FLAMINGOS GOLF CLUB, Nuevo Vallarta

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Flamingos Golf Club is the oldest golf course in Riviera Nayarit and is located just 20 minutes from the Puerto Vallarta International Airport in the Flamingos development. Built in 1978 on a Percy Clifford design, this mature course plays 6982 yards and par-71. Percy Clifford is an English designer well known in Mexico for his work on several of the best courses in Mexico, including the Club de Golf Mexico and Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City, as well as many other courses of note.

Clifford did a masterful job of integrating this course with the natural beauty of the location, preserving lush tropical greenery, over 1800 palm trees and the rolling terrain that makes this course challenging, but eminently playable. As with many classic designs, Flamingos features closely mowed areas around the greens that will have you brushing up on your chipping skills, and a variety of challenges throughout your memorable round will have you using every club in your bag. Flamingos is built in and around a series of natural marshes, lagoons and estuaries, creating not only a visually impressive effect, but also proving habitat for local fauna including deer, raccoon, hares, crocodiles, turtles and over 100 species of birds.

Purchased by new owners in 2000, Flamingoes has just undergone 3 years and 3 million dollars worth of restoration and renovation, leaving the course like new while maintaining the advantages of a mature golf course. Flamingos also features a new club house with a pro shop and restaurant, as well as a driving range, instruction and a free shuttle service. Shuttle service is by reservation only.