others mentioned earlier the only place you will not lose your ball is fairway. Staff is friendly. Terrible range balls and their carts have no brake.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Secret Costs and Terrible Equipment

This has been the most expensive golf experience ever for me - +$300.. Dont play this course unless you have your own clubs, balls, and tees. Tee time was $110 off of golfnow but $140 after fees. Add $60 for terrible rental clubs (dents, scratches, etc) and then add $6/ball for the cheapest Srixons. Pro V1s are $8/ball. Driving range balls were terrible and knuckling all over the range and then the golf cart they gave us didn't have brakes so we had to pick up a rock on the course to wedge under the tire.

Not sure how anyone would consider this a "PGA" course.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Excellent course to in the Playa Del Carmen area.

The course was in excellent playing condition. The greens where rolling true and average speed. It cost $160 to play or they’ll charge you $138 if you’re a resident of Bahia Principe Resort, but you can’t beat $117 thru militaryteetimes.com (golfnow subsidiary) for the area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging layout.

The course was very challenging, the greens were great, the fairway grass a little thin in areas do to the age of the course. Good practice facilities.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bring balls.... of all kinds!

TOUGH course.... Don't miss left, don't miss right... Fairway is the only way to guarantee not losing your ball. Course is perfectly manicured, Tee Boxes are a beauty, & Greens are ice fast. Get there early and use the practice area, it's truly awesome!

Advise.... If the shot requires perfect ball strike, wind, and spin... Don't take it, it's not as easy as it looks... Challenging as heck!

Only downfall was some of the holes are laid out by the main road, so there is a lot of road noise for a few holes... but it's not unbearable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

PGA Riviera Maya - Great Hole Designs

I really enjoyed this round of golf. The course as quite challenging especially if you play from the black tee box the holes get quite long.
The only down side is that the greenfee is quite expensive. As a plus you get practice balls and also the cart included in the greenfee.

When I'm back in Mexiko this will be surely one of the first courses I will play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bad staff

We had tee time at 7 30 am. Staff arrived at 8 am. With no explayó a about what happened. They did not apologize at all. They did not care about their inconvenience
Those situation ruineed our golf day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

great course

Course was in great shape. Was challenging and one of the nicest in the playa/cancun area

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Par 3 at Riveria Maya

The par 3 was very beautiful. The natural centoes made for great looking holes and good hazards. It is a quick fun course of you are looking for something different to do in Akumal. The basic rentals are okay. I can’t wait to come back and play the full 18.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

A wonderful, must play golf course

We were not certain of the quality of the ensuing golf experience when we booked the golf course. However, it could not have been better, The fairways and greens were perfect, the course presented a challenge for anyone wanting to test their skills while enjoying the surrounding beauty, and the staff was considerate and polite. The fees for amateurs included round trip transportation. range balls, and bottled water on the course. Our only disappointment was that our cart slowed to a crawl with 8 holes remaining...and.though the GPS screen on the cart included a notice to the golf shop that we needed our cart replaced, no help ever showed up as we finished the round at a crawl...and much to our surprise. This course rivals any Bermuda grass golf course in the US and, as a PGA Professioal and former PGA Tour member, I would consider it a must play...you can;t go wrong.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Jungle Love

Practiced and played 4 rounds during our holiday. As a guest staying in the residences on the Bahía Principe property the rate was $80 after 1pm. Good value for a high quality course and overall experience. Plenty of challenge here, with thick jungle and crystal clear lakes and cenotes framing several shots. Prevailing winds kept things cool but added length to a stretch of already long par fours on the back 9. Lots to like about the area and the resort. Add golf at Riviera Maya and you have a truly exceptional holiday experience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

great golfing

We had a perfect golfing week played 6 games. The staff, course, weather all wonderful. You are treated very well. The fact we can leave our clubs huge. Bevy cart always there for lots of water. We keep returning because it is always first class. Thank you all

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great golf course!

My husband and I played 8 rounds of golf on this great course. Everything was well organized and everybody at the location took good care of us.

We can warmly recommend this course to other golfers!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful

My wife and I don’t normally golf on vacation but we decided to give it a try. The course is beautiful with several holes worthy of the label “signature”.

Staff are very helpful and take their time to ensure you have a great experience.

Can’t wait for the next round!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Top Notch Course

A challenging course in great shape and with great staff. A pleasure to play in the Mayan Riviera. Bring extra balls! Unique design and don't even bother looking in the jungle if you're a bit errant. Course is in fantastic shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Golf Packages

Fairmont Mayakoba Stay & Play Package

FROM $417 (USD)
CANCUN/RIVIERA MAYA, MX | Enjoy 4 nights’ accommodations at Fairmont Mayakoba Riviera Maya and 3 rounds of golf at Playa Paraiso Golf Club and El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Club.
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