Yahoo Sports Golfweek's Best: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America
Welcome to the Golfweek’s Best 2025 list of top golf courses in Mexico, the Caribbean, the Atlantic islands and Central America.
This year's ranking includes a New No. 1: Point Hardy Golf Club at Cabot Saint Lucia. The design by the famed team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw opened late in 2023 in a clifftop setting that boggles the golfing mind, with eight holes playing directly above the ocean.
The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final, cumulative rating. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.
This list focuses on the golf courses themselves, not the resorts as a whole or other amenities. Each golf course included is listed with its average rating from 1 to 10, its location, architect(s) and the year it opened.
*New or returning to list
1. Cabot Saint Lucia (Point Hardy)*
Average rating: 8.67
Location: Cap Estate, Saint Lucia
Designer(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
Year opened: 2023
2. Playa Grande Golf & Ocean Club
Average rating: 8.01
Location: Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Rees Jones
Year opened: 1997
3. Cap Cana (Punta Espada)
Average rating: 7.69
Location: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 2006
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4. Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog)
Average rating: 7.58
Location: La Romana, Dominican Republic
Designer(s): Pete Dye
Year opened: 1971
Book your trip to Casa del Campo today
5. Diamante Cabo San Lucas (Dunes)
Average rating: 7.49
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Designer(s): Davis Love III
Year opened: 2009
6. Apes Hill
Average rating: 7.42
Location: St. James, Barbados
Designer(s): Ron Kirby
Year opened: 2022
7. Mid Ocean Club
Average rating: 7.26
Location: St. George’s, Bermuda
Designer(s): Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
Year opened: 1921
8. Sandy Lane (Green Monkey)
Average rating: 7.20
Location: St. James, Barbados
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Year opened: 2004
9. Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales)
Average rating: 7.11
Location: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Year opened: 2010
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10. Royal Westmoreland
Average rating: 7.08
Location: St. James, Barbados
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Year opened: 1994
11. Baker’s Bay*
Average rating: 7.06
Location: Great Guana Cay, Bahamas
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Year opened: 2010
T12. Chileno Bay
Average rating: 7.01
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Year opened: 2015
T12. Cabo del Sol (Cove Club, formerly The Ocean)
Average rating: 7.01
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 1994
14. Querencia
Average rating: 6.96
Location: San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Year opened: 2000
15. Vidanta Puerto Penasco (Nicklaus)
Average rating: 6.91
Location: Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus Jr.
Year opened: 2006
16. TPC Danzante Bay
Average rating: 6.90
Location: Loreto, Mexico
Designer(s): Rees Jones
Year opened: 2018
17. Punta Mita GC (Pacifico)
Average rating: 6.86
Location: Nayarit, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 1999
18. Aurora Anguilla (International)
Average rating: 6.84
Location: Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla
Designer(s): Greg Norman
Year opened: 2006
19. El Dorado Golf & Beach Club
Average rating: 6.72
Location: San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 1999
20. Solmar Golf Links
Average rating: 6.71
Location: Los Cabos, Mexico
Designer(s): Greg Norman
Year opened: 2020
21. Twin Dolphin
Average rating: 6.68
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Designer(s): Fred Couples, Todd Eckenrode
Year opened: 2018
22. Abaco Club on Winding Bay
Average rating: 6.65
Location: Abaco, Bahamas
Designer(s): Donald Steel, Tom Mackenzie
Year opened: 2004
23. Baha Mar (Royal Blue)
Average rating: 6.63
Nassau, Bahamas
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 2017
24. Mayakoba (El Camaleon)
Average rating: 6.61
Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Designer(s): Greg Norman
Year opened: 2004
T25. Vista Vallarta (Nicklaus)
Average rating: 6.56
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 2001
T25. Casa de Campo (Dye Fore)
Average rating: 6.56
Location: La Romana, Dominican Republic
Designer(s): Pete Dye
Year opened: 2002
27. Punta Mita GC (Bahia)
Average rating: 6.51
Location: Nayarit, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 2009
T28. Albany
Average rating: 6.43
Location: New Providence, Bahamas
Designer(s): Ernie Els
Year opened: 2010
T28. Peninsula Papagayo (Ocean)
Average rating: 6.43
Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Designer(s): Arnold Palmer
Year opened: 2004
30. Port Royal
Average rating: 6.42
Location: Southampton, Bermuda
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Year opened: 1970
31. Diamante Cabo San Lucas (El Cardonal)
Average rating: 6.41
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Designer(s): Tiger Woods
Year opened: 2014
32. Rose Hall (White Witch)
Average rating: 6.35
Location: St. James, Jamaica
Designer(s): Robert von Hagge, Rick Baril
Year opened: 2000
T33. Vista Vallarta (Weiskopf)
Average rating: 6.32
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf
Year opened: 2001
T33. The Tryall Club
Average rating: 6.32
Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Designer(s): Ralph Plummer
Year opened: 1958
35. TPC Dorado Beach (East)
Average rating: 6.31
Location: Dorado, Puerto Rico
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Year opened: 1958
36. Bahia Beach Resort & GC
Average rating: 6.30
Location: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Year opened: 2008
37. Quivira
Average rating: 6.29
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus
Year opened: 2014
38. Westin Reserva Conchal (Reserva Conchal)
Average rating: 6.27
Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Year opened: 1996
39. Ocean Club
Average rating: 6.26
Location: Paradise Island, Bahamas
Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf
Year opened: 2001
40. Iberostar Playa Paraiso
Average rating: 6.21
Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Designer(s): P.B. Dye
Year opened: 2005
41. Royal Isabela
Average rating: 6.18
Location: Isabela, Puerto Rico
Designer(s): David Pfaff
Year opened: 2011
42. Costa Palmas
Average rating: 6.17
Location: La Ribera, Mexico
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Year opened: 2019
43. Palmas Athletic Club (Flamboyan)
Average rating: 6.14
Location: Humacao, Puerto Rico
Designer(s): Rees Jones
Year opened: 1998
44. Puerto Los Cabos (Norman & Nicklaus)
Average rating: 6.13
Location: San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman
Year opened: 2007
T45. Cabo del Sol
Average rating: 6.04
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf
Year opened: 2001
T45. Grand Reserve (Championship)
Average rating: 6.04
Location: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Designer(s): Tom Kite
Year opened: 2007
T45. Casa de Campo (La Romana)
Average rating: 6.04
Location: La Romana, Dominican Republic
Designer(s): Pete Dye
Year opened: 1990
48. Sandy Lane (The Country Club)
Average rating: 6.03
Location: St. James, Barbados
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Year opened: 2002
49. Royal St Kitts GC
Average rating: 6.02
Location: Bassaterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Designer(s): Thomas McBroom
Year opened: 2004
50. Lyford Cay Club
Average rating: 6.00
Location: New Providence, Bahamas
Designer(s): Dick Wilson, Rees Jones
Year opened: 1959)
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