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3.8
Value
3.1
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3.4
Friendliness
3.8
Pace
3.7
Amenities
2.6
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About

Holes 10
Type Public/Resort
Style Executive
Par 30
Length 886 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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The Lakes Course at Vidanta Vallarta
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Course Details

Year Built 2017
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts No
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Vidanta Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirts without collar, denim, sport shorts, cut offs, tank tops and sandals are not allowed.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms
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3.4
15 Reviews (15)
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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10

Great place to play can’t say anything. Bad greens are great. Fairways are great. Check it out. You won’t be disappointed maybe when yourself but that has nothing to do with the golf course. Good luck.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Previously Played

Lakes course

The golfnow listed shows 9 holes with cart. The Lakes is 10 hole par 3 course. No carts. Must walk. Need to fix listings

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
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 Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Experience it once - and get there early

Played at 640pm. Atmosphere, once on the course was amazing. Pristine conditions with giant bats flying around eating flies. Sort of feels like golfing in Jurassic park. Get there at least 30 mins early, cuz the shuttle into Jurassic park is pretty elaborate and confusing. No bar or beer cart at this specific course too. A little pricey for 10 holes (especially after the canadian dollar conversion)… but overall worth it. But i got a hole in one on hole 1…soooooo pretty biased over here.

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

Nice, challenging par 3 course

A lot of water makes this a fun and challenging par 3 course. You have to carry your clubs as there are no carts. Layout involves some backtracking. Course is in walking distance of pro shop.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth the time

The course itself is pretty and the conditions of the course are good. But when we initially booked, we were booking for 18 holes only to learn it’s only 10 holes. The holes are themselves very very short. Can’t even even considered a real par three course. The cost to play this was way too expensive, this should be a 10 or $15 course for maybe kids to play on or learn. In addition, the staff were anything but friendly. We did not stay at the hotel. We just wanted to use the golf course and they would not allow us to use their Wi-Fi to call an Uber.

Really a waste of our time and money

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing

It was misadvertizement

The website said it included a golf cart,

It’s a par 3 all walking.

I had to pay for a caddy

It was a bad EXPERIENCE!! I would like my money back for this

Thank you

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Great way to start the day!

We vacationed with friends for a week at Vidanta-Nuevo Vallarta and began our second day with a round at The Lakes Course. We are casual golfers, although reasonably experienced. The condition of the course was amazing, including impeccably maintained fairways and greens -- far better than any other course I have played. Although the holes are short (irons only), the bunkers and the water make this par-3 course a fun challenge. We packed a bag of used golf balls from home, knowing that we would lose a number to the water . . . and we did. Between the three of us, we managed to lose about 20 balls over the 10-hole course and had a lot of laughs doing so! We also had some great shots over the water features that were personally rewarding. We enjoyed the course so much that we planned to play a second time, but let our pool time get in the way of another round. When we return for another vacation at Vidanta in Nuevo Vallarta, we plan to play this course again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
Previously Played

Night golf

This is an unusual 10 hole par 3. The longest hole is 114 yards but presents a challenge with the short irons as there is water on every hole. It is beautifully groomed and landscaped. Good fun for an evening under the lights while on vacation at Vidanta.

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

Great Executive Par-3 Course

We had a great time playing at this course. The entire course was in incredible shape, especially for an executive course.

The price for the round was not too high for a resort golf course that can be played at night under the lights. All of the greens were in impeccable shape, landscaping throughout the course looked great, and there are a number of enjoyable, challenging tee shots that you wouldn’t normally experience on a regular sized, non-executive course.

We are looking forward to playing it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Immaculate executive course under the lights

This is an absolutely immaculate executive course that can be played under the lights on the Vidanta - Nuevo Vallarta resort. The course is in excellent condition with water hazard and bunkers on every hole which is a rarity for an executive course. The greens are average size, and roll pure.

The price is a high, but is fair for a resort course in my opinion ($59), as it is more of a scenic feature of the overall resort so they want to keep it in great shape (keep non-golfers off that could damage it).

All in all, if you are a golfer and want to play a little golf under the lights on vacation, this is a great option IMO.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Twice a year
1.0
First Time Playing

Waste of time and money

This course was advertised to us as a family friendly easy course, it has the gimmick of being able to enjoy night golfing and since we were staying at the resort we thought this would be a nice way to spend our evening. The first downside is they make you pay full price for sleeves of balls ($10USD), this was not told to us when we booked our game and we’re told everything would be included. Our room over looks the course and we watch staff members pull wheelbarrows of balls out of the water traps daily yet the course refuses to sell singles.

This course forces you to hit over 60-90 yards of water on every hole, and if you over shoot by 20 yards or under shoot by 20 yards you will end up in the water. Me and my wife are casual golfers and we ended up walking off the course by hole 5 because we hit our balls 20 yards over the holes and lost them forever. Their solution was to just fork up the cash for more balls when they are already over charging to play the course.

Next they give you the worst golf bag ever made, it was falling apart when I got it, although minor it adds to the frustration of this course in general.

Don’t bother wasting your time or your money on this gimmick golf course.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/06/2019

Sounds like the person who wrote this review had a frustrating round of golf and resorted to blaming the issues on the course. Golf is not an easy sport - if a course says it’s family-friendly, it doesn’t mean that a non-golfer will be able to play it “well”. It simply means that anyone can go out on the course and play it.

The comment about buying balls is entirely false. Our friend that golfed with us bought a dozen of used golf balls for around $20. Of course a new sleeve of golf balls (3 in a sleeve) will cost about $10. Not many course sell single golf balls in the pro shop unless they are branded, vanity balls.

If you elect to use clubs and a bag supplied by the course, obviously the bag is going to be much smaller than a normal golf bag. You only need a couple of clubs for the entire course - no need to have a heavy duty bag to lug around the course.

Patrick7330495
Commented on 02/04/2019

I don’t mean to be rude, but this is not a fair review by any means. The course is immaculate for an executive course. Sure, there is a lot of water and the potential for lost balls, but that in no way should cause a poor course review due to the inability to keep your ball out of the water. Also, the statement pertaining to the high cost of balls is also inaccurate, as there are other cheaper options available.

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