Punta Mita Golf Club: Pacífico & Bahía

An island green the tide decides.

Punta Mita is a gated peninsula at the northern tip of Banderas Bay, and its two Jack Nicklaus courses are the reason many golfers choose this corner of the Riviera Nayarit. They are not public. Play is for Club Punta Mita members and their guests, and for guests of the resorts inside the gates, chiefly the Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita and The St. Regis Punta Mita. So the decision here is really a hotel decision. Book the room first, then the golf. The prize is Pacífico’s optional 3B, a par three played across the Pacific to a natural rock island.

Punta Mita Golf Club: Pacífico & Bahía green fees and tee times.

You need a key to the gate. The official golf page states that play is for resort guests, Club Punta Mita members and members’ guests. In practice that means a stay at the Four Seasons, The St. Regis Punta Mita or a rental villa inside Punta Mita whose host can confirm golf privileges. Four Seasons guests book through the pro shop (proshop.pun@fourseasons.com, +52 329 291 5590). St. Regis guests book through the hotel concierge (concierge.puntamita@stregis.com); a Marriott golf release from September 2026 lists tee times daily from 7:30am to 7:00pm. Ask either hotel whether any stay offer includes golf. No handicap limit is published. Reserve when you book the room for December to April, when both courses fill.

The courses at Punta Mita Golf Club: Pacífico & Bahía.

Pacífico (1999)

The older course and the one most visitors ask for. Par 72, 7,001 yards, with 19 holes because of the two versions of the third. Fairways are generous, but approaches are demanding and the bunkers are deep. The 8th is a 216-yard par three that is often windy, and 16 to 18 run along the shore. The Tail of the Whale is optional and depends on the tide and the wind.

Bahía (2009)

Nicklaus’s second course at Punta Mita, par 72 and 7,035 yards from the back. GolfPass notes that St. Regis guests can play it as well as Four Seasons guests. The published guest rate card does not split fees by course, so pick by tee time rather than price.

The round, in perspective.

Pacífico opened on 1 September 1999 and is a Nicklaus Signature design, par 72 at 7,001 yards, or 7,014 with the optional hole. That option is the third: 3A is a 181-yard par three over marsh, while 3B, the Tail of the Whale, is 199 yards from the back across open water to a green on black lava rock. Nicklaus called it probably the best par three he had designed. At low tide you drive a cart across to the green; at high tide an amphibious vehicle takes you over. Bahía followed in 2009, also by Nicklaus, par 72 and 7,035 yards. On Pacífico the closing stretch keeps you by the water: the 17th is a par three of about 205 yards set against the surf, and the 18th hugs the coast into the sea breeze.

Know before you go.

Who can play

Resort guests, Club Punta Mita members and members’ guests

Carts

Shared cart included; extra cart US$55

Taxes

16% tax and 10% service charge added to all fees

Tail of the Whale

Optional 3B; crossing by cart at low tide, amphibious vehicle at high tide

Pro shop hours

7:00am–7:00pm daily

Make the trip work.

Fees are quoted in US dollars and charged to your room, but Mexico’s currency is the peso (MXN), which you will want for taxis and tips in the village. Remember the 26% that tax and service add to every quoted price. Rental clubs cost US$70 and shoes US$20, which saves carrying a bag on a short stay. The Tail of the Whale restaurant serves breakfast from 8am and lunch to 5pm, and the Halfway House opens 9:30am to 4:30pm. For non-golfers there is a separate 3B Experience at US$60, which includes a cart, clubs, a guide and access to the island hole.

Fly into Puerto Vallarta’s Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR), which has non-stop flights from many US and Canadian cities in winter. Punta Mita is about 45 minutes north by road along the coast through Bucerías and La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. Both resorts arrange transfers; you cross from Jalisco into Nayarit just north of the airport, at the Ameca River.

Where it is.

Nearby: 1. Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta: Vidanta Vallarta & Nayar (25 km) · 2. Vista Vallarta Club de Golf (35 km) · Compare all Puerto Vallarta & Punta Mita tee times

Somewhere to settle in.

The Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita has 177 rooms and suites plus private villas and residences, and sits beside Pacífico’s clubhouse. The St. Regis Punta Mita is the second gate pass and arranges golf through its concierge. Some rental villas and condominiums inside the gates advertise golf access through their owners; confirm the arrangement and rate in writing before you pay. Outside the gates, Punta de Mita village and Sayulita, further north, have smaller hotels but no route onto the courses.

Make a trip of it.

The Riviera Nayarit has more golf within an hour. Vidanta’s Norman course at Nuevo Vallarta hosts the PGA Tour’s Mexico Open, and Vista Vallarta’s Nicklaus and Weiskopf courses sit in the hills behind Puerto Vallarta; both sell public tee times, so they suit friends staying outside Punta Mita. Off the course, boats from Punta de Mita’s beach run to the Islas Marietas national park, and from December to March humpback whales calve in Banderas Bay.

Find your season.

The rate card splits the year cleanly: high season runs from 1 November to 31 May, the dry months with warm days and cool evenings. From June to October fees drop by US$75, but this is the rainy and hurricane season, hot and humid, with afternoon storms. December to April is the busiest period at both resorts.