Is there good golfing in Costa Rica?
Costa Rica is not yet a world-class golf destination, but this is changing rapidly. The Melia hotel chain offers two courses, one near the San Jose airport at the Melia Cariari ($40 greens fees), the other on the beach at the Melia Playa Conchal ($100, includes cart). You have to be a member or a guest of their hotel to play the Cariari course. Royal Pacific Golf & Country Club, a Ron Garl designed course, is a short drive from the Melia Conchal is an 18-hole course. Hacienda Pinilla, located on Costa Rica’s North Pacific Coast is just a short drive from Melia Playa Conchal’s Garra de Len Golf Course. This newly created 18-hole championship links style layout was completed in February of 2001. Mike Young designed the course on what used to be a working cattle ranch and is now part of a 5,000 acre mega-development. The entire project is still in the early stages of development, but the course already boasts the finest greens in Costa Rica.
