Golf in Costa Rica

Golf in Costa Rica is a top and unique experience. Blessed with near perfect weather, majestic mountain peaks, secluded coastlines and friendly people, Costa Rica has become a premier golfing destination. You will re-discover "no-hassle" tee times and the enjoyment of playing unhurried rounds of golf on courses designed by well known golf architects George Fazio, Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Ted Robinson Jr., Mike Young and Tracy May.  Golf courses in Costa Rica are aware of maintaining the ecological balance of the area.

Four Seasons Golf Club

Designed by Arnold Palmer, the Four Seasons Golf Club at Peninsula Papagayo is an 18-hole, par-72 championship course that golfers of all abilities will enjoy.  One of the best golf courses in Costa Rica,  it features breathtaking ocean views. From the championship tees, low-handicappers will find the challenge of the course invigorating, while four other sets of tees allow average golfers and beginners to also enjoy the journey. Four Seasons has a very convenient location, only 50 minutes away from the Liberia International Airport.

Service and Amenities:
Pro-Shop offering top-quality men’s and women’s golf gear
Driving range and Sand bunker practice area
Putting and chipping greens
Shoe and Club Rentals
Complimentary Transportation

Reserva Conchal Golf Course

This magnificent 7,030-yard coastal golf course located in Playa Conchal, Guanacaste was designed by Robert Trent Jones ll. Its natural beauty and majestic trees, native to Costa Rica, are scattered throughout the golf course. The designer creatively used these impressive trees as guardians for the laid out greens, shade for tee boxes and for marking the edges of the inviting fairways.

Service and Amenities:
Two Pro-Shops
Night Golfing
Tournaments
Golf instruction
Equipment Rental

Hacienda Pinilla Golf Course

Created by Mike Young, this par-72 course, which can play up to 7,200 yards, was designed to enhance the natural landscape of Hacienda Pinilla in Tamarindo. Its rolling coastal landscape served as a cattle ranch for more than 40 years, giving the resort its unique “Ranch-like” ambiance. This property offers the visitor three miles of pristine beaches with delightful ocean views and a tropical dry forest with a diversity of habitats and nature trails for exploring. Ancient and majestic native trees such as the “Guanacaste”, “Matapalo” and “Pochote” provide habitat for a myriad of colorful species of birds, iguanas, monkeys and deer, and others.

Service and Amenities:
Pro-Shop
Adjoining Restaurant & Bar
Golf Instruction
Club Rental

Valle del Sol

Designed by recognized architect Tracy May, the course is 7,011 yards, Par 72 and is rated championship category. It has spacious undulating fairways surrounded by majestic trees and vast lakes that attract a diverse and vibrant wildlife. Surrounded by colorful gardens, the greens present a surface that is smooth and fast. Certified as a wildlife sanctuary by Audubon International, the most recognized ecological organization in the world of golf, Valle Del Sol is the first and only course in the central valley open to the public. It possesses the largest Golf Academy in the country and offers instruction to children, youths and adults at different levels with both group and individual instruction. Throughout the year they organize many tournaments for both, professionals and amateurs.

Service and Amenities:
Putting Green for chipping and pitch
Golf cart rental, electric carts
Club rentals
Pro-shop
Cafeteria (19th hole).
Golf Academy for children, youths, and adults and group clinics.
Organization of tournaments

La Iguana Golf Course

Nestled along the beautiful Costa Rican jungle, in Playa Herradura, La Iguana Golf Course is a 6,698-yard featuring 18 championship holes with a 73.4 course rating, par-72 and slope 145. Designed by Ted Robinson, this golf course is richly landscaped to include exotic native plants, banana trees, orchids and more than 150 species of birds and local wildlife.

Service and Amenities:
PGA-qualified golf professionals
Vast driving range
Putting green
Taylor-Made rental equipment