Moon Palace Cancun Resort

Moon Palace Cancun Resort is located on the east coast of Mexico 15 minutes from the Cancun International Airport and is home to three nine-hole Jack Nicklaus designed golf courses. The hardest of the three courses is aptly named the Dunes course and is characterized by tight fairways, long forced carries and sprawling waste areas with seven holes featuring water off the tee or around the greens. The signature hole at the Dunes, which opened in 2004, is the 210-yard par-3 third protected by deep bunkering and a steep canyon short of the green. The Jungle course opened two years prior and is less challenging but equally as interesting visually as the Dunes. The course is notable for seven hazards shaped in the form of sprawling wetlands as well as tight fairways lined by tropical jungle with little rough protecting them. The Lakes course is similar to the Jungle and requires accuracy to deal with tight fairways, intimidating hazards and almost 40 bunkers. Known for their well-manicured conditions and emphasis on environmentalism, a round at Moon Palace feels like a balance of phenomenal golf with a bonus nature safari.