2012 Golfweek’s Best Courses of the Caribbean & Mexico
Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, 2008
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 7.81
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, 2000
Tom Fazio
Avg. rating: 7.71
3. Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog)
La Romana, Dominican Republic, 1970
Pete Dye
Avg. rating: 7.51
4. Mid Ocean Club
Tucker’s Town, Bermuda, 1923
Charles Blair Macdonald
Avg. rating: 7.42
5. Royal Westmoreland
St. James, Barbados, 1994
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Avg. rating: 7.40
6. Cabo del Sol (Ocean)
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, 1994
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 7.31
7. Vista Vallarata Golf Club (Nicklaus)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2001
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 7.20
8. Playa Grande
Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic, 1996
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Avg. rating: 7.00
9. Corales Golf Club
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, 2010
Tom Fazio
Avg. rating: 6.81
10. Trump International Golf Club (International)
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 2005
Tom Kite
Avg. rating: 6.80
11. Sandy Lane (Green Monkey)
St. James, Barbados, 2004
Tom Fazio
Avg. rating: 6.80
12. Apes Hill Club
St. James, Barbados, 2009
Chris Cole, Jeff Potts
Avg. rating: 6.67
13. Dunes Course at Diamante
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, 2009
Davis Love III
Avg. rating: 6.66
14. Four Seasons Golf Club Punta Mita (Pacifico)
Punta Mita, Mexico, 2008
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 6.66
15. El Dorado Golf & Beach Club
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, 1999
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 6.65
16. Iberostar Playa Paraiso
Maya Riviera, Mexico, 2005
P.B. Dye
Avg. rating: 6.63
17. Abaco Club on Winding Bay
Abaco, Bahamas, 2006
Donald Steel
Avg. rating: 6.63
18. Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita (Bahia)
Punta Mita, Mexico, 2009
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 6.60
19. Vista Vallarta (Weiskopf)
Vista Vallarta, Mexico, 2001
Tom Weiskopf
Avg. rating: 6.58
20. Mayakoba (El Camaleon)
Maya Riviera, Mexico, 2006
Greg Norman
Avg. rating: 6.57
21. Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo
Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 2004
Arnold Palmer
Avg. rating: 6.50
22. Port Royal
Southampton, Bermuda, 1970
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Avg. rating: 6.48
La Romana, Dominican Republic, 2003
Pete Dye
Avg. rating: 6.46
24. Reserva Conchal
Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 1996
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Avg. rating: 6.43
25. Ritz-Carlton Resort (White Witch)
St. James, Jamaica, 2000
Robert von Hagge
Avg. rating: 6.39
26. Trump International Golf Club at Raffles Resort
Canouan Island, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, 2002
Jim Fazio
Avg. rating: 6.39
27. Sandy Lane (The Country Club)
St. James, Barbados, 2004
Tom Fazio
Avg. rating: 6.38
28. Puerto Los Cabos (Norman/Nicklaus)
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, 2008
Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman
Avg. rating: 6.37
29. CuisinArt Golf Club
Anguilla, British West Indies, 2006
Greg Norman
Avg. rating: 6.25
30. Blue Shark
West Providence Island, Bahamas, 2008
Greg Norman
Avg. rating: 6.17
31. Trump International GC Puerto Rico (Championship)
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 2007
Tom Kite
Avg. rating: 6.10
32. Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort (Lucayan)
Freeport, Bahamas, 1962
Dick Wilson
Avg. rating: 6.10
33. Cabo del Sol (Desert)
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, 1998
Tom Weiskopf
Avg. rating: 6.08
34. Tryall Golf & Beach Club
Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1958
Ralph Plummer
Avg. rating: 6.06
35. Santa Barbara Plantation (Old Quarry)
Nieuwpoort, Curacao, 2010
Pete Dye
Avg. rating: 6.06
36. Tucker’s Point
Harrington Sound, Bermuda, 2002
Charles Banks, Roger Rulewich
Avg. rating: 6.04
37. Moon Palace (Lakes & Jungle)
Maya Riviera, Mexico, 2002
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 6.00
La Romana, Dominican Republic, 1985
Pete Dye
Avg. rating: 6.00
39. Palmas del Mar (Flamboyan)
Humacao, Puerto Rico, 1998
Rees Jones
Avg. rating: 6.00
40. One & Only Palmilla (Mountain & Arroyo)
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, 1993
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 5.97
41. Rose Hall Resort & Spa (Cinnamon Hill)
Montego Bay, 2001
Robert von Hagge
Avg. rating: 5.95
42. Royal Isabela
Isabela, Puerto Rico, 2011
David Pfaff
Avg. rating: 5.90
43. Ocean Club
Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2000
Tom Weiskopf
Avg. rating: 5.89
44. Playacar Spa & Golf Club
Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 1994
Robert von Hagge
Avg. rating: 5.86
45. Tierra del Sol
Oranjestad, Aruba, 1995
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Avg. rating: 5.70
46. Club Campestre
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, 2008
Jack Nicklaus
Avg. rating: 5.68
47. Bahia Beach Resort & Golf Club
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 2007
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Avg. rating: 5.65
48. Dorado Beach (West)
Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, 1966
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Avg. rating: 5.64
49. Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort (Reef)
Freeport, Bahamas, 2000
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Avg. rating: 5.63
50. Dorado Beach (Sugarcane)
Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, 1971
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Avg. rating: 5.63




















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