El TIGRE CLUB de GOLF, Nuevo Vallarta
About the Course | Scorecard | Layout
Opened in March of 2002, the El Tigre is the newest addition to the growing family of excellent golf courses in Riviera Nayarit. This course weighs in at 7,239 yards and par 72 and was created by designer Robert von Hagge, the well known Texas based designer who, with this course, finds himself in the enviable position of being the most prolific designer in Mexico. In the course of carving out his challenging design, von Hagge created 9 bodies of water and used the excavated earth to turn this formerly flat piece of land into a rolling tropical paradise.
The course features what is probably the finest clubhouse of any course in Mexico, an elegant Spanish styled facility of 45,000 square feet which includes a restaurant, lounge, pro-shop, locker room and a European spa.
If you can bring yourself to leave the clubhouse, you will be presented with 18 holes of challenging play. Some highlights are the 6th hole, a 185 yard par-3 which plays over water to a picturesque island green, the 16th, a 421 yard par-4 long dogleg right which will test your long game as you approach the peninsula green. The final two holes will make sure you earned your score. The 17th is a 250 yard par-3 with plenty of sand and water to keep you on your toes and plays into a nice little "par-6" on the 18th, a monster 621 yard par-5 with water all down the left side and the green firmly entrenched in sand.
