Green Fees in Mexico: What It Costs to Play in 2026

The short answer

Plan on roughly 200 to 380 US dollars for the marquee resort courses in high season, and far less for the rest. Mexico's premium golf clusters in three regions: Los Cabos on the Baja peninsula, the Riviera Maya south of Cancun, and Punta Mita on the Pacific coast near Puerto Vallarta. At the top, Cabo del Sol's Jack Nicklaus Ocean Course runs around 365 dollars, El Camaleon Mayakoba around 329 at rack rate, and the Punta Mita courses around 300 to 380. Below that headline tier sit plenty of very good resort and city courses from around 75 to 180 dollars, and afternoon tee times routinely save 25 to 50 percent.

The wrinkle in Mexico is access. Several of the most celebrated courses are not sold as public green fees at all but reserved for resort guests and property owners, including Quivira and Diamante in Los Cabos and the Punta Mita courses for guests of the Four Seasons and St Regis. Staying on site, or booking through a planner, is the route in. These are indicative high season figures in US dollars, the currency most courses quote for visitors, and they move with the season and the resort, so treat them as a guide and always confirm directly before booking.

How green fees work in Mexico

Three things shape the price. The first is region. Los Cabos is the most expensive and the most golf focused, a desert meets ocean destination built around big design names, while the Riviera Maya and the Pacific coast wrap their golf inside beach resort holidays. The second is season. The dry, warm window from November to April is peak for both weather and price, and the humid summer from June to October brings real discounts, with afternoon tee times cheaper year round. The third, and the most important to understand, is access: many of the very best courses are not on open sale but reserved for guests of a specific resort or for property owners, so where you stay can decide what you can play.

That last point is the key to a Mexico golf trip. Quivira in Los Cabos, one of the most spectacular Nicklaus courses anywhere, is effectively a Pueblo Bonito guest privilege; Diamante is a private club; the Punta Mita courses, including the famous natural island green at the optional Tail of the Whale hole, are for Four Seasons and St Regis guests. None of these appears as a simple green fee online. The way to play them is to stay in the right place or to have a planner secure the access as part of the package, which is exactly the sort of thing we arrange.

Where to spend, and where to save

Spend where the setting is once in a lifetime. In Los Cabos that means a round at Cabo del Sol on open sale, and a stay that unlocks Quivira; on the Pacific it means basing yourself to play Punta Mita; in the Riviera Maya it means El Camaleon at Mayakoba, where staying at the resort cuts the fee sharply. Save by playing in the afternoon, when many courses drop their rate by up to half, by travelling in the shoulder months either side of peak, and by mixing one or two marquee rounds with good value courses such as Vidanta or the city tracks around Vallarta and Cancun. Build the week that way and the average cost per round falls while the best of Mexico's golf stays firmly on the card. That is how we plan every Mexico trip.