LPGA becomes third major golf circuit to tackle El Camaleon at Playa del Carmen

Original post in Golfweek.

El Camaleon Golf Course Mayakoba was the first official venjld Wide Technology Championship moved to Tiger Woods’ golf course in Cabos San Lucas, El Cardonal at Diamante, at the same time that El Camaleon decided to welcome LIV Golf.

In 2023 and 2024, LIV hosted events at El Camaleon but then that circuit moved on to a different Mexican golf course, Club de Golf Chapultepec, which is another former home for the PGA Tour.

Here in 2025, it’s the LPGA’s turn to take up tournament residence in Playa del Carmen, about 35 miles south of Cancun on the eastern side of Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula.

It’s the first LPGA event in the country since 2017.

Many of the world’s best women’s golfers will use the event as final prep for the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open. While doing so, they’ll have to navigate one of the more unique features to be found anywhere in competitive golf.

El Camaleon Is Famous For A Cave Bunker In The Fairway

You’ll hear the term cave bunker or perhaps sinkhole, but that large opening in the fairway at El Camaleon is called a cenote (pronounced see-NOTE-ay), and it is indeed a giant natural sink hole. These are mostly found on the Yucatan Peninsula. Course designer Greg Norman, who designed the layout and opened it in 2004, built the golf course with these cenotes in mind.

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