The Mayakoba Golf Classic made golf history when it became the first PGA TOUR event to ever be contested outside of the United States and Canada in February 2007. After three years of steady growth, México’s Only PGA TOUR Event is regarded as one of the finest on TOUR. Players rave about El Camaleón Golf Club as a competitive venue and about the Mayakoba Resort as an ideal location to bring their families.
El Camaleón Golf Club at the Mayakoba resort, managed by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is his latest masterwork. The 7,039-yard layout is unique - not just to México but to the entire golfing kingdom. The course bends through three distinct landscapes - tropical jungle, dense mangroves, and oceanfront stretches of sand with holes bisected by massive limestone canals. He's even incorporated a cenote, a massive, ancient cavern common to the area, into the heart of the opening fairway. And as in all Norman projects, he has balanced the course to make it enjoyable for golfers of all abilities. From the tips, El Camaleón is a major league test, a real Shark bite. However, each hole is sprinkled with a minimum of five tee blocks, so there is a distance for every player.
While the course is a standout, the surrounding golf amenities are equally as stunning. The handsome, Mayan influenced clubhouse rises above the 18th green and the adjoining practice facility and driving range are five star. Even more amazingly, with the resort's unique canal system, golfers will be able to step out of their rooms and into a boat, which will ferry them to the first tee.
With the wonders of the Riviera Maya regions, the beauty of the Mayakoba Golf Club and the warmth and hospitality of the Mexican people, the Mayakoba Golf Classic is poised for its best year ever when 132 pro golfers descend upon Playa del Carmen for the 2010 edition of México's Only PGA TOUR Event.