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4.0
142 Reviews (142)
5 Stars
49
4 Stars
61
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.7
85.4%
Recommend this course
114 out of 142 reviews
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3.7
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
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2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.2
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.2
76.9%
Recommend this course
10 out of 13 reviews
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3.9
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
9
3 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.4
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.6
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
82.4%
Recommend this course
14 out of 17 reviews
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Course Highlights
Exceptionally friendly staff and a well-designed championship layout with wide fairways, water features, and jungle surroundings create a memorable round near Cancun. The course offers strong value for money and consistently smooth greens that reward all levels of golfers.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7439 yards
Slope 137
Rating 75.8

El Tinto Golf Club (formerly known as TPC Cancun) has an environmentally friendly layout that is a popular destination for the PGA Tour. It serves as host to several events throughout the year. When crafting the course, special care was taken to protect the native flora and fauna. As a result El Tinto blends seamlessly into the existing environment. The Nick Price design also utilizes the terrain's natural elevation changes and water features. It's a challenging but fair test with more than 80 strategically placed bunkers and five lakes that come into play throughout. You will encounter some tricky holes but the different sets of tees cater to players of every skill level. El Tinto G.C. is conveniently situated just minutes from all the major area hotels and it's less than a half hour from Playa Del Carmen.

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Course Details

Year Built 2012
Fairways Platinum Paspalum Grass
Greens Platinum Paspalum Grass
Golf Season Year round. High season: November - April
Architect Nick Price (2012)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

4.0
142 Reviews (142)
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Good price in Cancun

Cheapest in Cancun for the day. No pencils with course logo. Food was too slow.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

It’s a great course if you play from the right tees…. The championship tees stretch out at 7310 yards. Choose wisely and you will have great time. Conditions were pretty solid from tee to green. I will definitely be back when I’m in the area again

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fairway - Greens

Solid layout without any hole standing out above another. Fairways are generous and Greens in perfect shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a pleasure, but…

This course is beautiful and well designed. The practice area is included and fantastic. Open fairways to reduce lost balls for us average players, but there’s a consistent drawback. The course is always a little wet. If you’re a perfect ball striker, no problem. But for me, I don’t always hit perfectly, so when I take just a bit too much divot on this course, I lose anywhere from 10-40 yards. Divots are always wet and unexpectedly grab your club even though they are shallow.

I’ll definitely go back again, except with this in mind.

In some ways, it’s a challenge that I have to overcome anyway.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A pleasure

I’ve played this course a few times now, and I like it a lot. Long for better golfers, open fairways, well placed bunkers, great course conditions.

Only weird thing was a group of 8 in front of us. Together. On one green. Hitting one at a time.

Cart girl said they were a group. Nothing we could do. But a marshal finally arrived and put a stop to it. The players should have known better and they saw people backing up behind us.

All fixed. 5-1/2 hours for the round due to group of 8.

I’ll definitely go back. Marshal did their job.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Everything was great at the golf course! However the booking said round trip transportation included but we ended up paying for a ride both ways ($65). The course said it was a “GolfNow “ thing and wouldn’t honor it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
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 18
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course; great layout

Fun course, watch the “hot deals” rate as a huge fee, called a tax is added. My round was an extra 17%. Seems a bit shady on the pricing

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

With wide fairways, but long, the course is challenging enough for a high handicapper, without losing a box of balls.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

January Saturday morning in Cancun

To be honest I picked this course due to the lower cost than other Cancun golf courses. It’s close to the airport so pretty far from the hotel zone and is about 60 bucks. The best part of the course is the greens and the cheap beer on the course. The course is also very long and the course was very wet even though it hadn’t rained in Cancun in 4 days. I believe it was over watered. Also bring a towel! They don’t have any. For a country club this is not a good sign. There were a few large weeds that needed tending but not to bad. Bunkers could have been raked because most of the players not raking. All in all fair for the price in paradise but could be so much better.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Course, could use some TLC for a former TPC

The course was nice but a little wet. Facilities could use some upgrades, range balls were decades old and the range was mediocre at best. The course had a nice layout and was relatively easy for a low to mid handicap golfer. It was my first time at this course but will try and find better quality courses for the price.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I do like this course

First off - I’ve played this course many times. This particular time the course was very wet, I know there was a lot rain here recently but this course obviously does not drain particularly well. Many areas on the fairway were soupy soft which definitely made the course ilonger and tougher. Staff was super friendly as always and a very helpful. Overall we had a good day even though we didn’t have particularly good rounds. Will come back because in general I like this course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Former TPC Course Is Great Fun

In the Cancun area you can pay up to $350 for championship golf, by booking last minute on Golf Now I got just under $100 for a former TPC course. Although the surrounding development appears to have been put on hold and the course amenities no longer high end, the key to this course is that the underlying design is still a terrific Nick Price TPC layout. Greens could be better shape but the rest of the course is maintained. So if you are in Cancun for a while and want to play excellent courses but not break the bank you should try this one. Very long from the tips, I played the Blues (middle) and lots of people play the Whites.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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