Golfers covet destinations where wonderful weather, an array of lodging, restaurants, and other activities beckon – not to mention courses that challenge and charm. It’s a golf laundry list that Puerto Rico, one of the world’s rising golf destinations, can tee up for golf travellers, and is eager to promote.

With a tropical climate, beaches, island vibe, and ocean and mountain views from golf courses await, plus plenty of restaurants, casinos, culture, history, welcoming people, and natural wonders to complement the award-winning playing options, Puerto Rico.

Here’s ‘fore’ reasons why golfers should choose Puerto Rico:

1. The game’s top organizations are choosing Puerto Rico to stage high-profile championships. The PGA TOUR, United States Golf Association, R&A, and Augusta National all hold an event in Puerto Rico, have recently hosted one, or have one upcoming. The Latin America Amateur Championship will be held in the island for the first time in January 2023 – a joint effort by the USGA, R&A and Augusta National, with the winner earning a berth into the 2023 Masters and 2023 Open Championship.

2. Puerto Rico boasts 18 courses and numerous golf resorts across the Island. They include:

TPC Dorado Beach
Costa Caribe
Fort Buchanan
Wyndham Grand Rio Mar
Rio Bayamon
Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve
The St. Regis Bahia Beach
Caguas Real
Royal Isabela
Deportivo del Oeste
Palmas Athletic Club
Punta Borinquen
El Legado
El Conquistador

3. Several of the island’s courses are top rated. They offer an array of different price points, terrain features, and designs from some of the game’s greats. These include Greg Norman, Robert Trent Jones Sr., Chi Chi Rodriguez, Tom Fazio, Tom Kite, Rees Jones, and Gary Player.

4. El Yunque is a spectacular rain forest that can be seen from several Puerto Rico golf courses, including at Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve’s Championship Course (where the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open is played annually), and likewise from the Ocean and River courses at Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Golf & Beach Resort.

Meanwhile, remarkable ocean views await at Royal Isabela and Punta Borinquen, both perched atop seaside cliffs on the Island’s Northwest Coast. Near San Juan, Ponce, and Humacao, the courses in Dorado Beach, Bahia Beach, Costa Caribe, and Palmas Athletic Club are adjacent to the ocean, with holes parallel to the sandy beaches and turquoise surf.