El Camaléon, Mexico, Hole 15
Par:
Par 3
Length:
Black (“Boox”): 142 meters / 155 yards
White (“Sak”): 132 meters / 144 yards
Yellow (“Ya’ax”): 117 meters / 128 yards
Red (“Chak”): 90 meters / 98 yards
Handicap:
Hcp 17
Designer:
Greg Norman
Description:
El Camaleón Golf Club at the Mayakoba resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, is a unique layout that bends through three distinct landscapes - tropical jungle, dense mangroves, and oceanfront stretches of sand with holes bisected by massive limestone canals. Greg Norman who has signed the championship course even included a cenote, a massive, ancient cavern common to the area, into the course. In 2007, El Camaleón made history by becoming the first golf course to host an official PGA TOUR event in México and the first official PGA TOUR event ever held outside of the United States or Canada. Hole 15, a short par 3, is the signature hole of the course. The hole is running alongside the Caribbean and the strong ocean breeze will play an important part in the club selection off the tee. The green sits right to left on a natural dune ridge and is guarded by a single bunker to the front left of the green. It is very tricky to put and looks much easier that it actually is!
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(all data as of October 2010)
