The Golf Club at Moon Palace
Last Wednesday, on a warm, sunny morning, I played 18 holes on the Jack Nicklaus course at The Golf Club at Moon Palace in Cancun, Mexico. The course has three 9-hole courses, named Dunes, Jungle and Lakes. I played Dunes and Jungle. The courses I played were meticulously maintained, the greens nearly perfect and fast. The course runs through the thick jungle south of Cancun. The course is quite pricey but is all-inclusive (green fees, cart, drinks, lunch and transportation to/from Cancun hotels). Surprisingly, range balls are $3 for about 25 balls.
I had a 7:45AM tee time, but got reassigned to an earlier group and went off about 7:30AM, without any opportunity to hit some balls. Because of my last minute swing changes to correct my reverse pivot, I struck the ball poorly all day. The only bright spots were my putting (only one 3-putt) and my bunker play on the Dunes course (conversely, my bunker play on the Jungle course was quite poor). I hit less than half the fairways and managed not a single up and down anywhere on the courses. I’ll not post the score, as it was pretty pathetic. We waited to tee off on only one or two holes and finished the round in about 4 hours, which is pretty respectable for a resort course.
A fun day of golf (despite my poor play) on a very challenging golf course. This is the second hardest golf course I’ve played, only the Pete Dye Course at Stonebridge Ranch was harder.