Nick Price-Designed Golf Course

Play golf just meters away from the Caribbean Sea

Under the auspices of the renowned PGA champion and golf course designer, Nick Price, the Grand Coral Riviera Maya boasts a magnificent 18-hole golf course where golf pros and amateurs alike can while away pleasant golf days only steps away from the breathtaking Caribbean Sea.

“Our fundamental design philosophy consists of allowing the land to dictate the way it will look and the manner in which our golf courses will be played. Beginning with route allocation, we search for fabulous locations for the greens and then branch out into identifying if some particular location will be a par three, four or five. These natural environments and the lay of the land are the basis for everything else we do on the property.” Nick Price, golf course designer.

Grand Coral Riviera Maya is an excellent example of the way in which golf course designers and developers are working proactively with environmental groups and government agencies, among others, to create golf courses that are planned, constructed and maintained according to a set of standards that fulfill and even surpass local and federal environmental requirements.

The exclusive location of our new resort in Mexico–within the city limits of Playa del Carmen right next to the Caribbean Sea–presents a unique challenge for a greens designer: that of creating a golf course that satisfies the needs of the area’s growing population while, whenever possible, protecting native vegetation and minimizing the need for excess water consumption.

The vision of golf course designer Nick Price was to create a golf course that naturally adjusted and was sensitive to the beauty of the already existing environment.

The design team carried out a planning and routing study in conjunction with a team of carefully selected experts made up of the Grupo Grand Coral Developer, wildlife consultants, biologists, civil engineers and environmental consultants. The planning team identified the following areas and issues that require careful handling of the land:

• Wildlife conservation and improvement of their habitat.
• Water conservation.
• Water quality management.
• Erosion and sedimentation control plan.
• All-encompassing pest management program.