Welcome to Golfweek’s Best golf courses in Mexico, the Caribbean, the Atlantic islands and Central America for 2021, first published in the print issue of Golfweek’s Ultimate Guide.
(Pictured above: Pete Dye’s Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic)
These include both private clubs and public-access tracks. We hope you enjoy poring over these rankings, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.
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 rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.
Each course is listed with its 2021 ranking, its location, architect(s), the year it opened and an average ranking from all the Golfweek Raters who reviewed it.
Nos. 1-10
Dunes Course at Diamante (Courtesy of Diamante/Gerardo Arias)
1. Dunes Course at Diamante
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Davis Love III; 2009
7.67
2. Cap Cana (Punta Espada)
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Jack Nicklaus; 2006
7.63
3. Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog)
La Romana, Dominican Republic; Pete Dye; 1971
7.48
4. Cabo del Sol (Cove Club, formerly the Ocean Course)
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Jack Nicklaus; 1994
7.22
5. Apes Hill Club
St. James, Barbados; Chris Cole, Jeff Potts; 2009
7.18
6. Mid Ocean Club
Tucker’s Town, Bermuda; Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor; 1921
7.17
7. Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales)
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Tom Fazio; 2010
7.14
8. Sandy Lane (Green Monkey)
St. James, Barbados; Tom Fazio; 2004
6.96
T9. Royal Westmoreland
St. James, Barbados; Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 1994
6.87
T9. Chileno Bay
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Tom Fazio; 2015
6.87
Nos. 11-20
Twin Dolphin (Courtesy of Twin Dolphin/Evan Schiller)
11. Vidanta Puerto Penasco (Nicklaus)
Puerto Penasco, Mexico; Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus Jr.; 2006
6.84
T12. Rancho San Lucas
Rancho San Lucas, Mexico; Greg Norman; 2020
6.73
T12. Querencia
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico; Tom Fazio; 2000
6.73
14. Baha Mar (Royal Blue)
Nassau, Bahamas; Jack Nicklaus; 2017
6.72
15. Twin Dolphin
Los Cabos, Mexico; Fred Couples, Todd Eckenrode; 2018
6.67
16. El Dorado Golf & Beach Club
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico; Jack Nicklaus; 1999
6.65
17. Abaco Club on Winding Bay
Abaco, Bahamas; Donald Steel, Tom Mackenzie; 2004
6.64
18. Mayakoba (El Camaleon)
Playa del Carmen, Mexico; Greg Norman; 2004
6.45
19. TPC Dorado Beach (East)
Dorado, Puerto Rico; Robert Trent Jones Sr.; 1958
6.41
T20. Casa de Campo (Dye Fore)
La Romana, Dominican Republican; Pete Dye; 2002
6.40
T20. Albany
New Providence, Bahamas; Ernie Els; 2010
6.40
Nos. 21-30
Quivira (Courtesy of Quivira)
22. Ocean Club
Paradise Island, Bahamas; Tom Weiskopf; 2001
6.38
23. Port Royal
Southampton, Bermuda; Robert Trent Jones Sr.; 1970
6.35
24. Diamante Cabo San Lucas (El Cardonal)
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Tiger Woods; 2014
6.26
25. Quivira
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Jack Nicklaus; 2014
6.24
T26. CuisinArt
Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla; Greg Norman; 2006
6.22
T26. Tryall Club
Montego Bay, Jamaica; Ralph Plummer; 1958
6.22
T26. Iberostar Playa Paraiso
Playa del Carmen, Mexico; P.B. Dye; 2005
6.22
29. Cabo del Sol (Desert)
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Tom Weiskopf; 2001
6.15
T30. Bahia Beach Resort & GC
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico; Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 2008
6.14
T30. Westin Golf Resort & Spa, Playa Conchal (Reserva Conchal)
Guanacaste, Costa Rica; Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 1996
6.14
Nos. 31-40
Costa Palmas (Courtesy of Costa Palmas/Evan Schiller)
32. Vista Vallarta (Weiskopf)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Tom Weiskopf; 2001
6.13
T33. Vista Vallarta (Nicklaus)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Jack Nicklaus; 2001
6.11
T33. Casa de Campo (La Romana)
La Romana, Dominican Republic; Pete Dye; 1990
6.11
T35. Peninsula Papagayo (Ocean)
Guanacaste, Costa Rica; Arnold Palmer; 2004
6.10
T35. Rose Hall (White Witch)
St. James, Jamaica; Robert von Hagge, Rick Baril; 2000
6.10
37. Cabo Real
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico; Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 1993
6.09
38. Royal Isabela
Isabela, Puerto Rico; David Pfaff; 2011
6.06
T39. Royal St. Kitts
Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis; Thomas McBroom; 2004
6.04
T39. Costa Palmas
San Jose Los Cabos, Mexico; Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 2019
6.04
Nos. 41-50
Coco Beach’s Championship Course (Courtesy of Discover Puerto Rico)
41. Puerto Los Cabos (Norman & Nicklaus)
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico; Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus; 2007
6.03
42. Hacienda Pinilla
Guanacaste, Costa Rica; Mike Young; 2001
6.02
T43. Costa Baja Resort & Spa (El Cortes)
La Paz, Mexico; Gary Player; 2010
5.92
T43. Lyford Cay Club
New Providence, Bahamas; Dick Wilson, Rees Jones; 1959
5.92
45. Puntacana Resort (La Cana: Hacienda/Arrecife)
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; P.B. Dye; 2001
5.91
46. Provo G&CC
Turks and Caicos; Karl Litten; 1992
5.82
47. Four Seasons Resort Nevis
Charlestown Nevis; Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 1991
5.81
48. Sandy Lane (The Country Club)
St. James, Barbados; Tom Fazio; 2002
5.80
T49. Grand Reserve GC (Championship) (formerly Coco Beach Golf Resort)
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico; Tom Kite; 2007
5.74
T49. Half Moon Resort
Montego Bay, Jamaica; Robert Trent Jones Sr., Roger Rulewich; 1962
5.74
