Mayakoba Resort: El Camaleón
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico • Public

Courtesy of the club/Mario Madau

Courtesy of the club

Courtesy of the club

Courtesy of the club/Ashley Posusta
Overview
The Greg Norman-designed El Camaleón at Mayakoba opened in 2006 and hosted the Mayakoba Golf Classic on the PGA Tour from 2007 through 2022 until the tour moved to Diamante. (LIV now hosts its LIV Mexico event at Mayakoba.) The golf course is routed through diverse ecosystems, including tropic jungles with natural cenotes, mangrove lined man-made salt canals and beachside greens within steps of the ocean. The track is challenging off the tee with fairways lined by native grasses that are guaranteed to swallow any offline shots. The standout hole on the front side is the difficult-to-reach uphill par-5 seventh featuring a cenote in the center of the fairway and a green protected by tall grass and thick brush. The back nine at Mayakoba begins in the jungle with the par-3 10th flanked by an immense cenote before turning towards the ocean for the stunning beachside green of the par-3 15th. The course is 20 minutes from the Playa del Carmen airport and is beautifully married into the local ecosystems around it.
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