Marina Vallarta Golf Club

My son (16) and I played a round during his high school spring break. We played on a Tuesday and I booked our golf using the GolfNow app. I paid $75 for each of us -- with taxes the total was $165. We didn't travel with our own clubs, so we had rent clubs. They gave us two choices (standard or deluxe). The standard was $55 per set and appeared to be random clubs (mix of Taylor Made Sim2 and other random sets). We decided to go with the deluxe set ($65 per set) -- Calaway Rogue DS (irons) and Rogue Max D (driver). The set was 5 thru sand wedge, plus 4 hybrid, 5 wood driver and Oddysey putter. Stock set, but not bad. They were definitely used, but still had good life. The drivers had regular flex shaft which took a little adjusting to. Not a big deal.

Golf (18 holes), clubs, cart and range balls all came to 5,700 mx pesos ($285 US dollars).

We stayed at the Marriott (across the street), so we just walked over to the clubhouse. We arrived at 1pm for a 2:30 tee time). We decided to eat a quick lunch while they got our clubs ready. The restaurant at the club house was great. We got a table overlooking the 18th green. It was fun watching golfers finishing thier round.

The range and practice putting green were both great.

We hit the snack shop prior to starting our round. Bought a few waters/sodas/beers and they gave us a complimentary cart cooler (with ice).

The course Marshall (starter) introduced himself while we were on the range and mentioned we could start earlier than our 2:30 tee time if we wanted. We elected to start early and hit our 1st shots by 2:10.

Course was in great shape. Greens were solid. They ran faster than we are used to. Really, no complaints about the course. Fairways were a little tight for me. I'm a 7 handicap and I went OB 3 times. Hit the water twice, but was able to find and collect both those water balls.

We saw about 10 crocodiles on the course. They were just basking in the sun. On one hole, a 6 foot crocodile was on the black tee box. We hit from the whites, so no issues there. It was actually fun knowing the crocs were on the course, we just gave them plenty of space.

Overall, we really enjoyed the round and would play here again without hesitation. Staff were great, and the GolfNow app saved us some money (because we started in the afternoon). It was March, so temps were fine (83 degrees). We saw a beverage cart 3 times during our round.

We brought balls, tees, gloves . . . So we saved some money there.

The weakness of this course are the hard, granular sand traps. Otherwise, the design is interesting and challenging, the greens are in excellent condition for a heavily played track, and the fairways are in decent shape.The course tends to beat me up, even on good ball striking days. I find it very challenging.

I enjoyed chatting with the marshalls and there are a few interesting holes, but this is not the best course around and even at the reduced rate through Golfnow I cannot recommend it. If this was in Palm Springs I would categorize it as a bottom tier course that would have been ok at $35-50 pre C19 and no more than $70 afterward.

Thin lies, rocks in bunkers, grass is patchy, and some holes are odd or Mickey Mouse. Greens were in good shape though. Par 3 along the ocean is pretty.

Overpriced. Bad conditions. No starter. Bad pace of play.

Cool Birds and Crocs

Greens were very good, but everything else was unkept.

First time playing this course and found it to be very enjoyable. Nice layout with multiple tee boxes for all levels of golfers. Would recommend this course be part of your Puerto Vallarta experience.

Course is in good shape. Pace was a bit slow as we were to be the first group off at 2:30 and wound up hitting 4th. Restaurant and pro shop were excellent. Great staff. Finished 18 with time to spare.

You gotta love when your playing partners and cadie are Crocodiles! Seriously though the course was in good shape and the course employees are friendly and helpful.

Fun course, plenty water and believe the warning signs about crocs! Greens in good condition.

Wonderful time but a group scheduled 1 hour after us snuck on and delayed everyone

It was weird to be talking to your front desk staff about our Canadá Golf Card Discounts that actually list your golf course, and they did not have a clue of what that was about. Instead, one of them just said that it did not apply, which is not true.

We called the day before to book a caddie to join us, and we were confirmed by the front desk that we would have one. Instead, we ended up fighting for a caddie with another customer, a situation that was far from pleasant. There was a discrepancy for the caddie fee between the caddie and the front desk (the caddie being less) which we also found very suspicious.

Course was tight and played long, greens were in good shape, lots of water with crocodiles chilling around the edges, pins were pretty tucked when I played. Golf here is expensive, was priced average for the area it seems. Had to pay $44 for my wife to ride along with me in a cart I already paid for, pretty lame. Would still probably play again but I preferred the Vista Vallarta course.